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Prescription medications and breastfeeding
Breastfeeding mothers can safely use most prescribed medications. Natural barriers in the cells that create breast milk make it difficult for most medications to pass into your milk. Even for those medications that do enter breast milk, most do so in amounts so low that there is no effect on the baby. Before your doctor […] Read more
Breast size depends on how much fatty tissue you have. The larger the breast, the more fatty tissue and vice versa. It is the amount of glandular (milk producing) tissue in your breast that matters. If you follow your baby’s lead and breastfeed whenever your baby shows that she needs a feed (by squirming, grunting, […] Read more
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Breastfeeding after a Caesarean birth
Many mothers ask, “Can I breastfeed after a Caesarean birth?” The answer is YES! There is no reason why you should not be able to breastfeed successfully. You will have skin to skin very shortly after delivery and can initiate the first breastfeed shortly after this. Although there may sometimes be short-term effects, the way […] Read more
Lack of energy or sore back and hips are common complaints in pregnancy. During this time as our bodies change and adapt it is important that we find movement that is comfortable and enjoyable. Regular exercise can maintain cardiovascular fitness, which can be important for labour. Exercise can also play a role in maintaining a […] Read more
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Induction of labour after 37 weeks
By reducing the number of babies that go past their due date, the neonatal death rate in a recent very large Danish study of seven hundred and seventy thousand women showed that the neonatal death rate was almost halved. There is also benefit in reducing the risk of traumatic delivery of a large baby that […] Read more