So wote ɛyaw nso bere a worema nufu no? (Nufu mu Ɛyaw) Momma yɛnka eyi ho asɛm!

Ɛna a wobɛyɛ no yɛ osuahu a ɛyɛ fɛ sen biara wɔ w’asetra mu, ɛnte saa? Na saa ara na wo ba a wobɛma no nufu nso te. Nanso ɛtɔ mmere bi a, wɔ nufu a worema no mfiase no, wubetumi anya ɔhaw ne ɛyaw bi. Ɛnanom foforo pii hyia saa ɔhaw ahorow yi. Enti mma ɛnhaw wo, ɛnnɛ yɛbɛka ɛyaw a ɛba wɔ nufu mu ne nea wubetumi ayɛ wɔ ho.

Nsɛnnennen a ɛba wɔ nufu a wɔma no mfiase no mu

Wɔ akokoaa akyi nna a edi kan no, ebia wubenya osuahu foforo bi na woate nka sɛ wo ho nyɛ wo dɛ kakra. Momma yɛnhwɛ nea wɔyɛ.

Krak a ɛyɛ mmerɛw

Afei, nna anaa adapɛn kakraa a edi kan wɔ wo ba no akyi no, ebia wubenya akisikuru kakra wɔ wo yafunu ase, te sɛ wo bra. Eyi taa ba titiriw bere a wo ba no rema nufu na wo nufusu afi ase reba (nufusu let-down). Nea enti a ɛte saa ne sɛ w’awotwaa no resan akɔ tebea a na ɛwɔ hɔ ansa na woanyinsɛn no mu. Enti eyi yɛ ade a ɛfata na biribiara nni hɔ a ɛsɛ sɛ ɛhaw yɛn ho.

Nufusu a ɛyɛ den

Afei, saa nufusu yi yɛ ma. Wɔ wo ba no awo akyi nna abien kosi anum no, nufusu a wode ma no kɔ soro, enti ebia wo nufusu no ayɛ ma kɛse na ɛtɔ mmere bi a ɛyɛ den. Wɔfrɛ eyi ``engorgement.'' Nanso sɛ woma wo ba nufu nnɔnhwerew abien kosi abiɛsa biara , anaasɛ wobɔ nufusu kakra a, saa nufusu yi renhyɛ ma koraa.

Nanso sɛ saa `(Engorgement)` yi kɔ so a, nufu no betumi ayɛ yaw, ayɛ yaw, na ɛtɔ mmere bi mpo a nufu mu yare betumi aba. Enti, ɛbɛyɛ papa sɛ wobɛkwati eyi sɛnea wubetumi biara. Dodow a wotwentwɛn wo nan ase sɛ wobɛma nufu, anaasɛ wobɛkyɛ wɔ pɔmpɛ mu no, dodow no ara na wo nufu no bɛyɛ nea ɛnyɛ dɛ na ayɛ ma.

Sɛ wuntumi mma wo ba no nufu ntɛm ara a, bɔ mmɔden sɛ wode aduru a ɛyɛ hyew bɛpetepete so na wode wo nsa ahyɛ nufusu bi mu. Ɔkwan biako a wobɛfa so de nsa ada nufusu adi ne sɛ wode wo nsateaa kɛse bɛto nufusu no atifi na wode wo nsateaa foforo no ahyɛ nufu no ase, amia brɛoo nanso woabɔ nufu no nkyɛn denneennen, na afei wode wo nsateaa abom na woapia nufusu no afi mu.

Dɛn nti na ɛyɛ yaw bere a worema nufu no?

Sɛ nkokoaa de wɔn ho hyɛ nufu no mu a, ɛnanom binom betumi ate nka sɛ wɔn ho nyɛ wɔn dɛ kakra wɔ sikani kakraa a edi kan a wɔde ma wɔn nufu no mu. Eyi yɛ ade a ɛfata. Nanso ɛno akyi no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔhaw no ano brɛ ase. Ɛwom sɛ ebia nufu no bɛte nka sɛ wɔretwe bere a akokoaa no renom nufu de, nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ yaw.

Sɛ wokɔ so te ɛyaw anaa wo ho nyɛ wo dɛ bere a worema nufu a, bɔ mmɔden sɛ wubegyae nufu a woma no kakra na woasan de wo ba no asi baabi foforo. Ɛsɛ sɛ baabi a ɛyɛ sum a atwa wo nufu (areola) ho ahyia no yɛ wo ba no ano yiye. Sɛ nkokoaa kyekyere wɔn ho wɔ ɔkwan a ɛnteɛ so a, ebia wɔbɛte nka sɛ ɛyɛ nwonwa na ɛyɛ nsɔe bere biara a wɔbɛnom nufu. Bere kɔ so no, eyi betumi ama nufu no ayɛ yaw, apaapae, anaasɛ ayɛ no yaw.

Ade a ɛho hia sen biara ne sɛ, sɛ worete ɛyaw bere a worema nufu a, akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wuhu oduruyɛfo anaa ɔfotufo a ɔhwɛ nufusu so kɔhwɛ sɛ akokoaa no rebɔ ne ho yiye ne sɛ ebia ɔhaw foforo bi wɔ hɔ anaa.

