It’s common, at least in U.S. hospitals, for physicians to order lanolin cream for breastfeeding mothers “as needed” (in hospital lingo, “prn”). Throughout my years…
I’ve been working with breastfeeding mothers and healthcare providers for years, and I thought I’d heard it all. Nope. Check out this question: “Marie, is…
What can you say when the mother insists she “has nothing” to feed her baby? Caught off-guard by the small quantities of colostrum her body…
For years, I’ve felt silly directing breastfeeding mothers that according to expert opinions, that they should not take their baby into their bed with them…
Myth: The FDA puts infant formulas through rigorous testing to ensure safety and efficacy before it is released for use by infants. Fact: The FDA…
Anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar, M.D. developed the Apgar Score in 1952 as a “rapid method of assessing the clinical status of the newborn infant at 1…
Here we go again. Another day, same old question — or, at least, same type of question. Mothers [somewhere] are using [something] for [some breastfeeding…
Many women approach pregnancy with a “we’re in this together” mindset. After attending Lamaze or Bradley method courses as a couple, they feel confident that…
Finally, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated its statement “The Transfer of Drugs and Therapeutics Into Human Breast Milk: An Update on Selected…
People who come to my 90-credit Comprehensive Lactation Course are sometimes surprised by the steady diet of ethics that I feed them. Perhaps that is…