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How to accompany breastfeeding grief

How to accompany breastfeeding grief

Breastfeeding grief can occur when a mother has desired, and even prepared, to be able to breastfeed her baby but is unable to do so because of circumstances. In these cases, very intense emotions are often experienced. The experience of motherhood is full of sacrifice that involves multiple emotional processes that can be categorized as grief. Although these are always natural and normal emotional processes, the healthiest thing for the person experiencing them is to feel accompanied and supported by…

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How to detect postnatal depression

How to detect postnatal depression

This January 13th is the world day of action against depression, a condition that affects millions of people around the world. Postpartum depression is one important type of this disease. What is postpartum depression? Some estimates suggest that the incidence of postpartum depression is between 10% and 15% of all mothers, although it varies according to the population. Some studies conclude that the incidence of postpartum depression in primiparous women is around 25%, and in Latina women living in Mexico…

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“I’m afraid to hurt my baby”- Impulse phobia

“I’m afraid to hurt my baby”- Impulse phobia

Motherhood had always been conceived in the same way as childbirth. What two or three generations ago was “normal” is now not “normal” anymore. Society and women, especially, are awakening, connecting with themselves, our species, and our physiology as mammals. We question why things are the way they are, we are more and more empowered and more committed, we speak out more, we demand more and we make ourselves heard louder and louder every day. And one of these silent…

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Breasts, breastfeeding and emotions

Breasts, breastfeeding and emotions

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…

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