A mother is required to give exclusive breastfeeding to the baby. Not only because breastfeeding is nature as a woman and mother, but also because milk is very important for the growth, health, and infant development. If the pain arises, set the position of the baby.

Breast milk is the best baby food, especially in infants younger than six months. Breast milk contains all the nutrients and fluids needed to meet all the nutrition a baby in the first six months of life. No carbohydrates in breast milk, vitamins, minerals, fat, long bonds, proteins, and substances or liquids to live like human growth hormone, enzyme absorption, as well as antibodies. For this reason, a mother is required to always give milk.

WHO recommended, exclusive breastfeeding (really just milk with no water or anything else) for 6 months. After that, start to have food and continued breastfeeding up to 2 years more.

Factor Causes

The problem often arises in the breast pain during breastfeeding. Perhaps because of this pain also the many women who refuse to breastfeed their babies as often as possible. Some even choose to dot. The question is, why can arise pain? There are two reasons why the pain often occur during breastfeeding, the baby's position is wrong attach and position the baby is not correct at the time of breastfeeding.

First, the position to attach a nursing baby. Signs of the correct placement, first, the position of most of the areola or breast prop (black area of the nipple) and breast tissue located underneath the baby's mouth. At least not at the bottom of the mouth more than the top.

Second, the baby's lips should be wide enough. When viewed from the side, mouth open more than 90 degrees. Third, the baby's mouth is open wide enough. Fourth, stick the baby's chin or attached to the breast. And fifth, the baby's cheeks look sunken because the baby is not feeding at the breast and not on the nipple.

In addition to sticking position that is not true, the pain arises also because the baby's position is not correct at the time of breastfeeding. Keep in mind, a good position during feeding became standard. First, the position of the head, ears, body, and the baby's arms should be straight and allow the baby to nurse longer. Baby's face from the direction of the breast facing down and his nose against the nipple. Principally, chin to the breast, chest to chest.

Furthermore, the baby's body close to the mother. Baby's body should be fully supported, if the newborn. The position of the head did not fit in the elbow, but in the mid-arm. The position of the mother holding the baby with the position long enough, and properly so that the baby is not sore and adhesions that had to be not true.

Once again, the correct position of the baby is from the bottom, then the baby's nose opposite the nipple. Baby's chin is the first part attached to the breast as a meeting point. After that, the nipple is directed upward, ie toward the ceiling until the baby with the nipple in an area no bones, between the pharynx and the soft base of the tongue. Only a third nipple or a quarter of the "dot length" which is formed from the breast tissue.

Pain Reduction

There are several ways to reduce breast pain. The first way is to keep breastfeeding, even painful. If the pain was disturbing, first squeeze the milk from the affected breast. Don't let breast swelling and inflammation eventually because there is no milk issued. So, should regularly emptied.

If the later occurs in the breast lightly scuffed, it's okay. Breast milk itself may accelerate healing. How? take out a little and spread to around the nipple. Or it could also compress the breast.

If there is more severe cases, it is necessary to lactation consultation. For example, in cases such as the anatomy of the baby's mouth with his tongue stuck out with form the heart because the end could not get out. These conditions and cause blisters. Cases like this require consulting assistance.