How to Relieve Breast Engorgement?
During the course of your breastfeeding journey, be ready to face various challenging situations. You’ll have tender and sensitive breasts; you’ll face a decrease in milk supply (which can be boosted by breastfeeding drinks ), you may also have an overflow of milk and you can suffer from mastitis as well. Another such common problem faced by many mothers several times while nursing their babies is breast engorgement. It is basically a swelling on the breasts which in turn makes breasts, nipples and the areola very tender and painful to touch let alone feeding, the breasts also become large, lumpy and very tight. Breast engorgement is very common and mostly occurs during the first few weeks or months of breastfeeding but it can happen anytime if you’re negligent of the nursing times. What are the Causes of Breast Engorgement? Breast engorgement is a fairly common problem faced by many mothers in the initial stages or at any point during the pregnancy. Having said that, the exp...