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Postpartum Pressure

For Many Women, Breastfeeding Difficulty Isn’t Low Milk Supply; It’s Unsupported Anxiety

...breastfeeding women, but they are seldom taught. “The breastfeeding workshops [for medical staff] at many hospitals are more about physiology – not how to conduct yourself with a patient. You...

By Gretchen Ferrao Walker

More Myth Busting

16 More Things Everyone Tells You About Breastfeeding That Just Aren’t True

“Should you be breastfeeding your baby when you’re ill?” “A little pain during breastfeeding normal!” Everyone has advice, or a second-guess to make, when you’re breastfeeding. But who’s right? What’s...

By Vanshika Gupta Adukia

Let’s Make Breastfeeding Actually Work

“Breastfeeding and work: Let’s make it work” is the slogan for World Breastfeeding Week 2015, which is being celebrated this week. Each year, World Breastfeeding Week tries to highlight an...

By Dr. Manisha Gogri

Common Breastfeeding Problems for Women (And How to Troubleshoot Them)

Not every mother can comfortably initiate and carry out the process of breastfeeding. Myths like ‘It’s normal for breastfeeding to hurt’ often lead breastfeeding women down the wrong (and more...

By Vanshika Gupta Adukia

Breastfeeding On‑Demand Can Actually Make Life Easier

...Academy of Pediatrics. The benefits of breastfeeding on demand Breastfeeding on demand makes a mom’s life easier. Breastfeeding on demand allows you to empty your breasts fully according to you...

By Dr. Manisha Gogri

How Infant Tongue Tie Became the Most Controversial Breastfeeding Complication Few Have Heard Of

...Yasmin mentions formula companies that employ non-monetized benefits to influence doctors’ attitudes to breastfeeding and thereby, their product; indirectly, breastfeeding complications including tongue tie may get overlooked. Similarly, Arshad recalls...

By Gretchen Ferrao Walker

The Shape of Things

The Complicated Link Between Breastfeeding, Postpartum Weight Loss

...post-pregnancy pounds. But does breastfeeding really help in weight loss? The calorie math An exclusively breastfeeding mother requires approximately 600 calories of energy to produce around 750ml of breast milk...

By Gretchen Ferrao Walker

Know Your Options

Breastfeeding An Adopted Baby Is Totally Possible, If You Want to Do It

...exclusive breastfeeding and if you have the capacity for it. Getting the support you need If breastfeeding an adopted baby on your own sounds stressful, you’re not alone. Breastfeeding can...

By Vanshika Gupta Adukia

Your Crib Sheet to Drinking While Breastfeeding

...a while. First, your crib sheet to drinking while breastfeeding Drinking alcohol while breastfeeding is fine, as long as it is occasional and minimal. It’s pointless to pump and dump...

By The Swaddle Team

Do You Have a Plan for Breastfeeding Right After Birth?

Breastfeeding right after birth is the most natural course of events for a mother and baby. Like all newborn mammals, human babies naturally seek breastfeeding immediately after birth. They are born...

By Dr. Manisha Gogri

New Developments

A Roundup of the Latest Breastfeeding Research

...breastfed. This protective benefit of breastfeeding was seen among those born to mothers with and without gestational diabetes during pregnancy. (Sarvenaz Vandyousefi, University of Texas at Austin) Breastfeeding appears protective...

By The Swaddle Team

Breastfeeding for Two Months Halves Risk of SIDS

...its cause is unknown, but certain practices including breastfeeding and putting babies to sleep on their back have been associated with huge advances in prevention. Yet breastfeeding’s protective qualities aren’t...

How to Keep Breastfeeding After Going Back to Work (Without Losing Your Mind)

As more organizations offer creches, nursing time, and flexible working hours for new moms, it’s getting easier to continue exclusive breastfeeding after going back to work. However, despite these facilities...

By Vanshika Gupta Adukia

15 Things Everyone Tells You About Breastfeeding That Aren’t True

...after birth. You can think of it as the baby’s first immunity booster shot. MYTH 2: Breastfeeding after a C-section delivery isn’t possible. False; breastfeeding after a C-section is entirely...

By Vanshika Gupta Adukia

FWP: Breastfeeding in Public, Yea or Nay?

...of public breastfeeding supporters. Now, that said, you can and should use a little discretion when breastfeeding in public. Not every mealtime is an opportunity for you to take some...

By The Swaddle Team

Are Celebrity Moms Breastfeeding On Social Media Helping the Rest of Us?

...the world’s mothers – and fathers-to-be? – that breastfeeding is normal, even for seemingly superhuman women. Most people now know and agree that breastfeeding has many benefits for babies, so,...

By The Swaddle Team

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is a deeply personal and often challenging experience. Health care providers drill home the importance of breastfeeding, but receive very little training to guide new mothers in how to...

By karlabookman

It's OK If You Can't

Breastfeeding May Not Be the Be‑All, End‑All of Babies’ Healthy Development

...it to drive home the importance of breastfeeding rather than to instill understanding; biases and assumptions about women’s commitment to breastfeeding also abound. Many new mothers are left to their...

By Angelina Shah

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