Beyond providing nourishment and helping to protect your baby from getting sick, breast-feeding can also help you lose weight gained during pregnancy. When you breast-feed, you use fat cells stored in your body during pregnancy — along with calories from …
It’s no secret that breast feed feeding can sometimes be stressful for new mums. How do you tell when your baby is full? The good news is that your baby is the single best authority for when he or she …
Nursing your baby is no easy feat. Luckily, we’ve rounded up these 25 breastfeeding tips from the experts who’ve figured out the smartest tricks, shortcuts, and solutions. Before baby: Line up help. Consider meeting with a lactation consultant or …
Breastfeeding gives you an amazing opportunity to have a really close bond with your baby, to offer comfort in a unique way to anyone else and to nurture your baby. Scientists have discovered the secret behind how breastfeeding helps mothers …
For the first few days after giving birth, a new mother’s breasts remain soft. They will produce colostrum. Colostrum, the first milk, is available in just the right amount, and is rich in immune factors that protect newborns. Sometime during …
If breastfeeding feels a bit awkward at first, don’t worry. Breastfeeding is a skill that you and your baby learn together, and it can take time to get used to. There are lots of different positions you can use to …
Breastfeeding for a year or longer offers the most benefits: Here are just some of the benefits: Your baby continues to get the immunological advantages of human milk, during a time when he or she is increasingly exposed to infection. …
“Most mums if not all agree that Breastfeeding is important. Breast milk has substances that protect the baby from illnesses by boosting the immune system especially in early life. Human milk provides virtually all the protein, sugar, and fat the …
Despite what friends, relatives, or even strangers may say, there’s no right or wrong way to wean your baby off the breast. You can choose a time that feels right to you, or let your child wean naturally when …
Right after giving birth, you can’t wait to fit into your old clothes again, right? But dear new mother, if you’ll be breastfeeding, you have to know that there are some clothes that may make things a bit harder …