Prepare your breasts for feeding your baby before giving birth. This will help prevent cracked nipples and discomfort during breastfeeding.
Instructions
Step 1
Take an air bath in the shade, avoiding sunlight. These procedures are very helpful. Their duration should be twenty minutes. During such procedures, the skin of the mammary glands is well tempered and the possibility of cracks appearing while feeding the baby is reduced.
Step 2
Wash your breasts daily with lukewarm water, then rub with a hard towel. Rub for five minutes.
Step 3
It is helpful to wipe the nipples with cologne. This makes the skin of the nipples coarser and less prone to damage while breastfeeding. Choose cologne with care to avoid an allergic reaction.
Step 4
Take a terrycloth towel, cut small circles out of it, and sew to the cups of your daily bra. Constant contact with the terry cloth will make your nipples hard. It is possible that as a result of such a procedure you will experience discomfort, then change your bra for a while. After a certain time, repeat the procedure.
Step 5
If you have flat or inverted nipples, you should start correcting them while you are pregnant. Usually, this problem is solved in the last stages of pregnancy with the help of nipple shape correctors. Talk to your midwife about when to start correcting, how often to apply the corrector, and what breast massage to do.
Step 6
You can do nipple corrections yourself at home. To do this, wash your hands and gently massage your nipples, pulling them slightly forward. You can use a regular manual breast pump to pull out the nipples. Place the breast pump on the nipple and suck air through the tube. Then, while pinching the tube, leave the nipple extended for a few minutes in the breast pump. Perform this procedure in the last months of pregnancy every day, morning and evening.
