By preparing for breastfeeding you give yourself a much better chance of beating the ‘booby traps’ and getting through the early days more easily.
Just like human blood, breast milk is a living fluid containing a range of germ killing substances, healthy bacteria, antibodies, white blood cells and antimicrobials that offer protection against bacteria and viruses.
As you breastfeed your little one, you are not just nourishing your baby, you are saving precious resources that cost the earth – literally.
Postnatal depletion can be an accumulative process – you conceive a baby, grow a baby, birth a baby then breastfeed, then throw in some sleep deprivation and the emotional stress of adjusting to this new role.
Most women imagine that breastfeeding will fill them with warm and fuzzy feelings as they gaze down lovingly at their feeding baby.
But instead, women with Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex (D-MER) can find themselves filled with an overwhelming feeling of panic, sadness or dread as they b...
Most of us know about and are aware of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. There is third type though; gestational diabetes which isn’t as well known, but it seems to becoming more prevalent.Gestational Diabetes (GD) occurs in almost 10% of Australian pregnant women. GD is diabetes that occur...
If your baby is unwell, he may have difficulty feeding.See how breastfeeding helps your sick baby, and when to seek urgent medical care.
There can be potentially harmful side effects from both natural and prescription medication advised for breastfeeding mothers to increase breast milk supply.
What are the signs your baby is ready for family foods? Our IBCLC, Pinky McKay explains when and how to easily introduce family foods to your breastfed baby.