Up next in 10
How to Manage Common Breastfeeding Problems Without Giving Up
10K views
Jun 30, 2025
Breastfeeding is natural—but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy. From sore nipples and low milk supply to latching issues and mastitis, many moms silently struggle and feel guilty for it. In this post, we break the silence. Let’s talk about the most common breastfeeding problems, why they happen, and real, practical tips to manage them—whether you're a first-time mom or on baby number three. You're not alone, and you don't have to quit.
View Video Transcript
0:00
every year the first week of august is
0:02
well breastfeeding week
0:03
and this year's theme is protect
0:06
breastfeeding a shared responsibility
0:08
it's important to know that initiation
0:10
of breastfeeding within the first hour
0:12
of birth
0:13
is important exclusive breastfeeding
0:16
for the first six months is important
0:19
continued breastfeeding up to two years
0:22
or more alongside nutritious
0:25
complementary foods
0:26
is equally important and because of the
0:30
very many benefits that breastfeeding
0:32
has both the child
0:33
and to the mother there's a very strong
0:36
need to find solutions
0:38
to most common breastfeeding problems
0:40
that most
0:41
kenyan women and women all over the
0:43
world encounter
0:45
welcome back to my channel thank you so
0:46
much for tuning in
0:48
if you're new here please consider
0:49
subscribing and turn on your
0:51
notification bell
0:52
this is a nutrition and lifestyle
0:54
channel on this channel
0:55
i give very easy tips and tricks that
0:58
can help you
0:59
keep and maintain a healthy lifestyle
1:06
so the very first common breastfeeding
1:08
problem that most mothers encounter
1:10
is not producing enough milk and when
1:12
you're not producing enough milk
1:14
what is going to happen your child is
1:16
going to be
1:17
crying all the time your child is going
1:19
to be very uncomfortable
1:21
your child is going to go into
1:23
malnutrition or even become
1:26
underweight so when you're talking about
1:28
not producing
1:29
enough milk there are so many things you
1:31
need to do that can help you
1:34
boost your milk supply and the most
1:36
important thing is obviously
1:38
change your diet improve your diet
1:40
choose very healthy foods
1:42
that can help you increase milk
1:45
so when you're talking about a healthy
1:47
diet i've talked so many times about
1:49
choosing balance that
1:50
the foods that are healthy versus the
1:52
foods that are not healthy
1:54
when you're smoking when you're drinking
1:56
alcohol
1:57
a lot that would totally affect the milk
2:00
supply so those are the things you're
2:02
supposed to avoid
2:04
in the first place and when you're
2:06
talking about healthy diets you're
2:07
talking about
2:08
all the food groups you need to consume
2:10
food from all those food groups you're
2:12
talking about carbohydrates the proteins
2:14
the vitamins the minerals
2:16
and even fluids especially when you're
2:18
lactating when you're breastfeeding it's
2:20
important to increase your fluid intake
2:22
okay besides that you also need to eat
2:25
more proteins you also need to eat more
2:28
vitamins and minerals because you're
2:29
eating for your baby what you're eating
2:31
is what your baby is going to have
2:33
so supposing you're taking too much
2:34
alcohol and smoking cigarette oil
2:36
breastfeeding
2:37
that is exactly what your child is going
2:39
to get so it's important to improve
2:42
and choose the foods that you eat very
2:44
very wisely
2:46
also when you're breastfeeding you need
2:49
to increase
2:50
the amount of foods that you eat the
2:52
frequency
2:53
the portion because now you're eating
2:55
for you
2:56
and for your baby you need to include a
2:58
very healthy snack
3:00
in between the main meals when i'm
3:02
talking about a healthy snack
3:04
encourage i encourage more snacks that
3:07
are flowing
3:08
you're talking about porridge blended
3:10
juices and even if you can get a fruit
3:13
or any other snack
3:14
in between the meals it's also good for
3:17
you
3:18
besides choosing healthy diet increase
3:20
uh your water intake
3:22
another important thing that can help
3:24
you increase your your milk supply is
3:26
breastfeed often when you're
3:28
breastfeeding often your hand expressing
3:30
you're using the breast pump
3:32
then you're boosting your milk supply
3:35
and at the same time
3:36
you're you're storing milk that can be
3:39
used
3:40
for your baby when you're away another
3:42
thing
3:43
is to breastfeed your baby on both
3:45
breasts
3:46
okay that is just uh obvious when you're
3:50
breastfeeding for
3:51
your breastfeeding from both breasts
3:52
that is more milk being
3:54
produced and lastly because
3:58
breastfeeding is psychological
4:00
it is in your mind anything that is
4:02
disturbing you anxiety stress
4:04
all those emotional issues that you have
4:06
