Holidays + Mastitis
Happy Christmas week to those who are celebrating! ✨🎄 I wanted to drop in here and talk about MASTITIS 🥴
Did you know that starting around thanksgiving through the new year, mastitis is the most common concern we hear about?
Why?! Let’s talk about that! 👀
✨ Longer times between feeds because you’re busy/distracted/out of routine.
➡️ Full breasts + longer time between emptying can = potentially lowered supply, clogs and can lead to the dreaded mastitis.
✨ “Helpful” aunties/grandmas/others assuring you they can “settle your baby” or others wanting to bond through bottle feeding and you being too busy to remove milk if babe is fed elsewhere = ⬆️ back to the full breast scenario.
📢 You can navigate this season and keep yourself healthy and baby’s needs met by remembering a few key things:
🤱🏾Frequent, effective milk removal is the best at keeping you healthy and avoiding discomfort, clogs and potential mastitis.
👩🏼🍼 If someone else feeds the babe, you need to move milk to keep body in line with babes needs, and keep yourself from being too full and leading to potential discomforts.
👨🍼 Tight clothing is not your friend, underwires and articles of clothing that compress your chest can lead to clogs in those areas that are compressed.
Most importantly - ENJOY YOUR family/friends/people you love. Listen to your intuition because you know your baby best ✨
And happy almost end of 2021 to you and yours 💜
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EMBRACE | NOURISH | THRIVE
