What causes digestive upset and how to identify it?
Constant hormonal changes, a high burden on the psyche, can all cause constipation in the lactating. As a rule, the development of it is indicated by the following symptoms:
- sharp decrease in acts of defecation (less than 3 times per week);
- solid, segmented feces;
- absence of a feeling of complete emptying of the intestine.
Often, such phenomena are accompanied by flatulence, a feeling of heaviness in the abdomen, pain in the lower part of it, discomfort.
How to treat constipation in a nursing mother?
Treatment should be comprehensive. First of all, you need to start with diet, lifestyle changes. As a rule, the doctors' recommendations concern the increase in physical activity.
As for the diet, then the question of the mother that she is, if she or the baby is constipated, nutritionists point out the need to increase the diet of fresh fruits, vegetables, and reduce fatty foods, as well as foods that contain a lot of protein.
Doctors recommend with constipation in a nursing mother, the nutrition of the mother to build, taking into account the following nuances:
- Exclusion of products with tannin (coffee, tea, pomegranate juice, quince, pear);
- food, which reduces intestinal peristalsis (kissel, rice);
- products that irritate the small intestine (onions, radishes, garlic);
- increasing the gas formation (beans, cabbage, city, bread).
This diet for a nursing mother is suitable for the development of constipation and in the baby. In this case, doctors recommend to include in the diet more sour-milk products (kefir, yogurt), liquid soup, fiber (vegetables, fruits, cereals).