Breastfeeding

  Ok, you have decided to breastfeed and your milk supply is good. You know that you have plenty of breastmilk in your breasts and you want to start pumping to save some breastmilk and promote increased lactation. The easy...

Colostrum is the ideal baby formula produced by your body. It is a thick substance produced by your breasts before the mother’s milk is released. It appears after birth and remains the main nourishment until your breasts begin to produce...

The nutritional requirements for the baby will rely solely on breast milk, and therefore the mother will need to maintain a healthy diet. If the baby is large and grows fast, the fat stores gained by the mother during pregnancy...

When you hold your baby for the first time in the delivery room, you should put his lips to your breast. Although your mature milk hasn't developed yet, your breasts are still producing a substance known as colostrum that helps...

Within the first two to three days after you have given birth, you may discover that your breasts feel swollen, tender, throbbing, lumpy, and overly full. Sometimes, the swelling will extend all the way to your armpit, and you may...

Because more and more women are choosing to breast feed their babies, more are also finding that they enjoy it enough to continue longer than the first few months they planned on. Breast feeding to 3 - 4 years of...