The Efficacy of Taking Galactogogues to Increase Breast Milk

Year 2024, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 20 - 26, 25.03.2024

Kübra Yurtseven , Asena Kübra Akbaba , Yıldız Akdaş Reis

https://doi.org/10.46969/EZH.1438677

Abstract

Objective: Most mothers prefer to breastfeed their babies after birth. Recent data show that at least 75% of new mothers try to breastfeed their babies. There are a considerable number of galactogenic supplements that are used to increase milk production in breastfeeding mothers. Alcoholic/aqueous extracts from various galactogenic supplements have been reported to maintain or increase milk production through various physiological changes at the biological level. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of a three-day intake of galactogens on milk production in mothers.
Material and Method: The study retrospectively analyzed data from mothers whose milk volume and use of breast milk substitutes were routinely recorded in the maternity ward in January 2021. The data of mothers who had given birth at University of Health Sciences Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Women’s Health Training and Research Hospital, whose babies were hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit and who regularly visited the breast milk unit to express breast milk were taken from the hospital’s registration system. The mothers taking galactogens and those not taking galactogens were divided into two groups. The amount of milk expressed was determined at baseline and 3 hours after and at day 4 complete breast emptying.
Results: It was found that at the end of day 4, there was no statistically significant difference between the average milk volumes of mothers with and without galactogens. In both groups, the amount of breast milk expressed at the beginning of the study increased statistically significantly on day 4.
Conclusion: There are studies that report that some galactogens used in the literature increase the amount of breast milk. There is a need for more comprehensive studies to provide recommendations for the use of galactogens and to provide detailed information on safe use.

Keywords

breast milk, breastfeeding, galactogogue

Anne Sütü Arttırmada Galaktogog Kullanımının Etkinliği

Abstract

Amaç: Annelerin çoğu doğumdan sonra bebeklerini emzirmeyi tercih etmektedir. Son veriler, yeni annelerin en az %75’inin bebeklerini emzirmeye çalıştığını göstermektedir. Emziren annelerde süt üretimini artırmak için kullanılan önemli sayıda galaktojenik takviye bulunmaktadır. Çeşitli galaktojenik takviyelerden elde edilen alkollü/sulu ekstraktların, biyolojik düzeyde çeşitli fizyolojik değişiklikler yoluyla süt üretimini koruduğu veya artırdığı bildirilmiştir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, üç günlük galaktojen alımının annelerde süt üretimi üzerindeki etkisini araştırmaktır.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışma, Ocak 2021’de doğum servisinde süt hacmi ve anne sütü ikamesi kullanımı rutin olarak kaydedilen annelerden elde edilen verileri retrospektif olarak analiz etti. Ankara Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Kadın Hastalıkları Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi’nde doğum yapmış, bebeği yenidoğan yoğun bakım ünitesinde yatan ve anne sütünü sağmak için düzenli olarak anne sütü ünitesine gelen annelerin verileri hastanenin kayıt sisteminden alındı. Galaktojen alan ve almayan anneler iki gruba ayrılmıştır. Sağılan süt miktarı başlangıçta ve memenin tamamen boşalmasından 3 saat sonra ve 4. gün belirlendi.
Bulgular: Dördüncü günün sonunda, galaktojen alan ve almayan annelerin ortalama süt hacimleri arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark olmadığı bulunmuştur. Her iki grupta da çalışmanın başında sağılan anne sütü miktarı 4. günde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı şekilde artmıştır.
Sonuç: Literatürde kullanılan bazı galaktojenlerin anne sütü miktarını artırdığını bildiren çalışmalar bulunmaktadır. Galaktojenlerin kullanımına yönelik öneriler sunmak ve güvenli kullanım hakkında detaylı bilgi sağlamak için daha kapsamlı çalışmalara ihtiyaç vardır.

Keywords

anne sütü, emzirme, galaktogog

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