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Can I go to the dentist if I am breastfeeding?

Can I go to the dentist if I am breastfeeding?

Going to the dentist and having a good dental hygiene routine are always important to maintaining healthy teeth and gums. And during the breastfeeding period, this is just as important, or even more so, than at any other stage of our lives. But can I go to the dentist if I am breastfeeding? There are still many misconceptions and a lack of information about what to do and what not to do while breastfeeding. We received many questions on this…

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Fasting recommendations for breastfed infants and children

Fasting recommendations for breastfed infants and children

Sometimes, it is necessary to perform medical procedures on infants or young children that require fasting beforehand, mainly for procedures under sedation or anesthesia. These procedures include performing certain diagnostic tests that require immobility or are painful, certain treatments or surgical interventions. The main reason for recommending fasting is to avoid bronchoaspiration of regurgitated gastric contents with potentially serious consequences. Other procedures do not require fasting beforehand, even though in some interventions they are still recommended, but in fact, it has…

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How safe is baby-led weaning?

How safe is baby-led weaning?

How safe is BLW? One of the biggest fears with Baby-Led Weaning (BLW) for both, families and healthcare professionals, is the risk of choking. It is sometimes perceived that this method might lead to more choking incidents in babies who are fed solid pieces of food from day one without being spoon-fed. For this reason, much research on BLW has focused on whether or not this method of initiation of complementary feeding increases the risk of choking or suffocation.  Kahraman…

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New breast pumping law in the US: the PUMP Act explained

New breast pumping law in the US: the PUMP Act explained

For the first time in 13 years, the United States Congress has passed a new law to support breastfeeding and working mothers: the PUMP Act or Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act. This legislation extends breastfeeding protection at work to more than 9 million employees who were unprotected under the previous law, which did not cover all sectors. Which employees are covered by the Pump Act? The vast majority, as long as they work in a company with…

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New scale validated to assess the usability of a mHealth dedicated to breastfeeding

New scale validated to assess the usability of a mHealth dedicated to breastfeeding

This past month a scientific paper by the LactApp R+D team was published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics (1). According to the Journal of Citation Reports (JCR) of 2021, this journal has an impact factor of 4.730, belonging to the 23rd position out of a total of 109 indexed in the category “Health Care Sciences & Services”. Therefore, this journal ranks in the first quartile (Q1) and the first tertile (T1) in the corresponding JCR listing. At LactApp,…

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Neonatal and maternal care in the first hours and breastfeeding initiation

Neonatal and maternal care in the first hours and breastfeeding initiation

Neonatal and maternal care in the first hours after birth is important for the initiation of breastfeeding and establishing it properly. Here key points are skin-to-skin contact and the first latch within the first two hours of life. The main strategy to promote breastfeeding physiology is based on grouping and adapting postnatal care, favoring unrestricted skin-to-skin contact, avoiding early separation of the baby from the mother’s body, and facilitating an environment that favors the mother’s release of oxytocin, that is,…

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Smoking during breastfeeding: is it better to stop?

Smoking during breastfeeding: is it better to stop?

Let’s talk about smoking during breastfeeding. No one doubts that smoking is a toxic habit and that tobacco addiction represents a major health risk for the smoker. It also affects those around you if you don’t take precautions, turning them into passive smokers. But what happens during pregnancy and breastfeeding? A big question that arises is what to do if you want to continue smoking while breastfeeding. What is better: to continue breastfeeding or give artificial milk to the baby?…

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Breastfeeding and sleep – I need to sleep!

Breastfeeding and sleep – I need to sleep!

Breastfeeding and sleep – are they connected? Why doesn’t my baby sleep better? Will they start sleeping better if I wean? Is there anything I can do to improve their sleep? When your baby wakes up what seems to be a thousand times a night and doesn’t allow you to rest, these questions often come up. Fact: babies must wake up. It is healthy and safe for them to do so. But for us and our bodies to rest, whether…

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Separation of mother and baby in the first hours after birth

Separation of mother and baby in the first hours after birth

After birth, the newborn (NB) expects to be reunited with their mother. But what happens when a separation of mother and baby in the first hours after birth is necessary? The first contact is made through skin-to-skin contact with the double objective of favouring the adaptation of the newborn and initiating breastfeeding if the mother desires to do so. However, there are situations that prevent this skin-to-skin contact from happening or extend over time,, usually due to a separation between…

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