Description
Feature & Benefits:
- Hot & Cold Therapy – When breastfeeding or during menstruation.
- Cold Therapy – To relieve pain, swelling, engorgement, plugged ducts or mastitis. Place in the fridge for 2 hours for maximum effect.
- Hot Therapy – To help relieve mastitis and help loosen clogged milk ducts to make feeding easier. Heat in the microwave for maximum 20 seconds in 5 second intervals.
- Breast Pump Aid – Use hot to reduce time spent pumping.
Specification:
- Non-toxic, phthalate free, BPA fee, latex free；
- Soft and flexible for comfort and feature a contoured shape that moulds to your breast；
- With extra soft covers conform to breast and can be worn under bra.
Treating Mastitis
Mastitis is the inflammation of breast tissue that can sometimes lead to an infection. Mastitis is usually the result of a blocked milk duct that hasn’t cleared. Some of the milk banked up behind the blocked duct can be forced into nearby breast tissue, causing the tissue to become inflamed. The inflammation is called mastitis; infection may or may not be present when one is suffering from mastitis. You can continue breastfeeding your baby if you have mastitis. However, it may be more difficult due to the mentioned symptoms. At the same time, a reusable cold pack can help relieve the symptoms.
PREM 7: 7 Steps Towards a Safer Premature Birth
1.Right place of birth
All babies born in appropriate settings for their gestation
2.Magnesium Sulphate
To be offered to all women before 30 weeks with imminent or planned birth
3.Intrapartum Antibiotic
Prophylaxis To be offered to all women in established labour before 34 weeks
4.Steroids
To be offered to all women before 34 weeks with threatened labour
5.Optimal cord management
For all babies before 34 weeks
6.Temperature
Normal temperature range (36.5-37.5oC) for all babies before 34 weeks
7.Breast Milk- Maternal breast milk to be received within 24 hours of birth for all babies before 34 weeks.
Side Effects of Breastfeeding
A plugged milk duct. Often, milk ducts get plugged when there is more milk being produced than there is leaving the breast. Women may feel pain in an area of the breast or a lump may form under the skin where the duct is plugged. To help unclog the duct and ease pain:
- Take warm showers or use warm compresses on the area. Massage the area several times a day. Then, breastfeed your baby right away.
- Position your baby’s chin so that it points toward the clogged area during feeding. This will help that area of the breast empty sooner.
- Gently massage the lump while your baby feeds. It may take 2 to 3 feedings for the lump to go away. You also can use a manual (hand) or electric pump for a few minutes to help draw out the clogged milk while gently massaging the area.
- Apply cold compresses (ice wrapped in a thin towel) between feedings.
An infographic For Breast Feeding
Further Reading
kidshealth.org/en/parents/breastfeed-discomfort.html
https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/download.cfm?doc=docm93jijm4n568.pdf&ver=202
Further Information
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rick280874 –
Both products were excellent for the mothers in our maternity ward, the mothers had the options of cold compress and warm, very easy to use.
tylergilbert225 –
I used these when healing postpartum and the cooling pad was my favorite due to the release I got which helped the pain.