Category: Breastfeeding
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Baby Bonding: Benefits of Skin to Skin
During pregnancy, babies stay with mums as close as they can be – get everything they need from their mother’s body. So you can imagine how insecure they feel when the labour occurs. That’s why doctors and nurses always place your baby on your chest to create a skin-to-skin contact during that first hour (so-called “golden hour”) after…
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Weight Dropped: Is My Baby Drinking Enough Milk?
If you’re a breastfeeding mum you’ve probably noticed your newborn’s weight dropped a bit then regained afterward. You might be wondering whether you’re feeding enough if your baby is having enough milk. In this article, we will cover the signs of newborn and older babies having enough milk, what you can do to make sure…
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Can You Drink Alcohol, Coffee, or Smoke While Breastfeeding?
Congratulations on the birth of your little one! The past few months have been tough, now that you’ve delivered can you get relaxed and pick up your drinking or smoking habit again? If you’re a breastfeeding mum, beware and keep reading. Drinking and Breastfeeding Exclusive breastfeeding for a minimum 6 of months after birth is…
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HOW TO CHOOSE A GOOD NURSING BRA FOR BREASTFEEDING
How to choose a good nursing bra for breastfeeding? Why a nursing bra is so important? A good nursing bra is a must for a successful breastfeeding experience, and it makes your “heavy” breast more comfortable. One of the ways to make your pregnancy and nursing life easy is to get a suitable and properly fitted…
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6 Reasons Why Mums Stop Breastfeeding
At no point have I ever called me a staunch breastfeeding advocate. When I was pregnant, I guess I just assumed that I WOULD breastfeed and that it would be as simple as that. A generally positive outlook on life (and the fact I was a little clueless) meant I never entertained the thought that breastfeeding…
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Liquid Gold: How Best To Store Breast Milk
In most cases, feeding your baby breastmilk directly from your breast will be the most simple and efficient way to feed him, however, this is not always possible and let’s face it, there are many reasons why this might be the case. Life for us mums is busy! Perhaps you’re heading back to work outside…
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Adjusting To Early Parenthood
As soon as you discover you’re pregnant, there’s a world of adjustment that’s required and much of it is to be relished and delighted in. However, you may have been so enchanted by these that you haven’t considered the biggest and most imminent of changes to your lifestyle yet to come – when baby arrives!…
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HOW TO INCREASE YOUR MILK SUPPLY
As a breastfeeding mom, I was often worried about whether I was producing enough milk for my baby. If I could have seen and calculated how much milk my baby was ingesting, I would have been so much happier. I was not on my own though, I was later to learn that most moms fret…
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8 Mistakes you’re probably making with your newborn
Even the best-intentioned mums make mistakes, and when you become a mum for the first time, it’s all new and can feel quite daunting. Whilst your motives are always what’s best, mistakes are made and you muck it up a bit, and that needs to be OK.It’s not about being a Stepford-Mum, but we’d all…
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Survival tactics for a new mum
Wondering whether you’ll survive your newborn? If your breasts are swollen and tender, your top has a sour-milk pong, and the word ‘sleep’ is only associated with one other…’depravity’, you’re most likely homing a newborn. Life with a tiny human is tough work, but what can be hard to fathom at the time, is that…