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By Anne Smith - IBCLC
- Baby Spitting Up: Is it Reflux? -
Babies spit up for lots of reasons, including gagging when the milk
lets down quickly and forcefully, oversupply of milk, immature muscle
control, allergy, and disease. Many times the reason for the spitting
up can't be...
- Breast Infections and Plugged Ducts -
Some mothers nurse several babies and never experience plugged ducts
or mastitis (breast infection), while others have recurrent problems.
There are many reasons for these problems to occur, but treatment is
essentially the...
- Breastfeeding After a Cesarean
- Nursing as soon as possible after birth has advantages
for mothers who have had cesareans just as it does for mothers who deliver
vaginally.
- Breastfeeding and Birth Control
- For the nursing mother who wants to space her
pregnancies, there are many birth control options to choose from. Each
method offers advantages and disadvantages.
- Breastfeeding Benefits: How They Add Up -
Even if you only nurse your baby for a few weeks or even a few days,
you will both receive many important benefits from the nursing relationship. Here
is some information which may help you decide how long to nurse your...
Breastfeeding Mom Returning to Work or School
- Just at the point when you are beginning to get
the hang of this whole mothering thing and are settling into a routine,
it is time to go back to work or school. Here's how you can continue
breastfeeding while away from your...
Breastfeeding Mom's Sore Nipples -
Nipple soreness is one of the most common reasons new mothers give for
discontinuing breastfeeding, often during the first week of nursing.
This is almost always a short-term problem, and can usually be corrected
in a...
Care For Candida - Yeast Infections or Thrush -
Tips for identifying yeast infections in a newborn or breastfeeding
mother. How to treat thrush or related yeast infections. What causes
candida and how to prevent it.
Caregiver’s Guide to the Breastfed Baby
- This information is intended as a guide for the
caregiver of a breastfed baby, so she/he can better understand how to
care for the baby and the expressed breastmilk (EBM) left for the baby’s
use.
Collecting and Storing Breastmilk
- A nursing mother may need to express her breastmilk.
These tools and techniques can help you be successful in obtaining the
milk you need and maintaining your milk supply.
Drugs and Breastfeeding -
As the number of nursing mothers continues to increase, so does the
use of drugs, both legal and recreational. Here are some things
you should be aware of about drugs and breastmilk:
Engorgement - Help for Breastfeeding Moms -
Engorgement or breast fullness is a normal part of lactation which nearly
all women experience when their milk comes in’ 2 – 5 days
after birth. Here are some suggestions for preventing or handling engorgement...
Establishing Your Milk Supply: Starting Out Right
- The art of breastfeeding in something that
you learn by doing but there are some basic things you can do from the
beginning to help get breastfeeding off to a good start
Flat or Inverted Nipples -
Some types of flat or inverted nipples will cause problems, however,
there are some steps you can take to help correct the problem both before
and after the baby is born.
How can I tell if my newborn baby is getting..
- Since breastmilk intake can’t be measured
without using sophisticated scientific equipment, it is important to
know how to tell if your baby is getting enough. Here are
some guidelines to help you assess your baby’s milk. Increasing
Your Milk Supply - If your breast milk supply
is low, here are some suggestions on how to increase it. Infant
Nursing Strike - Abrupt breast refusal, usually
in a baby between three and eight months old, is called a ‘nursing strike’.
Introducing
Bottles and Pacifiers to a Breastfed..- The risk of nipple confusion , whether by introducing a bottle or pacifier,
is greatest during the early days of nursing. Here are some tips for
knowing when to introduce bottles and pacifiers and how to do so. Jaundice
In The Breastfed Baby - Here are some suggestions
for preventing and/or treating normal, physiologic jaundice in breastfed
babies. Lactation
Suppression - Once your milk supply is established,
stopping abruptly causes certain physical changes. Here are some suggestions
that may minimize your discomfort, and avoid potential problems.
Nursing
During Pregnancy and Tandem Nursing - The
mother who is deciding whether to wean or continue nursing during her
pregnancy has several factors to consider.
Nursing
Your Baby Discreetly- Tips to make it easier
to discreetly nurse your baby in public.
Nutrition,
Exercise, and Weight Loss While.. - While
you should attempt to eat a "good diet" while you are nursing, you need
to be aware that your diet doesn't have to be perfect in order to support
lactation. See how this affect your breastmilk.
Oversupply:
Too Much Breast Milk - Although concern about
not having enough milk is the number one reason that mothers wean their
babies early, having too much milk can also be a problem.
Relactation
and Adoptive Nursing - Relactation is the
process of rebuilding your milk supply once you have started nursing
and then stopped for a period of weeks or months. Induced lactation
is the process of building a milk supply in a mother who has either.
Starting
Solids: Waiting Is Worth It - Besides the
fact that your baby doesn’t nutritionally need any other foods until
at least the middle of his first year of life, there are some other
good reasons for not rushing into introducing solid foods into his diet.
Storing
Expressed Breastmilk - A nursing mother may
need to express her breastmilk. These tools and techniques can help
you be successful in obtaining the milk you need and maintaining your
milk supply.
Teething
and Biting - Many new mothers tell me that
they plan to nurse their babies for six months, or until they get teeth.
Here are some tips on how to prevent biting and continue breastfeeding.
Waking
A Sleepy Baby to Breastfeed- In order to
stimulate an adequate milk supply, newborns need to nurse a minimum
of eight times, and optimally ten to twelve times or more during a twenty-four
hour period. This means you may have to wake your baby to.
Weaning
your baby- Weaning your baby is part of
the natural breastfeeding experience. It doesn’t have to be a time
of unhappiness for you or your baby. If done “gradually, and with love”
(the La Leche League motto), weaning can be a positive.
When
a Nursing Mother Gets Sick - When you are
sick, you and your baby will almost always benefit from continuing to
breastfeed. There are very few illnesses that require a mother to stop
nursing.
When
will my baby start sleeping through the.. -
I don’t have is a quick fix, or a magic solution for you that will make
your baby sleep through the night.. I do have opinions about how to
handle sleep problems, based on my experience with nursing six children,
and over.
Why
Breastfeed? - ..... Did You Ever See a Smart.. -
Breastfeeding offers health advantages, as well as the special closeness
mothers share with their baby. There are also many advantages not just
to baby and mother, but to the entire family, as well as to society
as a whole.
About the Author
Anne Smith, anne@breastfeeding-basics.com
http://www.breastfeeding-basics.com
Anne Smith is an IBCLC – International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
and La Leche Leader since 1978. More importantly, she is a mother to 6 breast
fed kids with twenty plus years experience of counseling nursing mothers. Her
site, www.BreastfeedingBasics.com
, provides expert advice and solutions to breast-feeding problems and gives
basic information on how to breast feed. Anne also features her recommended
breast feeding products and breast pumps.
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