"The production of milk have engaged in the hormone prolactin, the formation of which depends on the sucking activity of the child. This hormone causes cells in the breast to produce milk. The baby begins to suckle, and after a few minutes the number of prolactin begins to increase. (The hormone prolactin is everyone, even the men, only a little).

Often, when feeding is interrupted before the deadline, the mother feels regret and sadness due to the fact that the child no longer receives her milk. Reasons for the loss of breastfeeding can be different. Sometimes the baby is bottle-fed because of illness or hospitalization of mother or he enters the hospital separately is not always possible to maintain lactation.

"Encourage the baby to the breast as often as he asks!" - calls on the world Health Organization in its recommendations on establishing successful breastfeeding. "Frequent and prolonged sucking the breast are the guarantee of a sufficient quantity of milk and a necessary condition for successful physical and mental development of the child repeat after foreign pediatricians their Russian colleagues.

The last decade in our society-spread opinion about what to feed the child with breast milk is a complex task that not everyone is subject. There is an opinion that there are dairy mothers, and some mothers milk last only 3-4 months or less. We are glad to inform you that it is not so! This is likely due to the fact that young mothers simply do not possess the necessary information about breastfeeding, and especially this, unfortunately, is rarely taught. Therefore, women as you can, so fed, sometimes not knowing the main points that are crucial for successful lactation. In this article, we enumerate them.