Your breastfeeding diet: food allergies and irritants
If you’re a breastfeeding mum, you need to manage your diet because minute traces of all the foods you eat end up in your breastmilk. Usually this is a good thing: some experts believe that breastfed...
View ArticleComposition of human milk changes during breastfeeding
Pioneering researchers will introduce Europeans to new insights into breastfeeding and lactation at a conference in Basel, Switzerland, on 7 October. A team led by the University of Western Australia’s...
View ArticleClaire’s breastfeeding story
Milk and Mother-in Law Claire Smith had to suffer the indignity of a midwife asking if she “had always had breasts like this?”! With further unhelpul comments from her mother-in-law to follow it’s...
View ArticleDeborah’s breastfeeding story
A story of war and work! Determined to breastfeed, Deborah Speakman, didn’t let an early return to work or the impending war in Iraq deter her! Would I give birth on a plane? I was due to have my baby...
View ArticleQuestion: Boosting milk supply
Q: ”I have a five-month-old daughter and I have breastfed her since birth. Just lately I have noticed I only ever feel full first thing in the morning. My daughter will feed from me normally in the...
View ArticleMother knows breast: is breastfeeding for me?
Funbags, boobies, jugs…our front bumpers go by many a comical name, but do not exist only to fuel schoolboy jokes (and fantasies). They’re quite amazing, actually, as I discovered at a session on...
View ArticleA phenomenal 415 proteins found in breast milk
A phenomenal 415 proteins have been found in breast milk by The Hartmann Human Lactation Research Group at the University of Western Australia (UWA) who are known globally for conducting...
View ArticleVisual guide for breastfeeding mums from Lansinoh
Lansinoh know that midwives and health visitors are best placed to help women to breastfeed comfortably, but we are also aware that the one thing they are lacking in is time. For this reason, we have...
View ArticleMy baby won’t stop crying
Shelley Ward from Brighton shares her story about her new baby and how to cope with the lack of sleep and the constant crying. Nothing could have prepared me for becoming a new mum. The lack of sleep...
View ArticleWin a SuperFast Thermapen digital food thermometer
According to experts, overheating breast milk can reduce its benefits. However if you use a digital food thermometer, such as a SuperFast Thermapen®, it can help you to ensure that breast milk is...
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