Get a load of these little-known things that can
happen to you when you’re nursing your baby. Breastfeeding is
beautiful, natural, and sometimes
just completely baffling and bizarre,
an amazing gift mums give to
their babies. No one warns you about the strange and amazing ways that nursing
a baby will affect your life. Many mums run into a host of
problems before they get used to breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is natural, sure, but it's not
intuitive.
1. Heard about the breast crawl? It’s the phenom
where a newborn baby placed on the mum’s belly will shuffle his way up to her
nipple by smell and try to latch on. A baby only starts to crawl at about 6
months! But seriously, most babies are born with an innate instinct to suckle,
though it is stronger in some babies than others.
2. Sore nipples and chafed skin are just several
discomforts new mums have to endure during the early weeks of
breastfeeding. “It
felt icky to me, and I hated that my breasts got engorged, sore and they leaked
unexpectedly,” says Constance Soh, mum to Ella, 1.
3.
If your milk is greenish, it’s probably
because you’ve been eating more green foods.
4. You may feel “high”. Many
mums say that feel exceptionally calm while nursing their babies. Other mums
feel kind of “high” ― this feeling is probably brought on by the oxytocin and
prolactin released when the baby suckles.
5. The changes your breasts
goes through. You’ll start to see the
changes even when you are pregnant: your areola gets darker and the skin gets
thicker, while your breasts and nipples enlarge. Don’t fret ― the changes
simply prepare you to breastfeed. Darker and more prominent nipples help your
baby locate the milk source, while the thicker skin provides some protection
from injuries and chafing.
6. They’re lopsided. You
may find pretty early on that your baby prefers latching on one breast compared
to the other. Since a higher demand triggers your milk supply, the preferred
breast tends to fill up with milk faster, and the other doesn’t get engorged
quite as often. It’s completely normal ― due to hormonal shifts, your sex
drive can tank when you’re breastfeeding.
7. Your baby can bite. Even
newborns are known to chomp down pretty hard on their mum’s nipples, causing an
immense amount of pain! You see, babies with zero teeth still have pretty
strong jaws.
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