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“How I achieved exclusive breastfeeding after a tongue-tie, nipple shields, and power pumping”- My Story

23 January, 2021 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

After a frenectomy that caused her daughter to reject the breast and after going through nipple shields, mixed feeding, and power pumping, Sara managed to exclusively breastfeed her daughter. This is what she wrote us to tell her story. If you would like to send us yours, you can do so by emailing us at [email protected]. I knew my baby Paula was going to come into our lives and change it completely. However, I never imagined it would be so…

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Do I have low breast milk supply?

2 January, 2021 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Many mothers ask: do I have low breast milk supply? Usually, all mothers have the optimal amount of milk for their babies, but there are situations where mothers may have a low milk production, which can interfere with the baby’s growth. Low milk supply exists, and there are mothers who are unable to maintain exclusive breastfeeding. Many women desperately seek the cause of their low milk production and do not always find the answers. To understand hypogalactia (low milk production),…

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Covid-19 Vaccine and Breastfeeding

21 December, 2020 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Updated December 22, 2020 Recently we have had many consultations about the compatibility of the COVID-19 vaccine with breastfeeding. In some countries like the UK it has already been given to certain groups of people, such as health professionals or people who are at increased risk. If you have been recommended the vaccine because of your personal situation/condition and you are breastfeeding, is the vaccine compatible with breastfeeding? On 21/12/2020 the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published on the safety…

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LactApp Publishes Scientific Research

19 December, 2020 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

At LactApp we have taken a further step in our efforts to improve the experience for breastfeeding mothers and we would like to share this with you. We have set up a research team on lactation, a field in which we believe there is a lot to contribute. One of our goals is to study the usefulness of our app for breastfeeding mothers, so we have carried out research based on the use of the app by our users during…

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Skin-to-Skin contact

11 November, 2020 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

A human baby is born totally helpless. It needs its mother to survive: her food, her arms, her body, her temperature, her sound, her presence. When a baby lies on her mother’s body, she feels safe, knows she is protected, and can relax. Today, we talk about skin-to-skin contact, which even sounds like medical treatment and which is actually what humanity has been replicating throughout its existence as part of our survival strategy as a species. What is the Mother…

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What Our Users Say

15 October, 2020 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

It has been a little while since our previous user survey, so last month we launched a short customer survey to understand the impact our App had on our users (or as we call them, our “usuarias”, the feminine version of users). We created a short google form and asked them to help us out in one of our blog posts in the Spanish version, which is automatically linked to our in-app content. We then also promoted it in our…

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#LactAppIsYOU

7 October, 2020 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Would you like your personal maternity picture being featured inside our App and reflect real motherhood? LactApp is a beautiful project that has grown so much thanks to each and every one of you. Since the first version of the app was released on October 1st, 2015, a lot has happened. Women from many corners of the world have come to us for answers and shared their concerns and joys with us, making LactApp more open and inclusive. LactApp is…

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Debunking 10 Curious Myths About Breastfeeding

23 September, 2020 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

There are many curious myths about breastfeeding. Most of them are absurd, and if you stop to reflect, you will see that they don’t make any sense, so today, we will debunk 10 of them. 1. You cannot drink water while you are breastfeeding. This myth says that if you drink water while you are breastfeeding, the milk will become watery, or you will produce too much milk. There isn’t any reasoning behind this statement. As we have said before,…

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How to Give a Bottle the Baby-Led Way: Paced Bottle Feeding

8 September, 2020 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

When we think of giving a baby milk other than breastfeeding, the first thing that comes to mind is a bottle, but have you heard of paced bottle-feeding? The bottle as a method of feeding and its content, in the case of artificial formula, can interfere with your breastfeeding journey and cause difficulties. Your baby may end up rejecting the breast afterward. Even though nipple confusion is a controversial topic, we often see babies who have difficulty sucking at the…

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Breastfeeding from one or both sides?

30 August, 2020 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

One of the most common questions for any mother who starts breastfeeding is: should I be breastfeeding from one or both sides of the breast at each feeding session? We have two breasts, and there are a few things you should know before we begin to give answers: each breast has its own independent milk production, and many mothers and babies prefer one of the two breasts. Each breast can produce an extra 33%, and a baby can maintain breastfeeding…

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