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  • Drinking Home Made Juice During Pregnancy

    QUESTION

    Is it okay to drink home made juice while pregnant? I like to make juice almost every day, but I've read some blogs which state that it is not recommended during pregnancy. I usually juice carrots, beets, spinach, asparagus, brocolli and dandelion leaves.

  • Ideas For Introducing Soya Milk?

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,
    Hi. Coral has started this strange thing while nursing. It just started a month ago and I am not sure if it's do to the heat or she is just too busy now. I will lay her on her side in my lap to nurse and she wiggles off and stands at the foot of the couch in front of me and nurses while standing. I am sitting on the couch and she is standing in front of me. The first time she did it all I could do was laugh and say this is now a self serve pump. I am not worried about it. I just think it's funny.

  • Healthy Habits: Juice and Kids

    It may surprise you to hear that over consumption of juice can contribute to obesity. A recent study of small children found that those who consumed more than 12 ounces a day were more overweight than other children. While this study is not conclusive evidence, it is worthy of mention.

  • Discomforts of Pregnancy: Hemorrhoids

    Unfortunately, hemorrhoids are not uncommon during pregnancy. Hemorrhoids are varicose (swollen) veins of the rectum and are usually painful. They most often make their appearance during the third trimester.

  • Where 'O, Where Has My Little Waist gone...

    Have you ever noticed how tiny the women's (and men's) waists were in the 1950s and 1960s? Everyone seemed to have teeny, tiny waistlines. But in the new millennium, medical experts are extremely worried about people's ever expanding waistlines.

  • Where 'O, Where Has My Little Waist gone...

    Have you ever noticed how tiny the women's (and men's) waists were in the 1950s and 1960s? Everyone seemed to have teeny, tiny waistlines. But in the new millennium, medical experts are extremely worried about people's ever expanding waistlines.

  • Healthy Habits: Juice and Kids

    It may surprise you to hear that over consumption of juice can contribute to obesity. A recent study of small children found that those who consumed more than 12 ounces a day were more overweight than other children. While this study is not conclusive evidence, it is worthy of mention.

  • Ideas For Introducing Soya Milk?

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,
    Hi. Coral has started this strange thing while nursing. It just started a month ago and I am not sure if it's do to the heat or she is just too busy now. I will lay her on her side in my lap to nurse and she wiggles off and stands at the foot of the couch in front of me and nurses while standing. I am sitting on the couch and she is standing in front of me. The first time she did it all I could do was laugh and say this is now a self serve pump. I am not worried about it. I just think it's funny.

  • Discomforts of Pregnancy: Hemorrhoids

    Unfortunately, hemorrhoids are not uncommon during pregnancy. Hemorrhoids are varicose (swollen) veins of the rectum and are usually painful. They most often make their appearance during the third trimester.

  • Drinking Home Made Juice During Pregnancy

    QUESTION

    Is it okay to drink home made juice while pregnant? I like to make juice almost every day, but I've read some blogs which state that it is not recommended during pregnancy. I usually juice carrots, beets, spinach, asparagus, brocolli and dandelion leaves.