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Well I have heard it all now … Mums are now being urged to put off breastfeeding for the sake of Vaccines. I really am as confused as you will be. We are told that breast is best – we are told formula is wrong yet here we are being told not to breastfeed straight away. The report [...]
In the moment when babies are born, they instinctively know how to suck, this way being able to survive. Nonetheless there are some cases when babies don’t like to be breast fed and they develop a preference for the bottle. This phenomenon is known as nipple preference or nipple confusion.
When I was breast feeding Lilli, Caitlyn Was absolutely obsessed with boobs and the fact her little sister got her dinner from them. I even caught her pretending to feed her own baby doll. I think I actually said to Dan ‘What a shame they don’t make a breast feeding doll, but it turns out [...]
Being a mum of triplets is not as hard as hard as it sounds. The babies were in hospital for between 10 an 12 weeks. I expressed breast milk when they were in SCBU and I breastfed when I could. When my little boy came home I used to breastfeed and express every 3 hours, [...]
If you want to get your baby to sleep through the night, why not add cereal or baby rice to your babies bottle? I for one am about to tell you why you should NEVER do this.
There are a few viruses are that are known to pass through breast milk. HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is one of them. If the mother is HIV positive, should she breastfeed? Take the poll and let me know what you think… [polldaddy poll=4998270]
The mother of an infant allegedly nursed by the wrong mother is vowing to keep fighting in court to hold the hospital accountable.
All the way through my pregnancy with my daughter breastfeeding was something I wanted to do for her. Both myself & my partner read through all the leaflets & watched the DVD’s provided by the midwife and was told my every health care proffesional it was easy to do, apart from 1 – a [...]
When my little girl was born, I was expressing milk as she was being tube fed. I was visiting the neonatal unit and asked the nurse who was looking after Jasmine if they had any milk. She replied telling me to look in the fridge, where it always kept. So trying not to laugh [...]
It’s a strange time, actually becoming a mother. Most ideas of how I’d be as a mum that I’d formed while pregnant turned out to be romantic ideals. Opinions (actually, judgements) I’d made about other mothers before I was pregnant, and even during my pregnancy, now make me cringe and feel rather ashamed for [...]
I am a milk donor. 6 years ago I would have been one of those thinking that that was totally disgusting. In fact, I was not even sure I would nurse my oldest child. I expected to be a purely mainstream mom. Does the saying “The best laid plans of mice and men….” sound familiar? [...]
While some may say yes its fine, others will throw their hands into the air and declare any mother who drinks alcohol and then breastfeed their baby is irresponsible. The pediatricians and lactation consultants will inform you that a single glass of wine or beer is fine on the odd occasion. Others will advise that [...]
“I feel sad for the baby that mothers don’t breast feed” This statement really got to me, someone on a networking site said this to me because I choose to bottle feed. Am I really doing something wrong for choosing to use bottle and not breast? Do people judge start away because I said that [...]
Mothers are using the Facebook social network to share breast milk. As “Eats on Feets” extends to Alberta, the Canadian government warns on the health risks of sharing breast milk. “Eats on Feets”, which has branches in several provinces, matches mothers who need breast milk with mothers who can donate it. The Alberta group [...]
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