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  • Undercover Mama Nursing Tank Top

    Reviewer's Name: 
    thebusymom

    The new Undercover Mama Nursing Tank makes ANY top a nursing top.

    Rating: 
    6 - Highly recommend
    Product Link: 
    Undercover Mama Nursing Tank Top

  • How You Express Breast Milk Affects Nursing

    How you express your breast milk could affect nursing. Find out why!

  • Breasts, Nursing and Lovemaking

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,
    I am 6 weeks away from having my first child. I am a black woman age 26, and I am starting to develop some milk I guess, because my breasts are swelling a little now and leaking just a little, is that normal to start developing milk at this point in my pregnancy? How much milk should I be developing between now and my babies birth?

  • Breastfeeding Problems

    QUESTION:

    Dear Mr. Dad,
    My wife gave birth two weeks ago and been trying to nurse our son ever since. We always thought that breastfeeding was going to be so easy and so natural but every feeding seems to cause my wife more pain. We've read a lot about the benefits of breastfeeding and both agree that it would be the best thing for our baby, but my wife is about to give up altogether. Is there anything I can do to help?

  • Engorged? Reverse Pressure Softening May Help

    More health care providers are observing that mothers who receive multiple intrapartum IV's experience delay in expected postpartum fluid shift. Increased edema during the puerperium complicates engorgement, increases sub-areolar tissue resistance...

  • Can I Diet While Nursing?

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,
    I have a two-month-old son who is breastfeeding and hopefully will continue to do so for at least a year.

    My diet has always consisted of tons of carbohydrates throughout the day. I would like to cut back on them to feel better about myself (sometimes after eating lots of carbohydrates it's hard for me to get up and move around because I feel so full) and to loose some of this after pregnancy weight. I am 5'3" and weigh 150 pounds. I am still about 25 pounds more than before my pregnancy.

  • Helping Your Baby Get to Sleep

    I knew that new parents were supposed to be sleep deprived, but I had never expected anything like this. What's the best sleep strategy for exhausted new parents? How can you be there when you baby needs you, but still get some rest?

  • Choices: How Will You Feed Your Baby?

    One of the most challenging choices new parents face is how to feed their baby in those first months of life. No doubt you have already received enthusiastic advice from friends and family members who favor one feeding method over the other. Your choice should be based on a good understanding of infant nutritional and emotional needs, and an honest assessment your own situation.

  • Breastfeeding When Your First Time Did Not Go Well

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,
    I have a question about chances for success at breastfeeding when your first time did not go well.I have a 20 month old son, and the day I had him, I got a fever in the hospital and was put on antibiotics. I was in the hospital a couple extra days hooked up to an IV. My milk did not come in until about the 7th day, and by that time my son had to be given formula to supplement, since he was not gaining weight. I was determined to breastfeed and make it work, and tried pumping and using a nursing supplementer.

  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and Newborns

    When my newborn daughter Mary started having screaming fits at 7 weeks, everyone told me it was "colic." It was infuriating how quick people were to dismiss my mother's instinct that something was wrong. I was a new mother and she was a tiny newborn and this, they told me, is what newborns do. But it wasn't, and I knew it.

  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and Newborns

    When my newborn daughter Mary started having screaming fits at 7 weeks, everyone told me it was "colic." It was infuriating how quick people were to dismiss my mother's instinct that something was wrong. I was a new mother and she was a tiny newborn and this, they told me, is what newborns do. But it wasn't, and I knew it.

  • Breastfeeding Problems

    QUESTION:

    Dear Mr. Dad,
    My wife gave birth two weeks ago and been trying to nurse our son ever since. We always thought that breastfeeding was going to be so easy and so natural but every feeding seems to cause my wife more pain. We've read a lot about the benefits of breastfeeding and both agree that it would be the best thing for our baby, but my wife is about to give up altogether. Is there anything I can do to help?

  • Undercover Mama Nursing Tank Top

    Reviewer's Name: 
    thebusymom

    The new Undercover Mama Nursing Tank makes ANY top a nursing top.

    Rating: 
    6 - Highly recommend
    Product Link: 
    Undercover Mama Nursing Tank Top

  • Breastfeeding When Your First Time Did Not Go Well

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,
    I have a question about chances for success at breastfeeding when your first time did not go well.I have a 20 month old son, and the day I had him, I got a fever in the hospital and was put on antibiotics. I was in the hospital a couple extra days hooked up to an IV. My milk did not come in until about the 7th day, and by that time my son had to be given formula to supplement, since he was not gaining weight. I was determined to breastfeed and make it work, and tried pumping and using a nursing supplementer.

  • Can I Diet While Nursing?

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,
    I have a two-month-old son who is breastfeeding and hopefully will continue to do so for at least a year.

    My diet has always consisted of tons of carbohydrates throughout the day. I would like to cut back on them to feel better about myself (sometimes after eating lots of carbohydrates it's hard for me to get up and move around because I feel so full) and to loose some of this after pregnancy weight. I am 5'3" and weigh 150 pounds. I am still about 25 pounds more than before my pregnancy.

  • Engorged? Reverse Pressure Softening May Help

    More health care providers are observing that mothers who receive multiple intrapartum IV's experience delay in expected postpartum fluid shift. Increased edema during the puerperium complicates engorgement, increases sub-areolar tissue resistance...

  • Establishing Your Milk Supply: Starting Out Right

    While breastfeeding is the most natural thing in the world, babies are not born knowing how to nurse (although some do get the hang of it sooner than others). The art of breastfeeding in something that you learn by doing, and it gets easier with practice.

  • Breastfeeding: 9 Essential Steps to Success

    Most pregnant women are nervous about whether they will be able to breastfeed. Successful nursing starts with your intention. Here, 9 strategies to insure happy breastfeeding for mother and child.

  • Helping Your Baby Get to Sleep

    I knew that new parents were supposed to be sleep deprived, but I had never expected anything like this. What's the best sleep strategy for exhausted new parents? How can you be there when you baby needs you, but still get some rest?

  • Breastfeeding Tips

    Considering breastfeeding for your baby? Anai Rhoads addresses some common questions ranging from latching issues, benefits, effects on birth control and more!