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The relactation process

18 May, 2022 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Relactation is the re-establishment of breastmilk supply in a woman who has given birth, after milk secretion has significantly been reduced, interrupted or inhibited altogether, either because of inability or unwillingness to breastfeed after childbirth. Requests for help in relactation are common, it is a process in which women must be accompanied and they need to know very well the steps and actions to be taken to increase breast milk production while reducing the amount of formula offered to the…

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Children’s Rights in Hospital

13 May, 2022 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

The 13th of May marks the occasion of the International Day of the Hospitalized Child, so in this article, we would like to talk about the rights of hospitalized children. The hospitalization of a child can be a shock to families and their children. Additionally, if you are breastfeeding and/or have other children, this can be extremely difficult to manage. There are international agreements that protect hospitalized children and their families in this situation. The rights of hospitalized children are included in…

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Lupus and Breastfeeding

10 May, 2022 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Today is World Lupus Day and we would like to talk about breastfeeding with lupus. Worldwide more than 5 million people have this disease and nine out of every ten of them are women. Nutritionist Iria Quintáns Álvarez wrote this post, she is an expert in lupus as she suffers from this autoimmune disease herself. You can find her on Instagram @nutrienfamilia Lupus and breastfeeding Lupus is an autoimmune disease in which the body mistakenly believes it should ‘attack’ its own…

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Racism and Maternity Care

6 May, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Institutionalised racism undermines the quality of health care for black mothers, who have a much higher mortality rate than white mothers, even when they have similar levels of education or socioeconomic background. African-American women living in the United States are nearly four times more likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth than white women, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC reports that while the mortality rate for white women is 12.7…

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International Day of the Midwife: Shortage of Professionals

5 May, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Today marks the International Day of the Midwife! Congratulations to all midwives! Midwives are the best-qualified professionals to monitor pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care for low-risk births. Numerous studies show that having access to a professional midwife improves health outcomes for mother and baby. What differentiates a midwife from an ob-gyn/gynaecologist? Midwives are specialists in the normality of childbirth, while gynaecologists specialise in the care of pathologies or whenever risks and problems arise. As we said, a low-risk, physiological pregnancy…

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BLW or pureed food: what does the scientific evidence say?

5 May, 2022 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

BLW or pureed food: is there scientific evidence to support the benefits of one method over the other? If a few weeks ago we wrote about the scientific evidence of BLW in relation to breastfeeding, now we focus on reviewing the published scientific evidence on infant growth and food intake of BLW babies compared to traditional spoon-fed babies. BLW or pureed food One of the biggest fears that both health care providers and families have about BLW is that infants…

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Drug compatibility and breastfeeding

3 May, 2022 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

On drug compatibility and breastfeeding, today we share with you the main points of the practical workshop on how to use the e-lactancia.org website that the pharmacist and co-author of the website Silvia Moyano gave at the LactApp Medical Congress. Moyano addressed, among other aspects, the pharmacokinetic characteristics of a substance to be able to assess the compatibility of drugs and breastfeeding and the risk posed by that substance for an infant. He explained how to take into account the…

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“Breastfeeding was my biggest challenge”: a breastfeeding story

29 April, 2022 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

“It was a real challenge.” This is how Vicotria’s, one of our users, breastfeeding journey started. If you also wish to send us yours, you can do so by sending your story to: [email protected] I had a complex and long labor in which my daughter had a hard time. With every contraction, she strangled herself with the umbilical cord but it was only seen afterwards when she was born. When they put her on top of me for skin to…

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10 Basics About Introducing Solids

14 April, 2022 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

1 – Why start with solids? Breastmilk is possibly the most complete nutrition and can exclusively nourish a baby up to about 6 months of age. At about this age, breastmilk is still excellent for feeding a baby, but not exclusively, which is why we begin introducing solids. Iron, zinc, and vitamin A are the nutrients that the baby now needs in bigger quantities, and so she begins to diversify her diet. 2 – At 4 or 6 months? Some…

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“By the time we went home, I felt helpless”

1 April, 2022 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Cristina has sent us this moving story, which we have called “By the time we went home, I felt helpless”, about her breastfeeding journey. If you would like to send us yours, please email it to: [email protected]. We would like to thank Cristina for her generosity in sharing her story. Here is her experience: If there is something, I always wanted throughout my life, it was to be a mom. Raising children and caring is something that has always been…

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