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  • Antidepressants and Nursing

    For a nursing mother, making the decision to take medicine to treat this depression is tricky. We know some medicines are not safe to take when nursing; others are okay. For most medicines, there is not enough known to do better than make an educated guess. Most of the antidepressants fall into this last category.

  • Breast Tattoos, Nipple Piercings and Breastfeeding

    It is important to give your baby the best start in life and breast milk is one of the very best things you can do for your baby. Your nipple piercings should not prevent you from breastfeeding.

  • When Latching

    How to and what not to do when latching baby to breastfeed.

  • Meeting the Challenges of Breast-Feeding in the NICU

    Unfortunately, while your preemie is hospitalized, you may not always receive effective guidance and support in your attempts to breast-feed. Your desire to breast-feed or the pace that you had imagined for feeding your baby might not match the staff's routines.

  • How Can We Transition Off Nipple Shield?

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,
    My name is Kate. I'm a 25-year-old first-time mom. Miranda and I have had problems with breastfeeding from the start. She was born June 30th 2003.

  • Can I breastfeed With Breast Implants?

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,
    I breastfed both of my kids, now seven and three years old, with no problem. I got breast implants about a year and a half ago and I was wondering if I might expect any problems breastfeeding with implants.

    I am five weeks pregnant and I really want to breastfeed this baby also.

    Tracy

  • Domperidone: Stopping

    When domperidone was being used for babies (and now that cisapride is off the market, it is being used again), it was common for the babies to be on the medication for several months. Since the amount of domperidone that gets into the milk is very small indeed, from the baby's point of view, there should...

  • Dad's Role in Breastfeeding

    Mothers consistently rate their husband's support as the most important contributing factor to breastfeeding success. The father is more important than grandmothers, best friends...you are even better than nurses, doctors, and lactation consultants.

  • Nursing After a C-section

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,

  • Is Breastfeeding Truly Best?

    If you're expecting a baby you've undoubtedly heard that "breast is best." Breastfed babies are healthier. They are less likely to have diarrhea, suffer from ear infections, develop allergies. They have better immune systems, better protection against SIDS, and are less likely to need braces, become obese, or develop certain childhood cancers.