Yesterday we gave you some tips for first time parents They can understand and address possible problems with breastfeeding. Today perhaps the most important and general advice of all: find your nearest breastfeeding support group.
The support groups and the advisors have a very important job: they offer updated information, valid advice, practical experience and emotional support to the women who breastfeed and also to their families.
They are groups of volunteers and therefore, you have to respect and value their time and dedication. Obviously they will not always succeed at first, but of course the help they provide is very important. You can find an updated list on the IHAN page.
Breastfeeding groups and advisors: fundamental
The problems in the grip can be another cause and it is not always easy to detect them, especially since the experience of the majority of the parents is very scarce regarding seeing normal lactations in their environment. First, we should stop manipulating the baby and see how he normally grabs, without forcing a specific posture with the head resting on the bend of the mother's elbow.
This is one of the things that we will find out in a breastfeeding group. In addition, we can see babies of different ages sucking, listen to the problems of other mothers and the solutions that are provided.
Then, especially if there is discomfort, loose the nipple, cracks or clearly does not breastfeed effectively normally in a support group with an advisor we will already receive guidance and then, if necessary, we can go to a certified lactation consultant. Pediatricians are not always a help.
My first advice would be to read about breastfeeding before delivery and go to the nearest support group so that the problems do not catch you without resources, because you can be a victim of false myths about breastfeeding: you have little milk, your milk does not feed, give it every three hours ...
Tomorrow we will see some very specific strategies that are going to help first-time parents avoid or overcome possible problems with breastfeeding maternal
