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Resources for lactation professionals

13 October, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Resources are necessary to find up-to-date, scientifically based information on breastfeeding for lactation professionals and healthcare professionals interested in breastfeeding medicine. On many occasions, generalist information, even if it comes from scientific organisations, does not take into account the unique characteristics of this particular stage of life and gives inadequate messages. For this reason, we have compiled a collection of the most widely used resources on breastfeeding for professionals: The World Health Organisation (WHO) frequently publishes information on breastfeeding, as…

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The finger-syringe technique of supplementing

12 October, 2022 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

When a baby needs to receive additional breastmilk or formula milk, we always think of a bottle as the only way to do this. And, of course, you can give milk in a bottle; you just need to know the advantages and disadvantages of each supplementing method. In this post, we will explain the finger-syringe technique. What advantages does it have over other methods? The finger-syringe method is ideal for training babies’ suckling motions. It allows your baby to place the tongue in…

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Weight stagnation when breastfeeding is already established

6 October, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Sometimes we find that the reason for a consultation is weight stagnation in infants who had previously had adequate weight gain for their age. When faced with these cases, it is important to make a thorough assessment of the situation, not only of breastfeeding but also of other reasons for this possible slow down of weight gain. It is also important to monitor changes in the infant’s behaviour. The mother’s sensations and perceptions can also provide us with valuable information….

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Stomach bug and breastfeeding: what to do

5 October, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

We receive a lot of questions about stomach bugs (gastroenteritis) and breastfeeding in the LactApp app consultation channel. It’s that time of the year again, and many breastfeeding mothers and their babies are affected, so we would like to take the opportunity and answer your questions. I am breastfeeding, and I have a stomach bug: What should I do? Breastfeeding mothers can be affected by stomach bugs (gastroenteritis) just like anyone else. There is no specific treatment for gastroenteritis, so…

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Hand Expressing Breastmilk: the Marmet Technique

28 September, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Chele Marmet is a mother, pioneering lactation consultant, and the Co-Founder of the Lactation Institute in Los Angeles. She is the creator of the “Marmet technique” of manual expression, the best-known and most widely used manual expression method in the world. This manual expression technique allows you to express breastmilk in a practical and safe way, pain-free and with no equipment needed, allowing you to express milk anywhere and any time you need it. This technique also helps women to…

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Antibiotics and Mastitis: New ABM Protocol

28 September, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Regarding the relationship between antibiotics and mastitis, changes have been introduced in the new mastitis protocol of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM), which we have already previously discussed here and here. In previous posts, we reviewed the differences between the old ABM mastitis protocol (ABM Clinical Protocol #4 Mastitis) (1) and the new protocol update published this year (ABM Protocol #36: The Mastitis Spectrum) (2). In the first article, we compared the update on the definition of mastitis and…

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My story: “Breastfeeding has shown me that my breasts are perfect”

26 September, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

“My name is Noelia, and I studied psychology to understand why there had been two cases of suicide in my family and many mental health problems. Today, I run a restaurant, and I am happy. I have been ready to be a mom for a long time, but when I saw that it was the perfect moment, I had a miscarriage. But because I had read so much about it, I knew this could happen and it didn’t affect me…

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Emotions and partnership: when parenting distances

26 September, 2022 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

The first week of May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, so let’s talk about emotions and partnership and how parenting can distance. What emotions do you feel when your partner does not parent as you expected? How does it affect you? Maybe during nine months of pregnancy, you have prepared yourself consciously to raise your child together. And then, when your baby arrives, you find that your partner does not meet the expectations you had or that his parenting…

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How do I know if my baby is hungry?

22 September, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

When you first become a new mother, one of the biggest worries is knowing when your baby is hungry. The two main worries of any new family are knowing why a baby is crying and knowing if she or he is hungry. If only they arrived with a manual! So how do I know if my baby is hungry? Babies can cry for many reasons: they might be bored, sleepy, hungry or lonely. But the good news is, that no…

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What is the natural taste of breast milk?

13 September, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Many mothers worldwide are still often told that they should avoid eating certain foods so their breastmilk doesn’t taste bad, which could supposedly make the baby reject their breastmilk. Is there such a thing as a natural taste of breast milk? Of course, there is! But what happens is that the natural taste of breast milk is not always the same, but has very different and a broad range of flavors. Breast milk tastes of not just one flavor alone….

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