There is a story circulating in the street: the child is getting married, and the father opens the box containing breast milk that has been sealed for more than 20 years and finds that it is actually a bottle of red liquid-blood!
Although it was later proved that breast milk will not turn into blood for a long time, there are indeed many magical life phenomena behind the phrase "a drop of breast milk and a drop of blood". This is a liquid full of "spirituality". It is the first dose of vaccine for babies, the most ideal natural food, and will adjust its nutritional composition with the growth of babies.
Breastfeeding is a sacred right endowed by nature. As a mother, have you made good use of this right?
"What I eat is grass, and what I squeeze out is milk." People often lament the wonderful phenomenon of dairy cows producing milk in such a naughty way. For mammals, including humans, there is a magical device that can decompose the food eaten in a complex and scientific way, extract the most nutritious ingredients and disease-resistant factors to synthesize milk, and care for the young to adapt to the new world steadily. This set of equipment is-breasts.
Mammary gland is actually a leaflike tissue evolved from sweat glands, and the production of milk began when mother was pregnant. During pregnancy, the mother's mammary gland is subjected to the dual effects of estrogen and progesterone, which quickly thickens and proliferates, and the mammary duct is surrounded by layers. The pituitary gland is not idle, and it begins to release a large amount of prolactin, prompting breast cells to synthesize various protein and nutrients in milk and secrete milk. More interestingly, progesterone also acts as a "head". As long as the expectant mother doesn't give birth to a baby, she won't open the gate to release milk.
Colostrum-the first dose of vaccine for infants
Many pregnant women have this experience: half an hour after the baby is born, as long as you squeeze * * * hard, you will see pale yellow milk beads overflow from the nipple. Don't waste it, let your family or nurse help you, bring your baby here and let him suck this precious colostrum.
Colostrum is rich in carotenoids, and its content is 10 times that of milk. Although the concentration of colostrum is not high, it contains more anti-infective substances (immunoglobulin, macrophage, bifidus factor, etc. ), protein, low fat, and all kinds of enzymes and carbohydrates that babies need are more than mature milk, which are unmatched by any other food.
Even if you don't see the flow of colostrum, it doesn't mean that your * * * is "empty". As long as you insist on letting your baby suck in the first few days after delivery, you will definitely let your baby suck valuable colostrum. When breastfeeding for the first time, the milk volume was only about 3 ml, and on the third day, it was still less than 20 ml. This amount cannot be squeezed out by hand, but a one-day-old baby can suck it out.
To scientists' surprise, there seems to be a mysterious connection between breast milk and newborns. If it is a premature baby, the mother's body will "realize" that her baby is different from the full-term baby when the baby is born, and will prepare a special milk for the premature baby, which contains various nutrients and amino acids richer than the full-term baby's breast milk! This milk can not only fully meet the nutritional needs of premature infants, but also be more conducive to their digestion and absorption, which is of great help to improve their immunity and anti-infection ability. Especially for some low-weight children, the significance of breast milk has gone beyond food and has a "therapeutic" role.
Mother's breast milk is only "privately ordered" for the baby.
Every baby is unique, and the composition of every breast milk is different, because it is only tailored for your baby. The magic of breast milk is that the contents of three nutrients (fat, lactose and protein) will constantly adjust themselves to meet the needs of baby's growth at any time. For example, bovine colostrum is very suitable for children's tastes because the child has just sucked milk and has a high lactose content. When children grow up, the amount of fat in milk will gradually increase, and naturally they will feel full. This dynamic balance cannot be achieved by formula milk powder.
Someone once advocated collecting excess milk from mothers who produce more milk and establishing a "breast milk bank", which quickly received a positive response. "Breast milk bank" mainly helps premature infants, low birth weight infants, children with feeding intolerance and milk protein allergy, children with severe intestinal diseases, children with infectious diseases and some children with congenital metabolic abnormalities. However, some medical experts have reservations about the "breast milk bank". "Other mothers' milk is not necessarily suitable for their babies. It is best to insist on feeding yourself. "Liu, head nurse of obstetrics and gynecology in the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, told the reporter of New Express.
Generally speaking, breast milk is better than formula milk. There are at least 300 kinds of nutrients in breast milk, and it is good to have more than 20 kinds of formula milk. Until the second year of a baby's life, every 500ml of breast milk can provide 30% of the baby's daily energy, nearly 40% of protein, 97% of vitamin C and nearly 50% of vitamin A. WHO and UNICEF have launched a joint initiative to exclusively breastfeed infants for at least six months, after which complementary foods can be added to breastfeeding.