Is It Okay to Heat Your Baby’s Milk in the Microwave?
The microwave has become a favorite appliance for heating food quickly. However, you need to be cautious when if you…
Breastfeeding and baby formula
Breastfeeding is always the best choice for your baby, but you may opt for formula or a combination of the two. It’s certainly a complicated process and you may have questions. That’s why it’s so important to have the best information at your disposal to make good decisions and put your baby’s health first.
Breastfeeding and Steroid Creams: What You Should Know
Mother’s milk is a living fluid that provides many nutrients and beneficial elements to the baby. However, breastfeeding can also…
How to Choose the Right Nipple Shields
Ensuring breastfeeding is a priority for all of society and, many times, it doesn’t happen as spontaneously as you expect. For this reason, the support of health professionals is essential in order to implement different strategies to maintain it. Among…
Feeding Premature Babies: Tricks and Tips
It’s very important to feed premature babies properly. This way, you’ll make sure they develop properly and you’ll prevent illnesses…
The Role of Oxytocin in Breastfeeding
Oxytocin is a key hormone for breastfeeding, although it’s not the only hormone involved in the process. The main role of oxytocin in breastfeeding is to ensure the ejection of milk through the breasts when the baby sucks and to…
Best Breast Milk Storage Containers
Whenever mothers have to pump their breast milk to feed their babies whenever they’re not around, they need to store it somewhere safe. This’s why, in the following article, we’ll talk about the best breast milk storage containers. Nowadays, there…
What are Montgomery Glands?
Montgomery glands, also called Montgomery glands, are not well-known parts of the human body. However, they perform essential functions that are modified according to the needs of the body. These glands are named after the Irish obstetrician who described them…
Breastfeeding and Antibiotics: What You Should Know
Antibiotics or antimicrobials are very common drugs throughout the world. Their effectiveness is unquestionable as they save the lives of…
How to Choose a Manual Breast Pump
If you’re already well established in breastfeeding and now want to express milk occasionally, either to have frozen milk from time to time or so that your partner or a caregiver can feed the baby while you’re away, you’ve probably…
From One Mom to Another: 11 Top Breastfeeding Tips
You can choose to breastfeed your baby for two months, two years, or more, or even to supplement formula. Just,…
Bacterial Communities in Breast Milk
Many people are surprised when they find out there are bacterial communities in breast milk. In fact, 30 percent of bacteria inside breastfed babies’ intestines come from their mother’s breast milk. Beneficial breast milk bacteria act similarly to seeds in…
Options for Breast Pumping
A breast pump is a lactation product that you’re likely to use at some point after giving birth. There are so many options for breast pumping. You can do it manually or use a breast pump. Breast pumps can be…
How to Store Breast Milk: What You Should Know
It’s perfectly normal to have a lot of questions about breastfeeding if it’s time for you to go back to…
The Protective Properties of Lactoferrin for Your Baby
Lactoferrin is one of the most abundant proteins in breast milk. There’s a good reason for this: it acts on…
Does Breast Milk Contribute to Gene Silencing?
As we’ve mentioned before, gene silencing is a sophisticated mechanism, which controls tissue functions. Human milk contains silencing molecules, and…
Rancid Breast Milk: Causes and Solutions
Rancid breast milk can be a major problem. During breastfeeding, it’s common practice for mothers to extract and freeze their…
Do Women Lose Weight While Breastfeeding?
It’s commonly believed that women lose weight while breastfeeding. So far, science has been able to demonstrate many health benefits…
What Should Moms Eat While Breastfeeding?
Breastfeeding occurs during the first periods of life, and it lasts for several months. During these months, mothers feed their…
Breast Milk: A Functional Food
Breast milk is a functional food. This means that in addition to being the best food for your baby, it also acts as medicine. According to science, functional foods are dietary items that, besides providing nutrients and energy, beneficially modulate…
The Importance of a Mother’s Diet While Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding is, without a doubt, the best food for newborn babies during their first months of life. But what about…