Now that marijuana is legalized in several US states, parents often assume that it’s safe to use marijuana while breastfeeding or during pregnancy. But before…
As I’ve explained before, breastfeeding protects against breast cancer. But YES, it’s absolutely possible to breastfeed after having breast cancer. True, the treatment you’ve had…
I’ve had chiropractic care for decades, so I thought I pretty much knew what chiropractors did (and didn’t do). Yet, only moments before I opened…
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that the flu results in between 9.3 and 49 million illnesses each year in the United States alone.…
Breast pump manufacturers have done a great job of convincing mothers that their product is as much a “must have” new-parent item as diapers and…
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…