are going to drastically affect your
4:08
milk supply
4:09
so what you're going to do here is going
4:11
you're going to
4:12
find ways to manage your emotional
4:15
issues
4:16
when you're breastfeeding your baby find
4:18
a very comfortable
4:19
very peaceful place sit down and
4:22
breastfeed your baby where you cannot
4:24
get
4:24
distractions managing stress anxiety and
4:28
all those emotional issues breastfeeding
4:30
your baby often
4:32
you know breastfeeding on both breasts
4:34
and also having a very healthy diet are
4:36
some of the ways you can increase
4:38
your milk supply so going on to the next
4:41
problem that most mothers encounter is
4:43
sore
4:43
and cracked nipples so we are talking
4:46
about pain here we're talking about
4:47
discomfort you know your nipples are
4:49
cracked so you're gonna
4:50
breastfeed your baby as you wish you're
4:53
having pain and discomfort or your
4:54
breastfeeding
4:55
so what are you going to do are you
4:56
going to stop breastfeeding no
4:59
you're going to find ways you can manage
5:01
the pain as well as continue
5:03
breastfeeding so um one of the causes of
5:06
traction and sore nipples is
5:08
poor attachment your baby is not latched
5:11
well you're not attaching your baby well
5:12
to the breasts
5:13
you're not holding your baby in a
5:15
position that the baby can't circle well
5:17
and therefore you develop
5:18
the cuts and also the sore nipples so
5:21
what you need to do is attach your baby
5:23
well
5:23
hold your baby when when you're
5:24
breastfeeding and also um
5:27
learn ways to let your baby properly and
5:30
in this case i'm talking about
5:31
the baby's mouth should go all through
5:34
the nipple
5:35
and to the areola this helps prevent the
5:38
sow and crack nipples and also
5:40
at the same time it helps boost milk
5:42
supply
5:44
another way to deal with this is to
5:45
continue breastfeeding beside the pain
5:47
because mostly cracked nipples
5:49
the pain goes away it heals by you
5:52
continuing breastfeeding you don't need
5:54
to stop
5:55
because when you stop breastfeeding
5:56
you're denying your baby the benefits of
5:58
breast milk you know
6:00
as you continue breastfeeding besides
6:02
the vein you also want to prevent
6:04
further damage
6:05
by making sure your baby is attached
6:07
well and your baby is slashed well to
6:10
the breast
6:11
and this can be very helpful the third
6:14
problem that most mothers encounter is
6:16
engorged breasts and then god's breath
6:18
simply means their breasts are so full
6:20
they're hard and they're very painful
6:22
most women are not comfortable to
6:24
breastfeed when they have engorged
6:25
breasts
6:26
so the solution to this problem is very
6:28
easy make sure your baby is
6:30
breastfeeding often breastfeeding often
6:32
make sure make sure that the
6:33
milk is not stuck in the breasts and
6:36
therefore you want to encounter this
6:37
problem another thing if you're away
6:40
from your baby if you're working mother
6:41
if you're busy away from the child
6:43
you can hand express or use a breast
6:46
pump to express the milk and store
6:48
it properly so that the baby can take it
6:50
on a later time
6:51
breastfeeding often using a hand
6:54
expressing method
6:55
or using a breast pump to express the
6:57
excess nail can really help you
6:59
deal with engorged breasts and lastly we
7:01
are talking about producing too much
7:03
milk
7:03
most women present this as a problem but
7:07
for me that is a good thing
7:08
you only need to learn how to choose the
7:10
proper containers how to
7:12
store them in properly so that the child
7:14
can still have the milk
7:16
and and not letting it go into waste so
7:19
in this video we've talked about four
7:20
most common
7:21
breastfeeding problems there are so many
7:24
out there if you have any other question
7:26
put them in the comment section below
7:28
we've talked about not producing
7:30
enough milk we've talked about uh
7:32
cracked and so nipples we've talked
7:34
about
7:34
engorged breasts we've also talked about
7:36
producing too much milk
7:38
if you have any other problems that have
7:40
not been mentioned on this video you can
7:42
put them in the comment section
7:44
below also remember to like and share
7:46
this video if it has been
7:48
helpful to you and you feel like other
7:50
people also need to learn from it
7:51
you can also remember to subscribe and
7:54
don't forget to turn on the notification
7:56
bell so that you don't miss out on the
7:57
videos
7:58
that i post and so
8:02
with this video is another video that i
8:04
did last year on do's and don'ts
8:06
of breastfeeding for new months those
8:09
are very simple tips and tricks that new
8:11
moms can use
8:12
so that they enjoy the breastfeeding and
8:14
also make sure the child is getting all
8:16
the benefits that come with breast milk
8:19
thank you for joining me today
8:20
until next time bye
#Nutrition
#Reproductive Health
#Women's Health