“It all begins at the end of the feed. My nipple turns white and starts hurting. It hurts a lot and I don’t know what it is. Then, when I am in the shower or go outside and it is cold, the pain comes back again. What can it be?“ What this mother is describing is called nipple ischemia, which is a lack of blood supply that can cause a lot of pain. Ischemia can occur for many different reasons,…
Breastfeeding is part of a woman’s sexual and reproductive life. Today we share the fantastic collaboration with psychologist and sexologist Elena Crespi, who uncovers why some women can experience an orgasm while breastfeeding. A taboo subject that we know worries some mothers, and in this article, they can find some answers in her explanation. Pleasant sensations in the nipple. A slight tingling. There, down there. In the vagina. Some slight contraction. Orgasm? Yes, orgasm. And all this swirl of sensations…
The best way your child can drink their mother’s milk is from the breast but on certain occasions, such as when returning to work, we cannot be by their side. The methods of feeding and supplementing allow us to keep giving them the best. When we think of ways of nourishing our baby with extracted breast milk or formula, the first thing we think of is a bottle. In reality, the bottle is the method that is NOT recommended by…
Julio Basulto is a bestselling author of several nutrition books; he is the father of three beautiful daughters and happily married to dietitian-nutritionist Olga Ayllón. His books are highly recommended, as he has published 5 books on different subjects, and in all of them, he talks about the importance of breastfeeding in maternal and child health. In his book “Eating and running” he doesn’t speak about breastfeeding, although he does insist that exercise shouldn’t be a (another) hindrance to breastfeeding….