In recent years, pediatricians at home and abroad have put forward new opinions on the timing of breast-feeding and the number of feedings for newborn babies, and advocate early-feeding and nursing. They believe that this has many benefits.
1, to promote the secretion of breast milk The first time after the birth of the baby's breast milk, although no or little breast milk, but this stimulation can promote the mother's pituitary gonadotropin secretion increased, can promote breast secretion. At the same time, the physical contact between the mother and baby can make the mother feel new and exciting, and help eliminate fatigue during the birth process. Dr. Claus, a pediatrician and a neonatal expert at Michigan State University in the United States, showed that the secretion of breast milk is also related to the number of times of breastfeeding. Feeding milk 6 times a day, milk secretion is about 500 ml every day, and feeding 12 times can be Achieve 725 ml.
2, to promote meconium discharge, reduce neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in the meconium of newborns, contains a large number of toxic bilirubin, 50% can be absorbed into the blood, early feeding can promote bowel movements, so that Drain as soon as possible excreted. According to observations, newborns who have been fed less than 8 times in 24 hours have an average of 9.2 mg of bilirubin per 100 milliliters of blood, while those fed more than 8 times have an average of about 6.5 milligrams.
3. The nutritional value of colostrum The amount of lysozyme per milliliter of colostrum on the first day after high yield can reach 609-1279 μg. According to domestic research data, the content of lysozyme in colostrum 2 days after delivery is 429 to 254 times that of fresh milk. It is important to say that early feeding is important. In addition, breast milk also contains a large number of immunoglobulin A and other immune substances.
4, to promote neonatal weight gain Surveys have shown that more nursing children, 15 days after birth weight can be increased by 560 grams, while the number of feeding less, weight only increased 347 grams.
5, reduce the mother's nipple swelling due to neonatal sucking, can mechanically massage the nipple, breast swelling after breast milk to reduce, better blood circulation. Facts have shown that the rate of maternal nipple swollen and swollen milk is much lower than that of nursing mothers.
Therefore, the experts advocate that the maternal feeding time of normal delivery can be started one hour after childbirth. The time of one feeding is short and the interval time is short. If not, it is longer, and there is no need to emphasize the fixed feeding time.
Source: Chinese maternal and infant network