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Breastfeeding and Diabetes – Can You Still Breastfeed?
Yes, a diabetic mother can continue to breastfeed her baby. Whether you have type 1, 2 or gestational diabetes, you can and should continue to breastfeed. Diabetic mothers are advised to breastfeed their babies exclusively for 6 months or longer Breastfeeding and Diabetes The Advantages of Continued Nursing Should you be breastfeeding while diabetic? What…
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What Is the Best Breastfeeding Diet to Follow?
Whether you make nourishing your body a priority or not, your body will continue to prioritize milk production. Your baby’s needs will be satisfied before yours. You do not need a special breastfeeding diet to provide the right nutrients through your breast milk. But you do need to eat enough calories daily. Use our breastfeeding calorie…
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Babywearing
Babywearing can increase a mother’s chances of breastfeeding by making it easier for her to keep her baby close, which can promote bonding and help the baby to latch on correctly Breastfeeding Your Baby on the Move Babywearing is the practice of carrying a baby or young child in a carrier that is worn on…
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Tips for Stress-Free Grocery Shopping With a Baby
We’ve gathered valuable tips to help make shopping with your baby or toddler easier. Shopping Trips and Breastfeeding Tips to ensure a stress-free shopping trip with their baby if you are breastfeeding: Breastfeed your baby right before leaving for the store. Try to schedule your shopping trips around your baby’s feeding times. This way, your…
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(KMC) Kangaroo Mother Care Benefits and Guide
Your breasts will keep your baby at the ideal temperature for sleeping, breathing, and using the least amount of energy necessary so that your little one can instead focus on growing and thriving. Kangaroo Mother Care Kangaroo Care, more accurately referred to as Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), essentially involves: You can start with kangaroo mother…
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Metformin and Breastfeeding
Metformin and Other AntidiabeticMedicines: Are They Safe to Use WhenBreastfeeding? Approximately 15 million women, or one in every nine women, in the United States have diabetes – and health outcomes for female sufferers tend to be worse than they are for men. For instance, women have a four times higher risk of developing heart disease…
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6 Things You Can Do for Increased Bonding With Your Baby
Feeling a bond with your baby is not something that always happens immediately, and just as you would need time to get to know the love of your life, you will need to get to know and love your baby. Feeling a bond with your baby is not something that always happens immediately, and just…
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Breastfeeding and Colic
Colic is characterized by prolonged crying in an otherwise healthy infant, often peaking during the initial six weeks of life. Generally, it resolves by itself when the baby is around 3 to 4 months old. Colic in a Breastfed Baby Colic is associated with excessive crying and periods of fussiness, caused by mostly gas, resulting…
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Super Pumping aka Power Pumping
Super pumping, also known as cluster pumping or power pumping, is a technique designed to simulate the feeding pattern of a growth spurt What Is Super Pumping, aka Power Pumping? Babies experiencing a growth spurt tend to feed more frequently and for longer durations. Super pumping aims to stimulate increased milk production in lactating mothers…
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Where to Turn to for Help With Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Help and Support Being a new parent can sometimes be an isolating experience when you’re at home with a new baby. If you’re experiencing breastfeeding problems, you might feel like there’s no one you can turn to for help. You might even believe that people will judge you for not adapting to breastfeeding naturally. …
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