A few years ago, in the first three months of my son's birth, I spent half a month in the hospital, and the most difficult month was the second month after the birth of the child. Because the breast tube is not passed, the child can not suck much milk, resulting in milk swelling and discomfort, the most serious is the breast fever and hardening, chest swelling pain is unbearable, and the final cause is mastitis.
The first time the pain was unbearable, I found someone to open the milk, and it was only for a week. The second time this happened, it caused me to have a fever and was admitted to the hospital, and my breasts were even more painful, and it was very painful to touch at the slightest touch. During the period bought a manual breast pump, there is also a mother and baby shop to buy an electric breast pump, because it is also a new mother, a lot of things do not understand, the preparation is not appropriate to lead to this, and finally or manual breast pump, although the cup of water, but also slightly solved some problems. Sometimes it is a strong swelling pain to go to the milk ~ ~ ~ now that I think about it, I don't know how to survive it.
Part 1: Is it necessary to buy a breast pump?
For some mothers with thin breast tubes and plenty of milk, it is recommended to have a breast pump.
Many people may not be quite sure what a breast pump is used for. Some moms or parents think that breast pumps are useless. This is not the case. In fact, the question of breast pumps varies from person to person, some people need a breast pump, some people don't have to.
Everyone knows that breastfeeding is very beneficial to the healthy growth of small babies, but many mothers are sometimes inconvenient to feed directly because of their work. The traditional method is to squeeze with the hand, but because the strength of the hand can not be mastered, it will bring some damage to the breast. If you have a breast pump, you can give your baby colostrum every day.
And sucking out the milk can also clearly know the ration every day, and can also roughly understand how much the baby eats per meal, and also avoids more or less, which is not conducive to the feeding and growth of infants and young children.
And if you breastfeed directly, it will be more difficult to quit milk later, and you will also develop the habit of having a nipple when the baby sleeps to a certain extent. When the child is about to have deciduous teeth, it is very painful at that time, and sometimes it will bite through, causing inflammation. When our child was 4 years old, he still cried out to breastfeed ~~~~ So this knowledge is also used to prepare for the opening up of the second child, so as not to be a "disaster" in the future.
Another situation is that the same as my mothers, the breast tubes are thin, the milk will be swollen and painful if it is not timely, the most serious as I said above will lead to breast stasis mastitis, can only go to the hospital to find a doctor for help. And with a good pump assist, this pain is greatly reduced. It's really hard to be a woman
At present, the principle of pumping with a regular and easy-to-use breast pump on the market is actually the same as that of the baby, so it will not only cause a decrease in milk secretion, but also reduce the risk of mastitis in a group of mothers similar to me.
Part 2: When is it appropriate to use a breast pump?
When the child is just born, most of it is around the confinement period, not necessarily enough milk, the baby's lack of strength will lead to hungry wow, this is supplemented by a breast pump.
More milk. After work as mentioned above, or other special reasons can not breastfeed directly, you need to use a breast pump. The milk drawn out in this way can also be put in the refrigerator for refrigeration, and the baby can be fed directly after the baby is warmed with a breast warmer when he is hungry.
In addition, there is indeed a lot of milk, and the baby's meal is relatively small, and it can only be emptied with the help of a breast pump. The mother with the thick breast tube is also good to say, whether it is manual milking, or automatic, electric breast pump can be arranged.
There is also a baby about half a year old (personal experience), night milk is not much, at that time the milk will overflow at night, and can not wake up the baby to eat, so this time there is a breast pump assist will save a lot of trouble.
There is also a careless illness, whether it is yourself or the baby, at this time the milk can only be emptied and thrown away ~ ~ ~ ~
In addition, it is not recommended to buy manual, buy manual is not as good as hands-on. It is also not recommended to buy too cheap for electric ones, because the suction problem is very difficult to adjust, and it will be uncomfortable to use.
Part 3: Tips for buying a breast pump
I think that whether you eat or drink Lasa, as long as you eat deliciously, have an appetite, and use the comfort and confidence of the things you buy. Some people are cheap and not good, and expensive ones are not worth it. In fact, it is still necessary to combine itself and multi-faceted comprehensive judgment, and the most important thing is to choose comfortable.
Below is my personal experience and what I have learned, I would like to share some problems with the purchase of breast pumps. In fact, it mainly focuses on the following issues:
1. What type of breast pump to choose?
2. Bilateral or unilateral?
3. Is the frequency and suction selected as one or separate?
4. One-piece or split-type horn cover
5. How to choose the right size?
What type to choose is a question of whether to return to electric or manual. The electric ones are divided into single/bilateral, household and medical. Generally used by individuals and households, it is recommended that they be used at home.
"Advocating Freedom" is the choice manual
The contrast between manual and electric is that it is portable, can be used at will, easy to dismantle and wash, and is relatively quiet, because there is no motor sound; the disadvantage is that it is too tired, and the strength of the hand cannot continue to stabilize the output.
"Save time" choose electric
The electric breast pump is easy to use. Especially during the confinement period, when holding the child, I also got tenosynovitis, so there is an electric breast pump that saves time and effort, not to mention, it is not difficult. In addition, the electric breast pump can also adjust the frequency and suction force, and the pumping juice is also more efficient.
