-Frequent emptying will resolve engorgement but can become cyclical
What are Relief measures if a mom is not breastfeeding? - Ans:✔✔--Tight Bra
-Cool compress
-Don't stimulate the breasts
-Cabbage leaves
Assessing the uterus during PP? - Ans:✔✔--checking fundal height (at the umbilicus, 1 FH below
umbilicus, 1 FH above umbilicus, etc.)
-determine involution (going back to pre-pregnancy)
-midline & firm
-if the uterus is displaced up and to the right it could be that she needs to void
-Boggy uterus indicates uterine atony
-Atony leads to postpartum hemorrhage
**LIFE THREATENING! MASSAGE THE FUNDUS
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