Dɛn ne nneɛma afoforo a ɛde nufu mu yaw ba?

Ɛnyɛ sɛ wubetumi ate nufu mu yaw esiane sɛ woankyekyere wo ho yiye nti nko, na mmom nneɛma afoforo pii wɔ hɔ a enti wubetumi ate nufu mu yaw.

Nufusu Nsuo a Wɔde Plugged

Ɛtɔ mmere bi a, nufusu ntini no betumi asiw. Ebia wobɛte ɛyaw nka wɔ wo nufu mu baabi biako, anaasɛ wobɛte akisikuru ketewaa bi nka wɔ wo honam ani. Sɛ eyi ba a, sɔ anammɔn yi hwɛ na ama woabue ntini a asiw no na woate ɛyaw no so:

• Fa nsu a ɛyɛ hyew guare anaasɛ fa nsu a ɛyɛ hyew a wɔde hyɛ mu gu baabi a ɛhɔ yɛ hyew. Fa wo nsa twitwiw beae no brɛoo mpɛn pii da biara. Afei ma wo ba no nufu ntɛm ara.
• Nea ɛho hia paa ne sɛ wobɛkura akokoaa no mu sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a sɛ ɔrema nufu a, ne hwene bɛhwɛ ɔfã a nufu no akɔfam no. Eyi bɛboa ma nufusu no afi saa ɔfã no ntɛmntɛm.
• Fa wo nsa hyɛ akuru no mu bere a wo ba no rema nufu no. Ebia akuru no yera bere a wɔama no aduan mprenu anaa mprɛnsa akyi.
• Wubetumi ayi nufusu a akyea no bi afi hɔ denam nsa anaa anyinam ahoɔden pɔmpɛ a wode bɛbɔ beae no simma kakraa bi no so.
• Sɛ woma nufu wie a, fa aduru a ɛyɛ nwini (mmfa nsukyenee no nhyɛ beae hɔ tẽẽ, fa ntama a ɛyɛ tratraa kyekyere) gu beae hɔ.
• Sɛ akuru no ankɔ fam wɔ nnansa anaa nnansa mu, anaasɛ wowɔ atiridiinini, awɔw, nipadua mu yaw, anaa nea ɛte sɛ nea ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ wɔ wo nufu so a, akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ kɔ oduruyɛfo nkyɛn.

Nufu/nufu mu yare `(Mastitis)`

Eyi yɛ nufu no mu ɔfe. Sɛ wo nufu yɛ wo yaw, ɛwɔ nsensanee kɔkɔɔ, anaasɛ ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ na ɛyɛ den wɔ baabi biako a, ebia wubenya nufu mu yare. Nnipa binom nso nya atiridiinini ne atiridiinini. Sɛ wususuw sɛ wowɔ nufu mu yare a, kɔ oduruyɛfo nkyɛn ntɛm ara.

Saa bere yi de, kɔ so ma wo ba no nufu, anaasɛ pɔmpɔ na yi nufusu fi wo nufu mu. Sesa wo ho wɔ aduru a ɛyɛ hyew a wode bɛhyɛ wo ho ansa na wode ama wo ne aduru a ɛyɛ nwini a wode bɛhyɛ wo ho bere a wode ama wo awie no ntam. Sɛ eyi yɛ nufu mu yare a ɔyare mmoawa de ba a, ebia ebehia sɛ wonom nnuru a ekum ɔyare mmoawa.

Oral Thrush a Ɛyɛ Fɛ

Ɛtɔ da bi a, mmɔkaw a wɔfrɛ no ``Oral Thrush'' ba wo ba no ano. Sɛ eyi ba a, wo ba no anofafa afã abien no nyinaa honam ani betumi apaapae na wubetumi ahu nsensanee fitaa anaa kɔkɔɔ wɔ w’ano, ne tɛkrɛma, ne w’afono mu. Saa ɔyare mmoawa yi nso betumi atrɛw akɔ wo nufu mu. Ebia wubenya yare no ho sɛnkyerɛnne te sɛ:

• Ɛyaw a ɛyɛ hyew a ɛyɛ sekan a efi nufu no mu ba, bere a wɔma nufu anaasɛ bere a wɔama nufu awie no.
• Ɛyaw a ɛwɔ koko mu tɔnn.
• Ɛyaw a ano yɛ den a ɛba nufu anaa nufu mu a ɛnbrɛ ase bere a wɔakyekyere akokoaa no yiye anaasɛ wɔde asi baabi foforo mpo akyi.
• Tebea a ɛma nufu no mu apaapae, ɛyɛ no yaw, anaasɛ ɛte sɛ nea ɛrehyew, anaasɛ ɛyɛ pink, kɔkɔɔ, ɛhyerɛn, ɛyɛ mmerɛw, anaasɛ ɛwɔ akisikuru nketenkete.

Sɛ wo anaa wo ba no wɔ saa sɛnkyerɛnne ahorow yi bi a, akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ kɔ oduruyɛfo nkyɛn.

