On the subject of lactationIn addition to being unfortunately a "controversial" act depending on which places and cities it is done in public, it has many controversies around it. Today in Bezzia, we are going to reveal to you some myths and truths about breastfeeding and everything that comes with breastfeeding your baby.
As in almost everything, sometimes you tell truths, half truths and absolute lies on this topic, and we wanted to answer all of them. We hope that thanks to this article you can solve your doubts, if not all, most, about the subject of breastfeeding.
Myth vs. truth about breastfeeding babies
At first we will put the "myth" that has spread like wildfire among mothers around the world, and then we will put the truth about this myth. If you have any doubt or question, do not hesitate to leave it in the comments section:
- Myth: Breastfeeding the baby will ruin your breast.
- True: If you stop breastfeeding suddenly and overnight, it will negatively affect the shape of your breast. In addition, breastfeeding greatly reduces the risk of breast cancer.
- Myth: You need to eat a lot if you want to breastfeed your child.
- True: Milk production is a completely hormonal process. The more often a baby feeds from its mother's breast, the more milk it will generate.
- Myth: If you skip a feed, your milk can get bad.
- True: If the baby skips a meal, it does not "order" food for the next feeding, because it has not stimulated the production of milk from the breast.
- Myth: You need to eat high-calorie foods so that the milk is better.
- True: The body is in charge of regulating the nutritional values of milk according to the baby's needs.
- Myth: You need to have a strict breastfeeding schedule, otherwise your baby could eat too much.
- True: This fact is only true for those babies who are fed only artificial food.
- Myth: You should also give your breastfeeding baby water because milk is only food.
- True: Breast milk is 88% water, so it is not necessary to give your baby a drink while breastfeeding.
- Myth: After breastfeeding your baby, you must squeeze your breast to the last drop.
- True: Such actions can cause hyperlactation, since by trying to empty the breast you are stimulating the production of more milk.