Oxytocin Massage For Abundant Breast Milk

Exclusive breastfeeding is giving breastfeeding only to babies from birth to 6 months. Because breast milk is the first, main and best food for babies, it is natural, it contains various nutrients needed in the prises of baby growth and development.

But not all post partum mothers immediately express breast milk, therefore it is necessary to make efforts to express breast milk. In releasing breast milk, there are two important things, namely production influenced by the hormone prolactin and production which is influenced by the hormone oxytocin. The hormone oxytocin will come out through stimulation to the nipples through the baby's mouth suction or through massage on the back of the baby's mother. By doing a massage on the spine, the mother will feel calm, relaxed, increase the threshold of pain and love her baby, so that the hormone oxytocin comes out as well as breast milk.

The benefits of this Oxytoxin Massage are as follows:

• Increase comfort,

• Increase the movement of milk to the breast,

• Increase the filling of breast milk to the breast,

• Streamlining breastfeeding,

• Accelerate the process of uterine involution.

How to Massage Oxytocin:

1. Mother sits slightly bent forward with her hands folded on the table, head resting on the folds of her hands.
2. Doing massage along the two spine of the mother, using fingers or fists.
3. Then look for the most prominent part of the bone in the cervical spine. From the point of most protruding pliers, drop down a little (1-2 fingers). Then slide it back to the right and left at the same time (1-2 fingers each).
4. Do the massage in a circular motion, do it slowly downward until it reaches the limit of the bra line. You can also massage up to the waist.
5. Press firmly (but not too tightly) in small circular motions using both thumbs. Do the massage starting from the neck, then lowering it down to the shoulder blades.
   

This is the method of oxytocin massage to remove and launch breast milk. Just do 3 minutes.

It is suggested that the massage will be more effective if it is done by a partner. And remember to keep the mood of the breastfeeding mother peaceful and happy, because psychological conditions also affect the smoothness of breastfeeding.