Strategies For Relieving Engorgement From Maya Bolman, a well-respected clinical lactation care provider in the U.S. who uses her hands to help nursing mothers relieve the breast fullness that can interfere with their breastfeeding. Bolman observes that, since the breast has no fascia or muscle to aid in movement of fluids other than breast milk, congestion […]
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If we were unable as a race to make it, we, as a species, would not be here. Babies have to be able to find a nipple, attach and suckle if they are to live (in the ‘wild’). Mother Nature has not gone to all the trouble of creating your baby, to lose at the
As mammals we are constructed to feed our young: Without thought. Automatically. Doesn’t take any effort. It just happens. Let baby dictate how and when. Baby-led breastfeeding is how all other mammals do it. We just have to let Nature have her way with us. This means – easy and natural birthing makes for easy
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Toxic Breast Milk? By Florence Williams, New York Times, January 9, 2004 Breast-Feeding Emmanuelle, First Month 2004, self-portrait If human breast milk came stamped with an ingredients label, it might read something like this: 4 percent fat, vitamins A, C, E and K, lactose, essential minerals, growth hormones, proteins, enzymes and antibodies. In a
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My third child and I had a difficult beginning. She initially breastfed, as I assumed all babies did – onto the breast, attached, suckling, and swallowing – normal. Then she descended into a life or death decline. During this time, I was exceptionally grateful that I had had no trouble feeding her elder brothers. My
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Endometriosis I started seeing Heather following an appointment with an OB/GYN regarding break-through on the pill, which I had been enduring for over 2 years, and having tried every pill available, this was the next option.
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Teething is a simple case of not enough nutrients where needed when needed Sometimes raising a child can seem very difficult, yet often there is a very simple answer. The process of teething can be a mine field to be endured by all, yet it is sometimes easy to resolve. Instead of putting up with
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Often it is hard to think of breastfeeding in the midst of all the chaos that may accompany baby arriving. Here is the story of a persistent lactator.
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Who are we worrying about hurting? WHAT about the vulnerable baby?
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