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Lactation Facts:
Breastfeeding burns between 500-600 calories a day. That means some moms might end up losing weight without any additional exercise.
Breast milk is a living substance that contains live cells, including stem cells, which go on to become other body cell types like brain, heart, kidney, or bone tissue.
Breast milk is not always white. It can be blue, green, yellow (ahem- gold!), pink, or orange depending what you eat or drink. Don’t worry, it’s OK for baby.
Your breast milk is constantly changing to meet the needs of your growing baby. From month-to-month, throughout the week, day-to-day, and even throughout a single feeding.
Breastfeeding lowers your baby’s risk of common childhood illnesses, including ear infections, respiratory infections, gastroenteritis, and Necrotizing Enterocolitis.
Lactation Fiction :
Women who have had surgery for breast reduction or augmentation can’t breastfeed;
False – Most women have had surgery do very well.To date, nothing indicates that breastfeeding by women who have had breast augmentation is dangerous. Therefore, breastfeeding is possible in this case.
Babies must learn to drink from the bottle. You must always introduce the bottle before the baby refuses to take it.
False- Although several parents decide to introduce the bottle for various reasons, it isn’t necessary that a baby learn to drink from it. It’s more important to concentrate on starting to breastfeed. After that, it’ll be possible to occasionally introduce the bottle if you wish to.
A pregnant woman can’t continue breastfeeding.
False-Sometimes, women become pregnant while they breastfeed. If the mother wishes to, she can continue breastfeeding. It isn’t dangerous for the foetus or the breastfed child. However, hormonal changes during pregnancy may affect the quantity and composition of milk production.
Breastfeeding makes it harder for Dad and other family to bond with baby
New moms and their babies need everyones love, support and guidance. There are many ways to bond such as skin too skin.
It’s important to remember that some mothers choose not to breastfeed or simply can not and that is okay!
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