Do you remember when your breasts started to grow? How did you feel? Did you receive any kind of comment that bothered you? Did you ever feel ashamed about how your body was developing? Did your environment encourage you to feel comfortable with your breasts or maybe you had to cover yourself constantly? It could be that one of these questions removes you or that even today your behaviour is conditioned as a result of those experiences, have you ever…
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 contact with the skin that promotes a suitable start to breastfeeding. Mothers are transferred to recovery, where they can be a few hours without their babies. The parents may…
A recurrent consultation at LactApp refers to the compatibility of tattoos and piercings with breastfeeding. Breast Piercings Let’s start with the piercings which are easier and shorter. During breastfeeding or pregnancy is not recommended to perform any type of perforation to the nipple because of the risk of infection and the pain it can cause. If you have a piercing in the nipple and want to breastfeed, do not have doubts, the answer is yes, you can breastfeed. You should…
“Hi, I’m a new mother, and I have a doubt: how can I know that breastfeeding is already well established? All those we consult tell us what happens between the fourth and sixth week of the baby’s life, others that after 15 days it is already established… How can we know if breastfeeding goes well?” We will try to explain what we mean by the concept of “established breastfeeding”. The first thing we need to know is that babies learn…
Breastfeeding is not a type of parenting. Breastfeeding is the natural way to raise your baby, the first 6 months exclusively, from there with other foods. What does this mean? It means that although the breasts are the mother’s and the suckling belongs to the baby, breastfeeding must be 100% supported by the partner, the family, and society as a whole. Why? Because it is a question of humanity. Because that is what human biology needs because breastfeeding in the…