What Are The Signs And Symptoms Of Hyperlactation?

Posted on Mon, 29 Aug 2016

Question: My new born baby 11 day old is not able breast feed . When he is hungry he tries but not able to feed for very lonvg and remains unsatissfied , i read about hyper lactation which has simillat symptoms but i am not sure as per elders in house there is not enough milk

Answered by Dr. Soumya (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Technique

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

I understand your concerns about breast feeding.

Main reason for not being able to breast feed is wrong technique and not quantity.

1) Let her stroke the edge of baby's mouth with nipple to make baby start feeding by eliciting sacking reflex.

2) Let her latch baby's mouth completely on to nipple's base.

3) If needed take help of a trained nurses in breast feeding.

4) Frequent feeding (every 2 hours) is most important technique as baby's stomach is small and needs frequent feeding even at night.

5) There will be sufficient milk. All she needs is frequent feeding by right technique.

Let me know if you need anymore help.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar