You are not in this alone. You are part of a team: you and your newborn. However, at the beginning, you may not feel that either of you are on the same team. You may not be in sync. This is not unusual. In fact, it is quite normal to feel at bit at odds [...]
You may think you are ready to breast feed. You may think you want to breast feed. Are you really. Be sure to consider the following preparatory steps to take.
Be sure you really want to breast feed. Do not lie to yourself. If you have any doubts at all, it can effect the enjoyment of [...]
There are many things you can prepare for breast feeding. The most basic of these is physical equipment that may help you feed your baby successfully.
Breast Feeding Equipment – Pump, Presser or Expresser
One of the most common items you might want to purchase is a pump, presser or expresser. This piece of equipment is used [...]
Breast feeding your child too requires an expertise. Never feed your child when it is lying below you or at the lower level than of your breasts. In such cases the child develops some ear trouble which causes much problem in the grown up age. While you are feeding your child by your left breast, [...]
Breasts secrete milk, a nature’s way of feeding the newborn. It is natural, instantly available and a complete food.
It is safe, inexpensive, right in composition and temperature, easily digestible and contains antibodies which protect the baby against infection and allergies.
Close contact of the baby with the mother while feeding, creates security, and comfort for the [...]
Following guidelines may help in breast care during lactation:
Clean nipples and areola with water, and dry, as part of personal hygiene. Do not use soap or rub heavily with towel; it takes away the natural lubricant.
Sometimes there is pain in the whole breast or just in the nipples. A well fitting brassiere worn all 24 [...]
It is natural that this question will pose itself before mothers. There is no single unequivocal answer to this question, as there are many factors inter-related with breast-feeding. The health of the mother, the rate of production of milk, the health and growth of the baby, the nutritive quality of the milk: all these factors [...]