Breastfeeding

Breast milk is a living liquid that adapts to the baby's needs at all times. As we have also seen on other occasions, milk is not always white, but can change color; We can see it more yellowish, whitish, more bluish or greenish, as in this case that we show you.

We should all be clear that breastfeeding should not hurt. However, it is very normalized that the first days of breastfeeding are hard, that cracks are almost inevitable and that pain during feedings is a middle way until "it becomes silent". Throughout this post we will see why breastfeeding should not hurt and what are the most frequent causes of pain during feedings, since most of them are correctable.

Newborns have the so-called sucking reflex, it is an innate reflex that allows the baby to feed, comfort and calm him. For this reflex, the fingers, the bottle, the nipple, everything serves to develop an activity that is natural in its growth. This suction begins inside the uterus - we can see the baby on ultrasound sucking his thumb - and lasts at least until the first year of age.

A hand is raised to the back of the class and a woman asks the lactation consultant: “Excuse me, I am breastfeeding my son. She is 17 months old and a few days ago I asked my doctor if it is normal that my period has not yet come. He told me that it was not normal, that this was impossible and to go to the gynecologist as soon as possible ”.

Breastfeeding is not always easy. Cracks are undoubtedly one of the most frequent problems. Many mothers even think that having cracks is the usual thing: "Breastfeeding well, well, with the typical cracks at the beginning." "The cracks better, I'm already making callus."

We know that breast milk is the best food we can give to a newborn baby, due to its many benefits. One of them is the protection that the newborn receives through it to protect itself against diseases such as necrotizing enterocolitis, asthma, allergies or childhood obesity, among others.

Breast milk is the best food for babies. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for at least the first six months of life and continuing to breastfeed for up to two years or more, whenever possible.

Of all the allergies that can occur during the first years of life, food allergies is one of the most common and the most likely to cause anaphylaxis.