by aabreastfeeding@hotmail.com | Apr 15, 2019 | breastpumping, nipple shield, painful breastfeeding, sore nipples
What is a nipple shield? This is a silicone nipple shield which can be helpful to the breastfeeding mother. It is a device that a mother places over her nipple-areolar space prior to latching her baby onto the breast. A nipple shield can be this amazing tool that...
by aabreastfeeding@hotmail.com | Apr 8, 2019 | bleeding nipples, breastfeeding challenges, cracked, feeding baby, normal newborn breastfeeding, painful breastfeeding, sore nipples
Breastfeeding and Pain, What’s the real deal?I am a lactation consultant on a mission to help bust the popular myth that goes like this – “Breastfeeding hurts – just keep going and in about 6 weeks it will be so much better.”Instead, my...
by aabreastfeeding@hotmail.com | Apr 3, 2019 | breastfeeding mothers, feeding baby, normal weight gain., painful breastfeeding
Breastfeeding around the clock – and my baby is still losing weight. There are times when moms are breastfeeding around the clock – literally every 2 hours. Babies do breastfeeding frequently. They even have cluster feeding sessions where they nurse...
by aabreastfeeding@hotmail.com | Aug 14, 2015 | All About Breastfeeding, bleeding nipples, breastfeeding challenges, breastfeeding in public, breastfeeding mothers, breastfeeding toddlers, exclusive breastfeeding, feeding baby, first breastfeeding, IBCLC, normal newborn breastfeeding, painful breastfeeding, problems, sore nipples, Uncategorized
Since this article came out, I have been asked many times what I think about the article and about the concept of Laid Back Breastfeeding. Most of the time it has been through a direct email or a private Facebook message. I have had a few moms post it in Facebook to...
by aabreastfeeding@hotmail.com | Aug 11, 2010 | All About Breastfeeding, breast pumping, feeding baby, IBCLC, painful breastfeeding
During childbirth, the pains we feel from contractions do hurt and yet this is pain with a purpose. The work of labor is to cause the uterine muscle to go through changes that create the stretching of the uterine muscles… all to help bring your baby down and out...
by aabreastfeeding@hotmail.com | Aug 11, 2010 | painful breastfeeding, sore nipples
That is right! Breastfeeding is not suppose to hurt. Breastfeeding your baby can sometimes be tiring for some mothers in the early days, but it is not suppose to hurt. So, why do so many mothers spend weeks on end enduring significant pain before they either get help...