Nufusu a Wɔadannan anaasɛ Ɛyɛ Tratraa

Ebia mmea binom nufu a ɛdannan, a ɛnpue na mmom ɛkɔ mu. Anaasɛ ebia wɔwɔ nufu a ɛyɛ tratraa, a ɛnpue sɛnea ɛsɛ sɛ ɛba bere a akokoaa no rema nufu no. Ebia ɛbɛyɛ den ama mmea yi sɛ wɔbɛma wɔn nufu na wobetumi anya nufu a ɛyɛ yaw. Sɛ wowɔ saa tebea horow yi mu biara a, wo ne wo duruyɛfo anaa obi a ɔhwɛ nufusu ho ɔfotufo nkasa mfa akwan horow a wobɛfa so ama nufu a wobɛma ayɛ mmerɛw na atew ɛyaw so.

Dɛn na wobetumi ayɛ de atew ɛyaw yi so?

Okay, afei ma yɛnhwɛ nea wubetumi ayɛ de atew nufu ne nufu mu yaw yi so.

Bere a wɔrema nufu no:

• Fi ase ma nufu wɔ ɔfã a ɛnyɛ yaw kɛse no so kan. Bɔ mmɔden sɛ wobɛsesa gyinabea a wode ma nufu.
• Hwɛ sɛ akokoaa no de ne ho abɔ nufu no ho yiye anaa .
• Sɛ nufusu yɛ yaw kɛse a, ebia ɛbɛyɛ mmerɛw ama wo sɛ wobɛbɔ nufusu no bi na woayi afi hɔ.
• Sɛ wo nufu mu yɛ yaw anaasɛ ɛpaapae a, bisa nufu ho ɔfotufoɔ anaa wo duruyɛfoɔ fa ``Nipple Shield'' a wode bedi dwuma ho. ``Nipple Shield'' yɛ ade a wɔde kata nufu no so ne beae a ɛyɛ sum a atwa ho ahyia no ``areola'' bere a wɔrema nufu no. Ɛbɔ nufu a ɛyɛ yaw anaa apaapae ho ban. Nanso, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde eyinom di dwuma wɔ nnuruyɛfo afotu nkutoo so, efisɛ ɛtɔ mmere bi a ebetumi aka wo nufusu a wode ma no.
• Sɛ woretwa wo ba no nufu afi nufu no mu a, ntwe prɛko pɛ, na mmom gyae nea wɔnom no nkakrankakra. Fa wo nsateaa biako si wo ba no ano nkyɛn, wɔ anom ntam, na dannan wo nsateaa no kakra.
• Sɛ woma nufu wie a, fa w’ankasa nufusu bi gu wo nufusu so na ma mframa nwo.

Bere a wɔrema nufu no:

• Fa wo nsa twitwiw baabi a ɛyɛ yaw no ansa na woama wo nufu.
• Ansa na wobɛma nufu no, fa gya a ɛyɛ hyew anaa ɛyɛ nwini gu wo nufu so (nsu a ɛyɛ hyew a wode guare, nsu a ɛyɛ hyew toa, ɔhyew afiri, anaa ntama a ɛyɛ hyew). Nanso, sɛ wowɔ mmɔkaw yare wɔ wo nufu mu a, ɛsɛ sɛ woma wo nufu yɛ nwunu, efisɛ mmɔkaw ani gye nsu ho.
• Gye w’ahome pii sɛnea wubetumi na nom nsu pii.
• Sɛ woma nufu wie a, fa nsukyenee anaa nneɛma a ɛyɛ nwini gu nufu a ayɛ ma no so.
• Ma baabi a woma wo ba no nufu no nyɛ nea ahotɔ wom. Tena nkongua a ɛyɛ fɛ, glider anaa armrests so. Nan a wɔde gyina so anaa apɔw-mu-teɛteɛ betumi ama ayɛ nea ahotɔ wom kɛse. Ɛnanom binom pɛ sɛ wɔde nufusu a wɔde kyekyere wɔn ho anaa ``okunu'' akyi pillow bedi dwuma bere a wɔrema nufu wɔ mpa so no.

Nneɛma a ɛsɛ sɛ wokae (Take-Home Message) .

Okay, afei woate ase sɛ nufu a wɔde ma no nyɛ mmerɛw bere nyinaa. Ɛyɛ ade a ɛfata sɛ wubenya ɔhaw ne ɛyaw bi. Nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ wugyina saa ɛyaw no ano.

Kae sɛ, sɛ nufu a wobɛma no yɛ yaw anaasɛ ɛyɛ den ma wo a, aniwu biara nni ho sɛ wobɛsrɛ mmoa. Wo ne wo duruyɛfo anaa obi a ɔhwɛ nufusu ho ɔfotufo nka eyi ho asɛm. Wɔbɛma wo akwankyerɛ a ɛfata.

Ɛsɛ sɛ wo ne wo ba no tumi nya nufu mu anigye wɔ ɔkwan a ɛyɛ ahotɔ ne anigye so. Sɛ wowɔ nsɛmmisa bi a, nsuro sɛ wobɛsrɛ mmoa. Ɛnyɛ wo nko ara!

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