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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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New ABM recommendations on mastitis

12 September, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

In the previous blog article, we reviewed the differences in the definition of mastitis between the new ABM protocol on mastitis (protocol #36: The Mastitis Spectrum) and the old protocol (#4: Mastitis). In this article, we summarise the changes or updates from the new protocol on the recommendations for the management of mastitis and its different related disorders. It should be noted that the new protocol provides general and specific recommendations for all possible conditions within the mastitis spectrum. This…

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The ABM protocol on mastitis

8 September, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) publishes protocols to make it easier for health care professionals who care for breastfeeding mothers to stay up-to-date and promote best practices in care for breastfeeding mothers and their children. In 2014 the Academy published a protocol on mastitis, the ABM Clinical Protocol #4: Mastitis (1), written by Dr Lisa Amir, who has also been one of the speakers in the 1st LactApp Medical Congress last May. This year, the ABM has published a…

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One breast is bigger than the other

1 September, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Human bodies are not symmetrical, and both sides are not exactly the same. But you don’t usually realize this until you become a mother and start producing breastmilk. The milk supply of each breast is regulated by a type of hormone called FIL, Feedback Inhibitor in Lactation. This hormone responds to demand and supply. That is to say, if the baby suckles a lot and takes out all the FIL, the mammary gland gets the message: must produce more milk!…

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“Breastfeeding hurts, but I have been told the latch is ok”

1 September, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

So many times mothers come to us with this situation: “Breastfeeding hurts, but they say the latch is ok. They’ve checked everything and they tell me my baby is latching on well”. And that’s when we dissimulate and realise how difficult it is to combat the persisting myth of normalizing pain. Breastfeeding has to be pleasurable and effective, breastfeeding does not hurt, sore nipples are not normal, and pain always indicates that something is wrong. We would not have gotten…

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My baby doesn’t fall asleep at the breast anymore

25 August, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

You might get worried when your baby does not fall asleep at the breast, as they used to do before. Why does a baby who used to fall asleep exhausted and happy after every feed now cry, fuss, and seem not to want the breast anymore? They might even show anger and frustration. You know that the baby is tired and needs to sleep, and this behavior can cause you to worry and feel confused. What is going on? At…

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