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How many hours does a baby sleep?

25 April, 2023 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Babies have different sleep patterns than adults. Their sleep patterns involve a more superficial rest, with more frequent awakenings, so they can make sure their mother is by their side and that everything is going well. Even though most parents know that this means little sleep, you can’t help but be surprised by the way your baby sleeps, when it’s your first. The popular saying “You sleep like a baby!” should be more realistically changed to “You sleep like a…

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Skin-to-skin: transitioning to life outside of the womb

25 April, 2023 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

With the first breath, the lungs expand, and gas exchange begins due to decreased lung resistance. Blood circulation is modified, and in the heart, the orifices and ductus that favor the passage of blood to the fetal brain close. This is a critical moment for the newborn, and it is essential that they are able to make this transition calmly and to the best of their abilities. The transition to life outside the uterus is the time immediately after birth,…

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How to accompany breastfeeding grief

23 April, 2023 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

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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I just found out I’m pregnant, now what?

20 April, 2023 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

When the test is positive and you have the confirmation that you are pregnant, many doubts may arise. Surely we need someone to guide us on what to do. But then we schedule an appointment with the health service, either the midwife or obstetrician, and it turns out that we are given an appointment within 2, 3 or more weeks. What do we do during this time? Let’s take it step by step. If the pregnancy test is positive, does…

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New scale validated to assess the usability of a mHealth dedicated to breastfeeding

20 April, 2023 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

This past month a scientific paper by the LactApp R+D team was published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics (1). According to the Journal of Citation Reports (JCR) of 2021, this journal has an impact factor of 4.730, belonging to the 23rd position out of a total of 109 indexed in the category “Health Care Sciences & Services”. Therefore, this journal ranks in the first quartile (Q1) and the first tertile (T1) in the corresponding JCR listing. At LactApp,…

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Breastfeeding and Your Period – Everything You Need to Know

18 April, 2023 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

When it comes to breastfeeding myths, those about breastfeeding and your period are some of the most common misconceptions. There is a lot of fear that, with the reappearance of the menstrual cycle and the period, breastfeeding will end or that breastmilk could dry up, so we have decided to answer all your questions so that you can be reassured about what happens when your period is back and you are a breastfeeding mother. Around one month after birth I…

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What can I use to store breastmilk?

12 April, 2023 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

To refrigerate and freeze pumped or hand-expressed breastmilk, you need suitable containers that guarantee breastmilk’s optimal storage and hygiene. There are several types of containers specially designed for this purpose on the market: bags and containers, of which we will see the pros and cons below. On top of that, you can also use containers that, although they have not been created to store breastmilk, are perfectly suitable for this purpose. Containers that are not specific If a container was…

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From table to breast

11 April, 2023 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

We are born with a biological tendency to prefer sweet food and to avoid those that give us a bitter taste. Certain scientific hypotheses propose that this is purely for survival, so we prefer more energy-dense food. But nowadays, basing our diet on this “survival instinct,” with the type of food we have at hand today, is not very appropriate. The taste of food in mother’s milk More and more studies suggest that even before the birth of a child,…

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How to achieve exclusive breastfeeding (relactation)

10 April, 2023 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

What is relactation? Relactation is the process by which breast milk supply is restored once again after it has decreased or disappeared altogether. It is the process to return from mixed feeding to exclusive breastfeeding. When starting relactation, you must be very cautious, as it is essential to know that you cannot suddenly stop supplementing additional formula when the baby drinks more than 100 ml of formula milk per day. With amounts greater than 100 ml, it is necessary to…

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Pacifier and breastfeeding: can I give my baby a pacifier?

4 April, 2023 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Why is sucking so important for babies? Babies begin to develop the sucking reflex while still in their mother’s womb; this is a very important learning process that will allow them to feed as soon as they are born. So, one of the main functions of sucking is undoubtedly feeding. But does this sucking reflex have any other functions? Of course, sucking also has a restorative function for babies. Sucking produces a great deal of well-being in babies. When a…

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