If you feel anxious about how much milk your breastfed baby is getting, you aren't alone. One of the most commonly reported reasons for women stopping breastfeeding is low milk supply.
Throughout history and across cultures breastfeeding mothers have been fed galactagogues - special foods to boost milk supply. Just as certain foods are ‘lactogenic’ and can support your breastmilk supply, there are also herbs, drinks and foods that are anti-lactogenic...
Ideally, Colostrum, the yellowish ‘first milk’, an antibody rich immune booster often called ‘baby’s first immunisation’ will be your baby's first feed.
We asked mothers for all the reasons their babies wanted to breastfeed and here, we have 75 very good reasons babies may need to snuggle in and refuel on magic mama milk– besides feeling hungry!
"I was incredibly stressed and I knew something was very wrong but I thought, I am a mum, I should be able to cope,” says Sandy, a Melbourne mother of two who was diagnosed with postnatal depression when her first baby was three months old.
If you become pregnant while you are breastfeeding, how does pregnancy affect breastfeeding and how does breastfeeding affect your unborn baby? A Lactation Consultant explains.
Are your baby’s hands getting in the way as you try to breastfeed? Have you been told to wrap your baby for feeds?
Imagine that your partner has just brought home a new lover and announced that you are all going to live together. It will be fun! You will be best friends!
After hearing that your partner loves you and his new lover equally, you are asked to share all your things...