Choosing to breastfeed your baby is a huge decision. Breastfeeding offers a bond between mother and child and breast milk is perfect nourishment for a newborn. Learn all you need to know to get started.
Breastfeeding: Hyperactive Letdown
New mothers are often confused when they are clearly producing
enough milk, but baby just does not want to feed or appears fussing or
squirmy during feedings. Hyperactive letdown can cause a myriad of
symptoms for baby.
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Breastfeeding Information and Resources
Not every mother will have the perfect breastfeeding experience, but there are support groups that provide helpful information on breastfeeding techniques and forums to discuss breastfeeding problems and solutions.
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Breastfeeding Guide
Learn the basics about breastfeeding so your baby can get off to a successful start.
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How to Stop Breastfeeding: 10 Tips from Veteran Moms
While many of these answers are founded in science, the best source of information for on how to stop breastfeeding comes from other moms.
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10 Tips for Breastfeeding in Public
These 10 tips for making peace with public breastfeeding may help overcome some of the obstacles.
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Breastfeeding FAQs
Breastfeeding is one of the best things you can do for your baby. Here are 10 common questions and answers on breastfeeding!
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Breastfeeding Basics for Mom
The art of breastfeeding offers a bond between mother and child like no other bond on earth. This is not to mention the fact that the colostrum is the best choice for babies first meals of life.
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Alternative Feeding Methods
Moms typically choose between prepared infant formulas and breast milk
for feeding the baby. In rare cases, moms may not feel comfortable with
either of these choices. Alternative feeding choices for the baby are
limited, but there are some choices mom may want to research.
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Breastfeeding: Tips and Tricks
There is nothing easy about breastfeeding. Every mom needs a few helpful tips to make breastfeeding the beautiful experience it should be.
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Breastfeeding Positions and Latching
While breastfeeding is a natural process that babies are born to do, the most common problem new mothers report involves difficulty latching. Find out which breastfeeding positions can ease both mom and baby.
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Lactation and Cardiovascular Disease
According to a study presented at the 27th Meeting of the Society for the Maternal-Fetal Medicine, women who choose to breastfeed are less likely to suffer from Coronary Artery Disease later in life.
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CDC Report Claims Hospitals Don’t Support Breastfeeding
According to a new report from the CDC, only 4-percent of the hospitals in the United States fully support breastfeeding. Support includes education, counseling and hands-on instruction. ... read more »
Breastfeeding Schedule
When breastfeeding, schedule is not as important as flexibility.Breastfeeding mothers need to be ready and willing to adapt to baby'sneed as those needs are constantly changing.
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Breastfeeding: Nipple Confusion
Nipple confusion occurs when baby is introduced to bottle feeding before he masters breastfeeding. There is nothing wrong with bottle feedingbreast milk, but breastfeeding is much more difficult than bottlefeeding ' something infants quickly learn.
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10 Ways to Make Breastfeeding Easier on Mom
Nursing a baby is like any other new endeavor - it takes time to get the hang of it. The first few days - or weeks - of trial and error can be frustrating, painful, and fraught with confusion.
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Nursing Strikes – Baby Won’t Breastfeed
At one point or another, it is common for a baby to refuse to be
breastfed. There are a variety of reasons as to why this could be
happening and it is important to diagnose the cause so you can
understand how to correct the behavior.
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Breastfeeding A Sick Baby
The antibodies that are present in a mother's breast milk are very beneficial to the baby's immune system. It will be easily digested and it will speed up the baby's recovery time.
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