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The electric breast pump is started at the same time, which is more efficient than one side. Personally, I think that one is to free the hands, and the other is to stimulate the milk array regularly and suck more.
As for whether it is bilateral or unilateral, if you buy an electric breast pump, it is in place in one step, directly bilateral.
In addition, the price of buying electric is that the price will be more expensive, and when buying, pay attention to whether the material of the bottle is safe.
The material of the bottle is generally: plastic bottle, glass bottle, PC bottle, PP bottle, PPSU or PES bottle.
Questions about frequency and suction:
For electric breast pumps, many brands have added "massage mode" and "lactation mode" to the product, the purpose is to imitate the baby's sucking and swallowing rhythm. In addition, in the choice of its gear, it depends on whether it is multi-gear, otherwise the frequency and suction cannot be adjusted in multiple gears, and you will know how painful it is. Once went to my cousin's house, used her only two gears of unilateral breast pump, turn on the initial gear of lactation mode is light and fast, after increasing the strength can not be adjusted at will, the breast to pull the raw pain, really admire how she used all the way at that time.
Questions about one-piece or split flared covers:
During lactation, the breasts become much larger, mainly because the breast ducts are filled with milk, which looks much larger than before pregnancy. The one-piece is the whole piece, and the split type is separated from the flared cover. Both have their own advantages, the former is easy to use, but also to prevent the pumping when worrying about sealing, that is, cleaning when it takes a little effort, the advantage of the split type is that cleaning is convenient, the trouble is that every time you need to disassemble, install, personal feeling is easy to damage. The size of the horn cover, it is recommended to communicate with customer service in advance and choose the size that suits you.
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Part 4: Breast pump recommended
The following recommendation is the Beric S1 breast pump I bought.
The following one hopes to be a little helpful to the subject, Beric S1:
The Beric S1 is high-end in terms of price, but it is not painful when pumping, and the efficiency is much higher than that of general manual and small "power".
2, the horn cover must choose their own SIZE, the suction is relatively mild, not painful at all. Beric S1's flare cover has a variety of sizes to choose from, its standard is a 24mm cover, if you feel uncomfortable after use, it may be that the flare cover is not suitable, so it is important to choose the right RT size flare cover, pumping will be much easier yo!
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3, the operation is simple, after using two or three times the basic operation is very familiar, for new mothers are more friendly.
4, massage mode has 5 gears, lactation mode has 12 gears, be sure to find a suitable gear for their own, adjust multi-gear, familiar with the previous gear to cycle gradually, to avoid adjusting the gear as soon as it comes up, not only is it not easy to suck out milk, but also easy to damage the breast duct ~ ~ ~ ~
In addition, the function of its massage mode is mainly to massage the mammary glands with micro-shocks, which can easily stimulate the milk array, and the milk array will be more efficient when it comes to pumping
5, the other is the noise is small. This is especially at night, too noisy is easy to scare the child, but also easy to wake up the child. In addition, there is a small night light, or more intimate, each time 30 minutes automatic power off.
Regarding the question of whether it will disturb the child at night, the pump pumping sound is the same as the vibration of the mobile phone, which basically does not affect the baby's rest.
6, for the milk is sufficient, and the pumping is not timely, it will be a little hard. At this time, you can use the massage mode, the place not covered by the flared cover can be massaged back and forth by hand, or use the electric face washer to massage back and forth several times along the nipple root to the base of the nipple, and then use the massage massage mode of the breast pump to suck it.
7, this built-in lithium battery. Each pumping time is about 15 minutes, an average of 6 times a day, you can use it for about 2 consecutive days.
Experience:
Read the instruction manual before use to understand the function of each key. Before first use, it is recommended to wash, disinfect, and turn on the low gear and gradually increase the gear. Below is my personal summary of the most comfortable experience. The flared cover of the breast pump must be selected according to its own size, and it must be noted that it is too big and too small.
The first time you use it is directly into the frequency of 46, first of all, do not rush to open the pumping mode, but first use the massage mode, start sucking from the lowest gear, and then slowly adjust up to the gear where you feel comfortable and easy to stimulate the milk array, such as when I used 2-3 gears. To be honest, this is really more comfortable than the traditional pull-on breast pump, and the traditional direct is to pull the breast.
Wait for the milk array to come and then change the lactation mode, but also from the low gear or up slowly adjusted, until the adjustment of their own comfortable gear, the first user may be a little uncomfortable in the first 5 minutes or so, wait until the milk array comes, in the adjustment of frequency and suction gear, you can open the pumping juice.
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My bedroom is a night light that is used at night all year round, and the night light function of the Beric S1 breast pump is basically useless. If there are no sisters who have prepared night lights at home, if you use Beric, the money for the night lights will also be saved
summary:
Disadvantages: If you have to talk about Beric's shortcomings, to be honest, in use, basically can not find faults, the only fly in the ointment is that the volume is a little large. And the choice of accessories is basically exclusive, so you must find after-sales in the optional accessories.