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Being a new mother means facing multiple new situations, many of them together, and in a very short space of time. This avalanche of news can overwhelm the mother, but it is not about becoming a super mother in 24 hours, we have to face situations with courage and tranquility, we may not do it well at first, but little by little we will gain experience. One of these situations is breastfeeding that begins minutes after delivery.
During the first days the breast still does not produce milk but it does produce a liquid called colostrum. Many mothers introduce a support bottle at this time when they doubt that the baby has enough food, but it is important to know that colostrum is very rich in nutrients and it is enough to feed the baby during the first moments.
Currently in many maternity hospitals the first thing they do after the baby is born is to check its condition, wrap it and put it on the mother's breast so that breastfeeding begins as soon as possible. In my three deliveries, still on the gurney in the operating room, the babies were put to my breast so that they began to suckle, and it has always been miraculous to me how as soon as they were born they were hooked without any problem and they began to suck as if they had done it all their lives.
The first sucks are strange, it is a mixture of physical strangeness at the sensation that the baby is sucking, the desire to protect him, darling, doubts ...
I remember that after the first few shots, I began to feel pain, a pain that was increasing and it was very unpleasant for me the first days. My friends also remember it with terror: 'Why didn't any of you tell me how breastfeeding hurts, so much tell me about your births, and you forgot to tell me this!' Protested Maria indignantly between threats to abandon breastfeeding. I also know other cases of moms who could not bear the pain it caused them the first few days and abandoned.
Today, there are a lot of breastfeeding support groups that help mothers to put the baby well to the breast, which is the main guarantee of success and enjoyment of breastfeeding. Midwives and experts give us 6 tips:
1 - frequently put the baby to the breast even though milk does not come out yet, thus stimulating its production.
2 - wake the baby if he is sleepy and not leave him more than two or three hours without putting him to the chest, even at night.
3 - take care of the nipple from the first moments maintaining a good position of the baby to the breast to avoid cracks.
4 - at the end of the shot, spread some milk on the nipple to avoid injury and redness.
5 - breastfeeding on demand.
6 - alternate each breast and always start with the one we have finished.
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