19/02/2025
🟢 Breastfeeding
The outer breast consists of a ni**le and ar**la. The tip of the ni**le contains several hole openings allowing for milk to flow through during lactation. The ar**la is the pigmented area around the ni**le. It is covered with glands that secrete oil to lubricate the ni**le and ar**la.��The primary function of female breasts is to produce milk in order to nourish an infant, a process called lactation.��The breasts, which are composed primarily of fatty tissue, also contain milk-producing glands called lobules. Lobules are connected to the ni**le by a network of tubes called milk ducts. The breasts produce milk from water and nutrients removed from the bloodstream. The milk is stored in the lobules until the hormone oxytocin signals the tiny muscles in the lobules to contract, and push the milk through the ducts. This process is called let-down reflex, or the milk-ejection reflex. ��Though babies are born with a natural sucking reflex, they must still learn to breastfeed. During breastfeeding, it is important that the infant maintain appropriate mouth-ni**le placement; this assures that the baby is receiving a proper amount of milk and that breastfeeding experience will be successful. The appropriate latch-on position is for the ni**le be placed far in the back of the baby’s mouth, almost to where the hard palate meets the soft palate. If a baby sucks only on the tip of the ni**le or does not have enough breast tissue in the mouth, it can cause the mother to have sore or cracked ni**les.
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