I'm a nervous person. What should I do to better relax during breastfeeding?

The hormone prolactin has a calming effect, but emotional stress or physical stress( fatigue, pain, malaise) can suppress the action of the hormone responsible for releasing the milk, oxytocin, inhibiting the reflex of lactation. Then, if the milk does not flow, the baby throws the breast. Children quickly transferred mother's tension, so relaxation is a valuable skill that is worth developing in yourself. Try the following tips.

Think about the baby. Before you start feeding, ask the upcoming time tone, focusing on the activities that you are now going to do - throw out of your head other cares and think about the baby. Imagine yourself feeding the baby;imagine the movements and expressions of your child's face that you like most. Make your child a massage. Be petting and caressing your child, touching as much as possible of his skin. All these pictures and activities cause an influx of relaxing hormones that will help you discharge before you start feeding.

Minimize distractions.

Before eating, eat healthy food and drink some water or juice. A hot shower, a warm bath or a little sleep before feeding are good relaxation therapies. Try to apply relaxation techniques and breathing exercises, which you have mastered in the preparation courses for childbirth. Listen to soothing music before feeding and during it. Imagine a fountain beating from your chest. Ask someone to stand behind your chair and

to massage your neck, shoulders and upper back. While you are trying to get the baby to take the breast correctly( all your pillows should be in place), take a deep breath in your belly and slowly exhale in the same way as when you were preparing for childbirth so that all the tension is gone from your neck, back and hands.

Feed in a warm bath. If you are

extremely tense, water therapy will help. Sit in a warm bath so that the water just does not reach your chest. Attach the baby( also half immersed in water) to the chest, reclining comfortably. Caution: do not attempt to enter a filled bath while holding the baby in your arms. You can slip. Put the baby on the towel next to the bathtub, sit comfortably and only then take your baby to your place or ask someone to give you a baby when you are already leaning against the bathtub wall.

Equip a special station for feeding. This idea helped Martha relax during the feeding of our children in the midst of the turmoil of a large family. This station is a corner reserved in your home specifically for the mother and baby nest where there is your favorite chair( and preferably a chair or rocking chair with armrests of comfortable height that can support your hands during feeding), there is an

set of pillows, a footstool, soothing music, a relaxing book, something delicious, such as dried fruits or nuts, and juice or water. If you do not want to turn off the phone, the real salvation will be a cordless phone( cordless phone) or an extension cord. You will spend a lot of time in this nest, so make it cozy and functional. Anticipate your needs for an hour ahead, which you will probably spend here - to example,

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stock up on additional diapers and clothes for the baby, store a napkin for regurgitation, a trash can. If you also have a one-year-old child and / or a preschooler, prepare treats for him, as well as a few interesting activities that you need to keep on hold exclusively for the time when you feed. You may need one station, equipped where you can keep it within a safe area. It's hard to relax if you have to wonder what else he's done there. Some one-year-olds better tolerate the feeding time of the newborn if the mother settles on the floor. This gives the older child the feeling that you are available.

Breastfeeding is itself a self-relaxation cycle. The more you breastfeed, the more relaxing hormones you produce, and they help you feed better.