gave birth 14 days ago. Currently, one of my breasts is small, flat and soft, but I still breastfeed normally, while the other breast is full of milk. So, doctor, can you tell me if it is okay for women to have one breast bigger than the other after giving birth? Is it because the soft breast has lost milk? What should I do, doctor? Thank you.

The convenience that breast pumps bring (especially when mothers have to return to work) makes them gradually become an indispensable tool for women who breastfeed.

Blocked milk ducts can occur at any time after giving birth. However, it is most common in the first week. About 15% of breastfeeding women experience breast engorgement, tenderness, and sometimes fever or a hard lump in the milk duct.

Blocked milk ducts and breast abscesses are two very common phenomena in postpartum women and women during breastfeeding. If not treated promptly, blocked milk ducts will lead to breast abscesses, even the formation of fibrous mammary glands and infections.

Nipples come in many shapes – large, small, dark, light, raised, inverted or flat. The reason for inverted nipples is that the milk ducts attached to the nipple are too short. So what to do if your nipples are inverted?

Frozen breast milk is a solution for mothers who produce a lot of milk or have to be away from their babies when returning to work. Although thawing breast milk is a simple task, if parents do not understand the rules, they can accidentally cause the milk to lose nutrients.

Breast milk after heating or thawing can only be used within 24 hours and needs to be kept in the refrigerator. After this period of time, if the baby does not finish drinking, the mother must throw away the remaining milk. This milk cannot be used to make yogurt from breast milk but must be discarded.

Blocked milk ducts are a phenomenon in which the milk ducts are blocked, the milk cannot flow out, and stagnates in the breasts, causing discomfort, tension, and even pain. Many women also have a fever. Blocked milk ducts make women worry about how to handle them. Should they breastfeed if they have blocked milk ducts?

Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months is a great idea. However, expressing and storing breast milk requires hygiene and safe storage temperatures.

Prolactin levels in your body are high during pregnancy and immediately after giving birth, but your body releases prolactin in response to stimulation of your breasts.

Breast milk is the best source of nutrition for children, especially children under 1 year old, because breast milk contains all the necessary nutrients. When a mother has to go back to work soon after giving birth and cannot breastfeed her baby, the best way is to express milk and leave it at home for the baby to eat.