Everything you must know about the breast pump

Breast pump is a boon for lactating mothers. It helps them extracting milk from the breast. Now, you might be thinking that why lactating mothers need to extract milk from the breast. There are several reasons making them extract milk from the breast. Listed below are those reasons:

• Stimulate Lactation: If mother is having low supply of milk after giving birth to a child, then breast pump helps stimulating hormones that are responsible for generating milk. When the milk starts coming in the proper manner, baby can easily latch it.

• Reliving Engorgement: Engorgement is a painful condition, which occurs when the breasts are full of milk but baby is not able to properly suck the nipples and extract milk. Infant may feel it difficult to latch the breasts, if they are not soft. In that situation, mother can extract the extra milk from the breasts and dump it.

• Feeding when at work: Breast pumps are boons for mothers who are working. Yes, it helps them to feed the baby mother’s milk when mother is at work. Mothers can use the breast pumps to extract milk, which can later on feed to the baby by caregiver. The milk extracted from breasts can be bottle fed to the baby within six hours, if kept at room temperature (20 degree Celsius). The milk can also be stored in the refrigerator for 8 days.

Listed above are the reasons making mothers to extract milk from breasts.

Different Types of Breast Pumps

Breast pumps are the mechanical devices that help lactating mothers to extract milk from the breasts. Listed below are the different types of breast pumps:

• Manual Breast Pump: Manual breast pumps are small and inexpensive. These pumps require significant efforts for extracting milk. While using the Manual Breast Pump, the mother will need to spend large time to extract the sufficient amount of the milk to bottle feed. These pumps are best when you are away from the kid for one time. If you are working then you should prefer using hands free breast pump. Furthermore, bicycle horn pumps should not be used as they can damage the tissues of the breasts. Manual Breast Pumps can be purchased online too.

• Electric Breast Pump: These are also called the hands free breast pumps. They are powered by small motor, which helps sending suction to the nipples for extracting milk. Electric breast pumps are of two types: hospital grade breast pumps and personal use breast pumps. Hospital grade breast pumps are intended for multiple users and large in size whereas personal use breast pumps are intended for single user and small in size. Electric breast pumps extract milk much faster than the Manual breast pumps and these are beneficial for the mothers who need to extract milk daily.

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Source: Wikipedia

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