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10 Best Foods to Eat When Breastfeeding
Discover the top 10 breastfeeding superfoods that nourish both you and your baby. From leafy greens and nuts to oats and seaweed, learn which nutrient-dense foods boost milk supply, improve milk quality, and support your overall health while breastfeeding.
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Prevent Dehydration in Breastfed Babies – What You Need to Know
Learn how to recognize and prevent dehydration in breastfed babies. Discover early warning signs, simple prevention tips, and how breastfeeding naturally keeps your baby hydrated. From feeding frequency to outdoor safety and diaper checks.
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Breastfeeding and Pacifiers
When is it okay to use a pacifier? Baby pacifiers should not be used before six weeks of breastfeeding or before breastfeeding is fully established. This is so your baby does not replace your breast with the pacifier. If a baby drinks less from the mother’s breasts, the mother’s Prolactin levels will decrease, and she…
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Dealing With a Postpartum Thyroid While Breastfeeding
Postpartum thyroid dysfunction is a common condition that occurs in women after giving birth. It is characterized by an imbalance of thyroid hormones in the body, which can lead to various symptoms, including fatigue, dry skin, depression, and poor milk production. The thyroid gland produces thyroid hormones, which play a crucial role in many bodily…
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Adoptive Breastfeeding – Can You Produce Enough Milk?
Adoptive breastfeeding is not only possible but includes many advantages. Suppose you are adopting a child that has been abused or taken from temporary parents. In that case, nursing can help the adopted child heal, helping them feel content and enhancing the bonding experience. Some moms who adopt a baby over six months old have found…
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The Dehydrated Baby and Breastfeeding – The Signs to Look Out For
Babies have a high metabolic rate, coupled with a relatively small amount of bodily fluids. For these reasons, dehydration in infants is much more common than in adults. Dehydration occurs when the body lacks enough fluid to perform normal functions. This is a particularly serious concern for babies, as their small size makes them dehydrate…
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Supplementary Nursing System
What Is a Supplemental Nursing System? A supplemental nursing system (SNS Feeder) is a feeding tube attached to a bottle containing formula or breast milk for supplementary feeding at the breast. This allows the mother to breastfeed her baby, even if the baby is being supplemented. A lactation aid is a great way to get…
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Not Pumping Enough Milk
Pumping can sometimes be challenging, especially if you are exclusively pumping. It isn’t always easy to reach a certain amount of milk expressed per day. Also, pumps don’t always extract milk as well as babies do. Therefore, if more of your baby’s nourishment is coming from pumping rather than direct breastfeeding, it may be harder…
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The Use of Fennel While Breastfeeding
Using Fennel While Breastfeeding Fennel is a Mediterranean herb with yellow flowers, feathery leaves, and a pleasant smell. It’s commonly used for flavoring purposes, but this herb has a lot of hidden value. Fennel has similar properties to the hormone estrogens (Phytoestrogens); thus, it’s considered a galactagogue. A galactagogue is a food or drug that promotes…
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Coconut Water For Breastfeeding
Coconut water has long been hailed as a superfood, with its numerous health benefits being touted by worldwide wellness enthusiasts. But did you know coconut water can also be incredibly beneficial for breastfeeding mothers? Not only is it a great source of hydration, but it is also a natural lactogenic food, meaning it can help to increase milk…
Breastfeeding Problems & Solutions
Tag: Low Milk Supply
This tag is used for content and discussions related to insufficient milk production during breastfeeding. It covers both perceived low supply, where a parent worries their supply is inadequate despite the baby thriving, and actual low supply, where milk production does not meet the baby’s nutritional needs.
This is a central resource for parents seeking information, support, and solutions for challenges with milk production.
We Look Into:
Signs of Low Supply: How to differentiate between true signs of insufficient milk transfer (like poor weight gain or low diaper output) and normal infant behaviours (like frequent feeding, fussiness, or shorter nursing sessions).
Causes and Contributing Factors: Exploring common reasons for reduced milk production, including:
Infrequent or ineffective milk removal (due to poor latch, scheduled feeds, or missed pumping sessions).
Hormonal conditions (e.g., PCOS, thyroid issues).
Certain medications or herbs.
Previous breast surgery.
Supplementing with formula without protecting the milk supply.
Strategies to Increase Milk Supply: Practical advice and methods for boosting production, such as:
Power pumping: A specific pumping schedule that mimics cluster feeding.
Galactagogues: Information on foods, herbs (like fenugreek or moringa), and prescription medications known to increase milk supply.
Ensuring a proper latch and effective milk transfer.
Increasing the frequency of nursing or pumping sessions.
Supplementation: Guidance on when and how to supplement with expressed breast milk, donor milk, or formula while protecting the breastfeeding relationship.
Professional Support: Information on when to seek help from a lactation consultant (IBCLC), doctor, or paediatrician to diagnose and manage supply issues.
Personal Stories and Emotional Support: A space for parents to share their experiences, frustrations, and successes, creating a supportive community around a common and often stressful feeding challenge.