Lumps in the breast during breastfeeding are relatively common and often cause for concern. Although many times it is something easily solvable, such as a blocked duct, on other occasions it can be a more serious problem, so it is always important to consult a professional.
More than half of parents and pregnant women surveyed for a new WHO/UNICEF report say they have received advertising for breast-milk substitutes (also called "artificial milk" and "infant formula"), often in violation of international standards on infant feeding.
Around the second or third postpartum day, milk rise takes place (in other countries it is called milk let-down). The breast increases in size and consistency and can be annoying, although it subsides in a few days. However, in some cases excess fluid accumulates, which we know as edema; We then speak of engorgement or breast engorgement. It happens most often between the third and fifth days postpartum.
So far, we know that mothers who breastfeed their babies and who had received the coronavirus vaccine, protect their children passively through breastfeeding.
On several occasions we have commented that breast milk is an intelligent liquid that adapts to the needs of the baby according to its nutritional requirements and its growth stage.
The mother's milk preferably, and if not the formula milk, provides all the energy and nutrients that a baby needs to feed properly during the first six months of life, so they do not need any other liquid: neither infusions, nor teas , no juices, not even water.
Recently, a video shared by a nursing mother in which she shows a couple of bags with her expressed milk has gone viral on Tik Tok. In the first it shows that its content is the usual color of milk, and in the second, curiously, the milk is not white, but has turned pink.
The literature on breastfeeding, pediatricians, midwives, and qualified lactation consultants repeat ad nauseam that, with few exceptions diagnosed by specialists, all women can breastfeed their children and can produce enough milk.
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