Do you need a prolactinologist?

　　Recently, a new profession has been circulating on Weibo. It is said that the market demand is quite large.

　　The first prolactinologist in Hangzhou:

　　This line of work is all about female

　　Confinement nanny also works as a lactation nurse, and the lactation market is a mixed bag.

　　Seeing that business is getting better, more and more mothers are looking for prolactinologists. But Zhai Xuanyi did not expect that various confinement sisters would also act as prolactinologists, making the entire market a mixed bag.

　　In the Provincial Maternity Insurance Company, the busy confinement sisters said that if they want to find a specialized lactation nurse, the company does not have one. But if you hire a nanny, lactation services can be included. The fee is 5,000 yuan per month. If calculated on a daily basis, it is 200 yuan a day.

　　“Promoting lactation is not simple. Just crush the hard lumps of engorged milk and the milk will come out naturally. No professional training is required. That's just a gimmick. ”A confinement nanny in her 50s said that she had taken care of no less than a hundred mothers, and many of them kneaded the milk out in this way.

　　There are also many mothers or mothers-in-law who use their experience to help mothers promote lactation. In the maternity care corridor, you can often hear the "wailing" of mothers who are being induced to breastfeed.

　　Mother Xiao Zhu also has her own opinions. “There are still differences in techniques. The confinement sister-in-law helped me rub it, and I screamed like a slaughtered pig. It hurt to death if I touched it. Later, my husband hired a professional prolactinologist, and the pain was not that bad and it was completely bearable. It seems that there is something special about acupuncture points. ”

　　“Rubbing casually is actually very dangerous, especially rubbing when you see a hard lump, which can easily cause breast inflammation and Breast hyperplasia . ”Zhai Xuanyi said that she had personally seen some mothers whose breasts were damaged due to the use of hot towels for hot compresses. skin Severely burned. “If the breasts are not massaged properly, especially if the intensity is not controlled properly, problems such as mastitis may occur. ”

　　“They think too much. In fact, prolactinologists are only for pregnant women to help induce lactation. As far as I know, at least Beijing and Hangzhou don’t have male Lactation specialist. I will never hire a male employee in the future. ”Zhai Xuanyi is known as the "No. 1 lactation specialist" in Hangzhou and has been practicing for 6 years. I came to Hangzhou from Beijing 3 years ago and opened a "XX lactation center".

　　Zhai Xuanyi said that the so-called milk massager is also called a lactation specialist. As an emerging industry, there is currently no definition in the national vocational skills ceremony, so there are many names in the market.

　　“My job is to rub breasts. It is indeed easy for people to misunderstand, but it is related to the mother. healthy . ”Zhai Xuanyi introduced that prolactinologists are practitioners who use relevant knowledge such as physiology, traditional Chinese medicine, and nutrition, and use techniques and methods such as diet, massage, and psychology to help mothers solve problems such as no milk, low milk, and milk stasis, and provide breastfeeding guidance.

　　Zhai Xuanyi visits two or three pregnant women every day, allowing mothers who cannot express milk to secrete milk for their babies. It costs 200 yuan for each mother to induce lactation, which basically lasts about an hour.

　　Due to the good milk-releasing effect, Zhai Xuanyi's hands are also nicknamed "Magic Milk Hands". However, she said that the "miraculous milk hand" depends on daily practice.

　　The simplest exercise is to put the tips of 10 fingers against the wall and do the wall support exercise, and then support the edge of the table with your hands to do the diagonal support exercise. Do 200 per group.

　　“We all rely on finger support to perform lactation massage. We do it at least two or three people a day. Without training, it is impossible to sustain it. ”Zhai Xuanyi has four female apprentices, and each of them takes good care of their hands.

　　“These hands hardly wash anything, and they must wear gloves when doing housework. Apply a thick layer of hand cream immediately after washing your hands. Because you are in contact with the delicate skin of your breasts, you must pay attention to comfort. ”Due to dealing with breasts all day long, Zhai Xuanyi's hands have become very sensitive. If the mother has breast problems, she can judge breast fibroids, lobular hyperplasia, mastitis, etc. by feeling disease。

　　Zhai Xuanyi explained: "My job is to use traditional Chinese medicine massage techniques to unblock the breast glands one by one and open them all at once. ”

　　However, the current embarrassment facing this new profession is that the official has not yet issued clear professional standards, that is, there is no place to issue qualification certificates. Most prolactinologists hold the qualification certificate of "masseur" to work.

　　Zhai Xuanyi said that when she first arrived in Hangzhou, she found that the prolactinologist industry in Hangzhou was basically blank. “The only children of this generation are not very good at confinement and have little milk supply. On the one hand, it is caused by poor physical fitness and weak Qi and blood; on the other hand, it is caused by incorrect feeding methods. ”This made Zhai Xuanyi feel that this profession has great development prospects.

　　Now, Zhai Xuanyi has four prolactinologists under his command, and the five of them work together. When business is good, one person has to take on eight businesses a day. “We usually unblock the mammary glands through massage, and then use special postpartum meals for conditioning to increase the mother's milk supply. ”