In a previous post, I talked about reasons why medications might be used in labor and birth. Here, I’ll discuss a few medications that are…
Hospital staff members frequently ask me how they should handle situations when parents want donor milk for their baby. Often, shrouded somewhere in their question…
Each year, the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy (WABA) establishes a slogan. The slogan for World Breastfeeding Week 2019 is: EMPOWER PARENTS, ENABLE BREASTFEEDING, Now…
These days, you hear a lot about babywearing for healthy, full-term babies. But there’s almost no buzz about wearing your premature baby. Jennifer Canvasser created…
We know that nicotine is harmful to your health, and that includes vaping. About 10-11% of breastfeeding mothers are vaping. However, as Dr. Lori Feldman-Winter…
It seems that everywhere you go, you encounter smoke. It might be from traditional cigarette smoke or the often-sweet smelling smoke from vaping. It’s not…
Sometimes, others give us information that we assume to be true. We don’t always hunt up the primary information source, or talk to the author…
Let’s assume you decide to have an alcoholic drink. I discussed alcohol and breastfeeding in a previous post, as well as discussing whether beer actually…
Here in the United States, authorities warn against having even one alcoholic drink during pregnancy. That’s not the case during breastfeeding. Certainly, having no alcohol…
The late, great Dr. Audrey Naylor authored six principles to reduce or eliminate risk from drugs and other substances while lactating. Published in Lactation management…