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If you just gave birth and you are facing breastfeeding problem – don’t give up. Breastfeeding may not be easy but as soon as you and your baby learn how to do it, you will see that it is the best way of bonding with your baby.
Doctors and nutritionists all around the world agree [...]
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Expertise: Basic breastfeeding technique and management, Breastfeeding multiples, Low milk Supply, Inverted and Flat Nipples Latch Issues, Relactation, Adoptive Nursing, Returning to work
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Developing sore nipples during breastfeeding are caused by a number of reasons, but they are easily managed and treated. However, before treating the pain, it is important to determine the cause of the soreness which then enables treatment of the root problem to prevent recurring soreness.
Make sure baby is latching properly
When you are new [...]
Myth: If your breasts don’t become larger during pregnancy or if you have small breasts you will not be able to breast feed.
Truth: Many women will not notice any change in their breasts but will breast feed successfully. Breast size has nothing to do with success in breast feeding.
Myth: If you don’t express colostrums during [...]
Breast feed your baby for at least the first 5-6 months of life. Most mothers may have to return to work before this period is reached. So, how do you continue to breast feed your baby? Your employer may provide a nursery where your baby and other babies can stay. In that case, by all [...]
During the time that you are breast feeding, you must continue to be as careful about taking medications as you were during pregnancy. Anything you take will cross into your breast milk.
Follow this general principle: if you do not have to take medication, don’t. if you have to take medication, make sure your doctor knows [...]
Breast feeding is a natural process. However, the first 2 weeks of breast feeding can be a difficult time especially for a mother having her first baby. Here are a few common problems faced by some mothers:
Breast engorgement
Reasons:
If you do not position you baby properly and put your baby often enough to the [...]
This calls for your own personal taste since the best techniques for feeding your baby are really yours to choose. It doesn’t matter whether you feed your baby sitting up, on your side or when lying down. The golden rule is that both you and your baby have to be comfortable.
You need to get your [...]
You can start feeding your baby as soon as possible after birth or within 1 hour of delivery. This is necessary to get your milk production started. Also, your baby is most alert during this period.
In the first days after giving birth, only a thick yellow ‘milk’ is produced, called colostrum. But don’t worry. Colostrum [...]
The production of milk depends on your baby’s needs and demands. As your baby sucks, the nerve endings in your nipples are stimulated. A message is sent to your brain which causes the production of a hormone, called prolactin. This hormone initiates the production of milk in your breasts. The more your baby continues to [...]
