Almost every future mother during her first pregnancy is tormented by a large number of very diverse issues. So, having decided to feed your child with an exclusively natural product - breast milk, a woman begins to think about purchasing a breast pump long before delivery.
This is a special device that is designed for the mechanical expression of breast milk , and like any device breast pump has its advantages and disadvantages.
Kinds
According to the mechanism of work breast pumps can be divided into 2 types:
- mechanical (manual, operated with the use of the muscular strength of a woman);
- Electric (works in automatic mode using a power source: batteries, mains).
Benefits
The main advantage of a breast pump is that with its help a young mother can completely empty her breast, which is especially necessary in case of milk stagnation. In addition, using an electric breast pump, the mother releases her hands completely, which gives her the opportunity to engage in parallel with other matters and worries.
If we compare manual and electric breast pump , then we can say with confidence that manual is better. So, the mother does not depend on the power source, and can express her breasts even on the road.
In expensive models of electric breast pump provided a mechanical nozzle, which allows you to make a pumping by hand. In addition, the kit comes with a separate wire, which can be connected to the car's cigarette lighter.
Often breast pump helps young mothers who have a lot of breast milk, and the child does not want or can not (because of illness or pathology) suck. Often this is observed in premature infants who are severely impaired due to lack of body weight or underdevelopment of organs and systems (with large prematurity).
Also, many women are forced to earn extra money or completely go to work. That's why they can not do without the help of a breast pump. In addition, in life there can be a case such that the mother gets to the hospital, or there is a need for departure, and you do not want to stop breastfeeding. In this case, the breast pump is the only way out.
disadvantages
In addition to the above pluses, the breast pump, as a device, also has certain disadvantages. Perhaps the most important of them is that over time, the child gets used to the fact that he does not need to put much effort into milk extraction, because his mother feeds already expressed milk from a bottle. In this case, the milk is delivered evenly and with a small stream. That is why, when the mother of breast milk decreases, the child starts to get nervous, since it takes a lot of effort to get it from the breast by herself. This is precisely the harm caused by the use of a breast pump.
Therefore, an increasing number of pediatricians recommend using a breast pump only occasionally,
Thus, it is impossible to say unambiguously whether the breast pump is harmful or not. Everything depends on the specific case. That is why there is often a dispute about the benefits and harm of the breast pump, in which the woman herself decides whether to use it when feeding her own baby or not.
But as if there was not, this device is constantly in demand, and its models are constantly being improved because of this. The only thing, use it better periodically, so as not to cause the child's habits. Otherwise, breastfeeding the baby will be quite difficult.