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Timeline of a Breastfed Baby

All babies reach milestones on their own developmental timeline. A multitude of factors influence the rate of each baby’s individual growth such as genetics, form of delivery, gestation at delivery, medical issues, effectiveness of the placenta prior to delivery, and so on.

However there is a persistent and understandable demand from first-time mothers for information on what is considered ‘the norm’. This is particularly so with breastfeeding, as understanding breastmilk intake is more complex than looking at the oz mark on a bottle. This is a topic rife with large-scale confusion, especially as breastfeeding mothers are in the minority and can often find themselves, and their health workers, comparing their baby with formula-fed babies.

Read rest of great article- The Alpha Parent


Booby Traps Series: Five frequently missed or mismanaged breastfeeding issues in the hospital

 

While things have come a long way since the days when mothers were routinely given injections to “dry up” their milk, there are still a number of breastfeeding issues which are often overlooked during our hospital stay.

How do I know?  Because when I see moms in the community and notice these issues, they report that no one did in the hospital.  Or if they did, it was often either ignored or mismanaged.

 

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Petition asks Sesame Street to bring back breastfeeding

 

Have you heard about the online petition to bring back breastfeeding on Sesame Street? 

The petition says: 

We are not asking Sesame Street to remove bottle feeding. We are asking that both ways of feeding babies be shown as normal.   If we normalize breastfeeding in our community, especially with our children, we can help raise a generation of breastfeeders which will support our economy, make for healthier children and lessen the risk of breast cancer for many nursing mamas!

 

Click here to read the rest of the article and to watch the wonderful videos-The Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog


From “Need” to “Nice:” Best Gifts for the Breastfeeding Mother.

 

This is an older article but helps in this season to help choose the best gifts that mothers really want and need. 

This article gives links tomany other sites about great gifts as well.

To read article-The Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog


A Babe’s Guide to Pumping

Source:http://mommymolecules.blogspot.com/2010/07/web-comic-boob-in-bottle.html

Whether pumping at work, pumping at home for the occasional night out, or pumping to protect milk production while managing breastfeeding challenges, many mothers these days use a breast pump at some point during their nursing relationship. Regardless of the reason, it’s important to have good information, so below are tips to help you ensure that things go smoothly.

 

Read rest of article for tips on making pumping work for you-Best For Babes


Milk banks facing “unprecedented” shortage

A while back I interviewed Pauline Sakamoto, director of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America, on the Motherlove Blog. She talked about the increase in demand for donor milk over the last ten years, and how milk banks sometimes struggle to meet the demand.

But recently, as hospitals have rapidly been changing their policies to make donor milk the standard of care for  preterm babies under certain gestational ages and weights, the rate of increase has become even steeper.

Read more-The Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog


6 Totally Selfish Reasons to Breastfeed

breastfeeding momWe hear a lot about all the benefits of breastfeeding for babies: how a mother’s milk adapts to her baby’s changing needs; how it’s rich in nutrients; how it contains antibodies that protect infants from everything from asthma to diabetes to obesity to SIDS; how it promotes bonding — and, heck, may even make kids smarter!

So, yeah, there are a ton of selfless reasons to breastfeed. But you know what? There are also a lot of totally selfish reasons to breastfeed, too.

For instance? Well, let’s see …

 

Read rest of article-The Stir


Article on hand expression

Breast pumping or hand expression may be recommended when newborns latch or suck poorly.  A recent trial found worse outcomes among mothers who used a breast pump in the early postpartum period. The objective of this study was to compare bilateral electric breast pumping to hand expression among mothers of healthy term infants feeding poorly at 12–36 h after
birth.

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http://www.pqcnc.org/documents/milkwelldoc/PQCNCHandExpression.pdf


Postpartum Depression and Difficulty Breast-Feeding May Go Hand in Hand

Breast-feeding may be natural but that doesn’t mean it comes easily to every new mom. A new study in the August edition of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology finds that women who struggle to breast-feed in the first two weeks after giving birth are more prone to postpartum depression. Read More→


Top 5 Free Gifts for the Nursing Babe-to-Be | Best for Babes

One of the best things about breastfeeding is that when all goes right, and especially if you don’t have to return to work, it can be totally free — extras are optional. So when you have a friend who is expecting who plans on breastfeeding, she definitely needs your support and help preparing. However, this doesn’t have to come in the form of purchases, and in fact, it’s some of the things you can give her for free that will make the biggest difference.

via Top 5 Free Gifts for the Nursing Babe-to-Be | Best for Babes.

 

 

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