Very little milk is sucked out of the breast pump. Is it really small?+missing kid Adinda Curry information

The amount of milk sucked out by the breast pump does not represent the mother's real milk volume!

"I don't know how much milk I have. Can I suck it out?"

"I suck very little milk with my breast pump. Am I really low?"

Do breastfeeding mothers often have this confusion?

Yes, the breasts are not transparent and there are no scales on them. When the baby is feeding directly on the mother, it is difficult for us to figure out how many milliliters of milk are produced by our breasts. At this time, everyone may think that if you suck out the milk and measure it, will you not be able to know your milk quantity clearly?

In fact, this is just a good wish. The amount of milk sucked out by the breast pump does not represent the real amount of milk of the mother!

First, the breast pump sucks out milk completely by cyclic suction, and the baby uses a combination of sucking and compression to remove milk from the breast (Geddes et al., 2008), except that negative pressure is formed in the mouth. , And will use the chin to push the breasts rhythmically.

The baby's mouth is smarter than a mechanically moving breast pump. Some experts have said that babies who can feed effectively can remove more milk from their breasts than breast pumps. (Chapman et al., 2001)

Secondly, if you want to use a breast pump to suckle milk effectively, you ca n’t “suck” or “pump out” breast milk like you would use a pump to pump water out of the pool. Instead, you need to use a breast pump to mimic your baby ’s sucking. By rhythmically stimulating the nipples and areolas, the mother secretes oxytocin and prolactin and produces a milk ejection reflex, which is the milk array we often say.

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Oxytocin, also known as "love hormones", is easily affected by the thoughts, feelings, and emotions of the mother: when the mother feels loved and loved and feels happy, warm, relaxed, and comfortable, it secretes faster; When the mother has negative feelings of pain, tension, anxiety, anger, fatigue, cold, etc., it will reduce secretion or even stop secretion.

Then, these conditions will affect the milking reflex when the mother sucks milk:

Some mothers themselves do not like using breast pumps. Think about it, when the mother is in the face of her tender baby's heart, or when she is facing a cold machine, does oxytocin secrete more and the milk burst come faster?

Some research data show that it takes an average of 54 seconds for a baby to stimulate a milk array, while a breast pump may take up to 4 minutes. (Kent et al., 2003; Mitoulas et al., 2002b)

Facing the scale of the breast pump, the mother's mood is more likely to be tense.
We often see that many mothers keep their heads down and stare at the scales while breastfeeding, their eyebrows are locked, and their faces are full of sorrow ... Maybe they have been said that they do n’t have enough milk, maybe they want to prove themselves too much pressure on mom. This nervous mood also inhibits the secretion of oxytocin, causing the milk formation to be delayed.

 Many mothers do not know how to choose and use a breast pump properly. The intensity and frequency of breast pumping are incorrect, or the size of the breast pump hood is too large or too small, or the performance of the breast pump itself is not good, which will affect the mother. The formation of milk clusters during breastfeeding can also affect the efficiency and outcome of breastfeeding.

Research data show that if the negative pressure of the breast pump is too large, or the nipple and the breast shield are not suitable, friction and squeezing will occur, causing nipple pain, which will inhibit the ejection reflex. At this time, only 4% of the available milk can Suck out (Kent et al, 2003).

After all, breast pumps are not artifacts. It can be a good helper in special situations such as mother-to-child separation. However, if we use a breast pump to measure the mother's milk volume, it may become a tool to combat the mother's confidence!

Breastfeeding does not require us to pay too much attention to that scale. In addition to humans, how can mammals care about these data? Rather than worrying about how many milliliters of milk the mother produced, it ’s better to focus on the baby. The so-called “only enter and there is no exit”. , Mental state, etc. to determine whether your baby is eating enough. Let's shift the focus from the mother's milk volume to the real emphasis on the baby's growth and development, seeing that the baby grows well, the mother will feel much relieved!

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Adinda Curry

web:pollyklaas.org/missing/kids/images/a-g/adinda-curry.html
If you have information concerning this case, please contact:
Sacramento County S.O. (916) 874-5115
or The Polly Klaas® Foundation (800) 587-4357
Missing child information:
Date Missing: June 26, 2016
Missing From: Carmichael, CA
DOB: January 9, 2009
Age at Disappearance: 7
Sex: Female
Race: Asian/Caucasian
Height: 4'
Weight: 40 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Other: Adinda's ears are pierced.
Circumstances: Adinda went missing from Carmichael, California on June 26, 2016. She may be in the company of her mother.

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