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Why is Breastfeeding Important?
Essential Breastfeeding Support and Baby Care Items The Pump Station & Nurtury® has decades of experience providing new families with outstanding educational, breastfeeding and baby care support, including products and...
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When to Seek Professional Breastfeeding Help
Producing breastmilk is natural, but the art of latching a baby to the breast is learned. Sometimes what is supposed to come easily doesn't, and sometimes a breastfeeding problem occurs after...
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Offering a Breastfed Baby a Bottle
Parents often ask "when is the best time to introduce a bottle?" There is not a perfect time, but lactation consultants usually recommend waiting until the milk supply is established...
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The Day Someone Threw Me a Rope
The Day Someone Threw Me A Rope | I can still remember where I sat on the floor in the room, the Southern California light pouring in that way it does,...
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Tips to Relieve Engorgement
What is Engorgement? What is Normal? It is normal and expected for your breasts to become larger and to feel heavy, warm, and tender between the third and fifth day after...
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Overactive Let-Down
The ability to produce enough milk is a common concern among breastfeeding mothers. The lack of proper education, no role models, and the loss of breastfeeding as a cultural norm,...
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Low Milk Supply
In the United States, concern about low milk supply is the most common reason given by women for supplementation and early weaning. Why do so many women in our culture...
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Biting and Teething
Most breastfeeding babies will at some point attempt biting. Usually, but not always, biting happens during teething. This can be painful for the mother, but it is a behavior that...
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Thrush and Breastfeeding
What is Thrush and How Does it Affect Breastfeeding? Thrush is an irritating yeast infection caused by the fungus Candida albicans. Although this fungus occurs naturally in all human bodies,...
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Raynaud's Phenomenon (Vasospasm of the Nipple)
FREE - New Mother's Breastfeeding Support Group! Sign Up Now - Use Code FreeSG at Checkout! Raynaud's phenomenon is a term used to describe intermittent loss of blood flow to...
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
FREE - New Mother's Breastfeeding Support Group! Sign Up Now - Use Code FreeSG at Checkout! by Diana Cheng Scheible, MA, OTR/L, CLE, IBCLC Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a...
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Breast Pumping Guidelines
There are many reasons women pump their breasts to provide milk for their babies. Some are separated from their hospitalized newborns and must pump to provide the many benefits of...
