By, about, and for breastfeeding mums
Breastfeeding Complications
Breastfeeding complications arise from many factors. For some, breastfeeding is not a healthy way and if you have had breast surgery, breastfeeding may cause complications.
Complications for you and your baby:
1. Jaundice
Breastmilk jaundice as one of breastfeeding complications is normal. Higher than usual levels of bilirubin or longer than usual jaundice may occur because the baby is not getting enough milk. When the baby is getting little milk, bowel movements tend to be scanty and infrequent so that the bilirubin that was in the baby's gut gets reabsorbed into the blood instead of leaving the body with the bowel movements.
2. Difficulty latching onto mother’s breast
A weak or ineffective suck may cause a baby to obtain inadequate milk with breastfeeding and result in a diminished milk supply and an underweight baby.
3. Sore nipples
Sometimes breastfeeding can be very painful for the mother. This breastfeeding complication is a tender nipples that make nursing painful and frustrating. Improperly positioned babies or babies that suck very vigorously can make the breasts very sore.
4. Nipple Vasopasms.
Some women complain of sharp stabbing pains in their breast and backs when they are nursing.
5. Breast Surgery
Breast surgery can cause various complications during breastfeeding.
6. Clogged Milk Ducts
Clogged milk ducts can be identified as small, red tender lumps on the tissue of the breast. By emptying the breasts, you’ll actually help to prevent clogged milk ducts.
7. Breast Infection/Mastitis
This breastfeeding complication's symptoms includes severe pain or soreness, hardness of the breast, redness of the breast, heat coming from the area, swelling, or even chills. The treatment of breast infection includes bed rest, antibiotics, pain relievers, increased fluid intake, and applying heat.
8. Engorgement
When the breast overfills with milk it becomes painful. Engorgement comes from not getting enough milk from the breast, nipple pain, improper feeding technique, infrequent feeding or infant-mother separation. Warm water or warm compresses and expressing some milk before feeding can also help make breastfeeding more effective and prevent this breastfeeding complication.
9. Fungal Infections of the Baby
This breastfeeding complication involving the breasts are common in women who are breastfeeding an infant, especially infants that may be subject to chronic infection. Most notably, newborns who develop Oral thrush, also known as simply "Thrush", will pass fungal infections to the breasts of feeding mothers, leading to complications in both Mom and baby. As a fungal infection of the mouth, many breastfeeding women are alarmed at the presence of thrush in a baby and the concurrent fungal infection symptoms of the breasts. When suffering from breastfeeding associated thrush fungal infection, it is not uncommon for the breastfeeding woman to be frightened by the sudden onset of symptoms and associated breast pain. Most notably, symptoms of a fungal infection in the breastfeeding mother, beyond pain, may include redness and swelling around the nipple area and deep pains within the breasts, especially when breastfeeding.
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