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

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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.

Read read of article

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

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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→

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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.

Are you that person to your breastfeeding moms?

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