The most common reason for mothers to pump milk is to store the milk so that the baby can eat breast milk when you are away and maintain your milk supply when you are with your baby. If you want to return to work and at the same time, you want to continue breastfeeding, it is very necessary to save the milk.
Why do you want to suck out the milk?
The most common reason for mothers to pump milk is to store the milk so that the baby can eat breast milk when you are away and maintain your milk supply when you are with your baby. If you want to return to work and at the same time, you want to continue breastfeeding, it is very necessary to save the milk.
Using a breast pump can also stimulate milk secretion, increase milk volume, collect milk to feed premature babies or babies who cannot suck their own nipples, and can also relieve pain and pressure caused by breast milk.
Finally, if the doctor recommends that you need to stop breastfeeding temporarily, for example, because you are taking drugs that may be harmful to your baby, or you need a short-term hospitalization, when you cannot breastfeed your baby during the day, sucking out milk can help you maintain sufficient milk secretion. .
Most mothers use electric or manual breast pumps to pump their milk. (Although some people prefer to express milk by hand, most people still think that using a breast pump will be faster and easier.) At first, you may feel that using a "machine" to pump the milk out of your breasts will It's weird, but usually it doesn't take long before you can smoke quickly and easily.
How to use a breast pump?
If you are using an electric breast pump, you just need to buckle the cup on your breast, turn on the machine, and it will automatically suck your milk into the connected container. Manual breast pumps also use cups, but you use manual squeezing devices or pulling pistons to pump milk instead of relying on electric motors. A functional electric breast pump usually takes 10 to 15 minutes to suck the milk in both breasts, while a manual breast pump may take up to 45 minutes to complete.
A good breast pump will mimic the baby's milk sucking action, so it won't make you feel painful. However, you must choose a plastic cup that fits your breasts and put them in the correct position so that they will not be pinched or stimulated to the breasts. If you are using a fully automatic breast pump, you may feel a lot of suction at the beginning. Although it does not hurt, it feels a little strange. You might consider buying a breast pump so that you don’t have to hold the breast pump cup all the time. You can free your hand to hold a book or a magazine, and you can breastfeed, read a book or work. Remember, after each use, you must carefully clean the various parts of the breast pump to prevent bacteria from entering the breast pump.