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Skin-to-Skin contact

18 February, 2025 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

A human baby is born totally helpless. It needs its mother to survive: her food, her arms, her body, her temperature, her sound, her presence. When babies lie on their mother’s body, they feel safe, know they are protected, and can relax. Today, we talk about skin-to-skin contact, which sounds like medical treatment but is what humanity has been replicating throughout its existence as part of our survival strategy as a species. What is the Mother Kangaroo Method? Skin-to-skin contact…

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Do I have low breast milk supply?

16 February, 2025 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Many mothers have asked, “Do I have a low breast milk supply?”. Usually, all mothers have the optimal amount of milk for their babies, but there are situations where mothers may have a lower milk production, which can interfere with the baby’s growth. Low milk supply exists, and some mothers are unable to maintain exclusive breastfeeding. Many women desperately seek the cause of their low milk production and do not always find answers. To understand hypogalactia (low milk production), you…

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Should I prepare my baby for when I go back to work?

10 February, 2025 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

When the time to get back to work comes, fears and worries appear: Do I need to make a milk stash? How do I do it? How will they manage breastmilk when I am not there? Should I prepare my baby to take a bottle? Well, today, we would like to talk about these important concerns. Do we have to prepare babies so that they are ready when mothers return to (paid) work? Well, the answer is no. But we…

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What is a breastfeeding crisis?

4 February, 2025 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Suddenly, your baby wants to feed constantly, is more irritated and fuzzy, cries, and seems to want to feed constantly but is struggling at the breast. And maybe you are thinking: am I running out of milk? But wait… maybe your baby is going through a breastfeeding crisis! Babies usually go through several growth spurts (some call them frequency days; in some regions, they are called breastfeeding crises) during the first 12 months of life, when their demand for milk…

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What is nipple confusion and how can it be resolved?

30 January, 2025 Alba Padró Comments 0 Comment

There has been a debate about whether nipple confusion in breastfeeding (sometimes also called nipple-teat confusion) exists or whether it is a myth. In reality, evidence and our experience in supporting thousands of breastfeeding mothers show that there are all types of babies: those who can suckle from a bottle teat, a pacifier and at the mother’s breast interchangeably without any problems, and other babies who are given one single feed from a bottle and seem to no longer know…

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Exclusive pumping

27 January, 2025 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

There are multiple circumstances in which a mother chooses exclusive pumping instead of breastfeeding directly, which means expressing her breast milk either by hand or with a breast pump and offering it to the baby in a bottle or other recipient. It can make it easier for you if you know more about it and some situations that can occur when you consider this option. Is breastfeeding directly the same as giving expressed breast milk with a bottle? We could…

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Weaning a toddler from breastfeeding (over 2 years old)

23 January, 2025 Alba Padró Comments 0 Comment

It is pretty common, far more common than it seems, that when you have a happy breastfeeding journey, the months go by, and you don’t consider weaning in the short/medium term. But then suddenly, the child has grown, almost without you realizing it, and sometimes because of a new pregnancy, an increasing breastfeeding demand from our child, or sometimes because life is like that, the word “weaning” begins to appear in your emotions, with more and more force. There comes…

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Breastfeeding after C-section

21 January, 2025 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Hospital routines in many countries still do not allow in many cases to humanize cesarean sections and make them less traumatic for the new family, which influences breastfeeding after c-section. The presence of the partner at birth by cesarean section is often not allowed, nor is it possible to maintain first skin-to-skin contact that promotes a suitable start to breastfeeding. Mothers are sometimes transferred to recovery, where they can be a few hours without their babies. The parents may end…

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Why do I still have breastmilk if I have stopped breastfeeding for a long time?

12 January, 2025 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

“My child is 3 years old. I stopped breastfeeding 2 years ago, and today, I found out that I still have milk. I want to get pregnant again soon, and I’m worried there will be a problem breastfeeding my next child.” Some people say breastmilk dry up if you have a big scare, if you are stressed, or if you stop breastfeeding. But one day, months, or even years after you stop breastfeeding, you squeeze your nipple and might see…

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Flu and breastfeeding

8 January, 2025 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

The flu is a respiratory disease caused by the influenza virus. It is a disease that is considered seasonal, as it is much more prevalent in the cold months of the year. Here we explain what you need to know about the flu and breastfeeding. Although for the majority of the population, it is considered almost insignificant, it can become serious for some people who have underlying diseases or are elderly. Unlike pregnancy, being a breastfeeding mother is not considered…

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