Breastfeeding

Concerns About Breast Feeding and Your Baby

Your main job as a new mom is to look after both yourself and your new baby, its important as a breast feeding mom you eat correctly and ensure you pass on the correct nutrients to you baby through your breast milk. Drinking plenty of fluids is also important as it prevents you from becoming dehydrated.

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Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is a natural way for a woman to feed her baby. Many women, after having given birth find that they have a desire to breastfeed their newborn and this may be seen as a natural desire for the mother to bond with her baby.

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Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding and Pumping

With the advent of breast pumps, many nursing mothers have discovered they can have their cake and eat it too! Or in other words they are not as tied to their baby as they may once have been just because they are breast feeding as they can use a breast pump to express their milk.

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Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding & Drug Misuse

When you are breast feeding, it’s important to remember that many different things that you eat and drink can pass from your body into your breast milk. It is therefore imperative you are careful about what you consume whilst breastfeeding. You should always check with your pharmacist and doctor before you take any prescribed or over the counter medicines.

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Breastfeeding

Breast Feeding and Working

Long gone are the days when women left work to raise their children when they discovered they were pregnant. In today’s socio economic climate, it is usually a necessity that women return to the workplace once they have completed their maternity leave. The only problem is, breast feeding then becomes a luxury that many nursing mothers are not able to afford due to the problems associated with both working and breastfeeding.

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