Oversupply can be as problematic as having low supply. Mothers can experience multiple breastfeeding complications, including breast and nipple pain, persistent plugged ducts, and recurrent mastitis. Infants have excessive weight gain, difficulty latching, fussiness at the breast, choking, coughing, or unlatching during feeds, refusal to latch, clamping down, short, frequent feedings, and gastrointestinal symptoms such
Do your feet look like these? Sometimes women experience high blood pressure, or pre-eclampsia surrounding their pregnancy and birth process. In conjunction with this bodily physiology is the possibility that your feet may swell. Even if you don’t have pre-eclampsia or blood pressure problems, some women may have swelling of their feet caused by the
Going back to work and breastfeeding can happen! Start pumping to collect & store your breastmilk 3-4 weeks after giving birth. Do not pump more than 1-2 times a day to avoid over-stimulation of your milk production. Store your milk in collection bags made specifically for breast milk storage. Glass containers are another option. I
Physiologic jaundice of the newborn (hyperbilirubinemia) is the most common type of jaundice. All newborns have some elevation of bilirubin in the first week of life compared to adult levels because newborns have an immature liver and gastrointestinal tract. The most common cause of jaundice for term newborns occurring in the first week of life
Breastfeeding is supposed to be normal, yet many mothers find it challenging. Latching your baby to the breast should not be painful. Pain means the latch is not deep enough. Sore nipples are not normal. Here are important steps for latching your baby: 1. Hold your breast so that your thumb is near your baby’s upper jaw and
