What works for one may not be what works for another. So get specific about what you like and don’t worry if you’re the only one doing it that way. Your lactation space, like your lactation journey, should be as unique as you and your baby are. Don’t pressure yourself to have ...
If you’re on long-term medication for diabetes, asthma, depression or any other chronic health condition, the benefits of breastfeeding can outweigh the risks. “Breastfeeding is often still possible with nearly all illnesses, except for a few rare conditions,” says Sarah. “You’ll be fami...
If you continue to nurse your older child, be happy about it, be proud about it and know that when they are developmentally ready they will be done.Whether or not “true” child-led weaning works for your family or not, whether you decide your child may need your help , cannot be dec...
Dr. Stuebe outlines several risks of separating mothers and infants in the hospital, which disrupts breastfeeding and skin-to-skin contact during the critical hours and days following birth. For example, infants who lack skin-to-skin contact with their mothers tend to have higher heart rates and...
Before deciding if hormonal birth control is for you, you’ll need to weigh up the risks versus benefits in your personal situation. If you have a personal or family history of depression or anxiety, have a limited support network, or have lots of other stressors in your life, you are ...
By the way, I don't think it's the breastfeeding itself that reduces a woman's risk of breast and ovarian cancer. I've read that it is the fact that you don't have periods when you breastfeed that contribute to decreasing these cancer risks. May 2, 2008 - 2:45pm reply Flag as...
It lowers mom’s risks for breast and ovarian cancers. Getting the word out Despite these benefits, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2016 Report Card on Breastfeeding shows mixed results for Kentucky. Although more mothers statewide are giving breastfeeding a try (about 67 pe...
Finally, divorce from or death of the husband was an inhibitory factor of EBF continuation compared to being married. Table 3 Personal factors influencing EBF rates until 6 months postpartum in Japan. Full size table Having a household pet reduced the period of EBF Based on Table 3, the ...
that way no more hormones than necessary get into the breast milk." Alison O.also likes the minipill because "It's not supposed to mess with your milk supply". If you have used birth control pills in the past, the risks and side effects are about the same with the minipill. According...
Long awaited and tenaciously grasped onto in spite of me being "geriatric" and "high risk" and The Spaniard (as the small soul was known having been made in a test tube in Spain) being classified as "high value". We were told (endlessly) of the risks and were only too aware of the...