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Breastfeeding during pregnancy: when can weaning be necessary?

29 July, 2019 Alba Padró Comments 0 Comment

Breastfeeding during pregnancy is becoming more and more common. It is not easy for mothers, as they are likely to receive uninformed comments and opinions regarding the risk of breastfeeding while they are pregnant. None of this is true, and when everything goes well in the pregnancy, there is no reason to stop breastfeeding. But what if something goes wrong? Today, we want to see the other side of it and talk about the cases in which giving up breastfeeding…

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How to choose the size of the breast pump

Breast milk storage: summary chart

12 July, 2019 Alba Padró Comments 0 Comment

Handling and storing pumped breastmilk can be scary, but it’s much simpler than it sounds. However, many mothers have questions about it, so we summarize all of the essential information about how to store breastmilk. Fresh breast milk storage Fresh milk: In the fridge for 3 to 5 days. Fresh milk at room temperature (summer): 4 hours Fresh milk at room temperature (winter): 6 hours Fresh milk to be refrigerated and then frozen: No more than 24 hours in the…

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Tongue-tie: what it is and how to treat it

19 June, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Tongue tie or ankyloglossia literally means tongue-tied or anchored. The tongue is anchored to the floor of the mouth, and the baby is unable to make the proper movements that should allow them to suckle effectively and without compromising the well-being of the mother. Where is the short lingual frenulum (tongue-tie) located, and what is it used for? The tongue tie should be inserted into the tongue. In the case of babies with a short tongue frenulum, we observe the…

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How to stop breastfeeding a baby under one year old

18 June, 2019 Alba Padró Comments 0 Comment

When we have talked about weaning before, we have tended to focus on babies over the age of one year. In this blog post, we’re going to talk about weaning from the breast and stop breastfeeding a baby younger than one year or even a few months or days old. As you know, you can consult the LactApp app for further information about weaning at any age and situation, so you have all the information possible in your hands, and…

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What I mean by respected birth

17 May, 2019 Alba Padró Comments 0 Comment

When we talk about respected childbirth, each person can feel it or live it in a different way, and we can see it from many perspectives: the mother, the partner, the baby, the midwife, the assistant, and the obstetrician. Each person could give a different definition of what a respected birth is for her. In the end, although we could, in fact, there are protocols with items that advocate for a respected birth, the experience and the individual perception of…

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Is your breastfeeding journey not as pleasant as you dreamed it would be?

30 April, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

I want it, but I don’t Sometimes the breastfeeding journey with older children starts not to be as pleasant as we had imagined Months have passed. Maybe we started breastfeeding with complications, or maybe not, and our baby has grown and practices a lot of postures while taking the breast. Breastfeeding is more than established and entrenched, but something in us is changing: “Is asking for a tit again?”; “It seems like they are newly born again and demand it all…

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What is breast engorgement?

24 April, 2019 LactApp Comments 1 comment

In another article, we explained the coming in of mature milk after you have colostrum: a natural process that happens between 24 to 48 hours after birth. But this process can come with complications and become a painful problem. Today, we will talk about breast engorgement and how to resolve it. But let’s start from the beginning: What is breast engorgement? Engorgement is an accumulation of fluids, liquid blood, and plasma in the breasts in the first days after giving…

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Reverse pressure softening (RPS)

24 April, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

In this post we talked about breast ingurgitation and how it can affect breastfeeding the first days of life of the baby or in case of mother-baby separation. In it we talked about the Reverse Pressure Softening (RPS), in this post we want to give you more information on how it is done. What is the Reverse Pressure Softening (RPS)? It is a type of massage that can help to decongest the area of the areola when it presents an…

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Metamizole and breastfeeding

9 April, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Following the modification of the compatibility level of metamizole and breastfeeding by the reference website for medication and lactation www.e-lactancia.org, we have had several queries from mothers concerned about the issue. For that reason, today, our midwife, Laia Aguilar, answers the most frequent questions: What is metamizole? It is a medicine used as an analgesic and antipyretic. In Spain, it is marketed under the name Nolotil. I have taken it while breastfeeding. Is it dangerous for my baby? The data…

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Premature babies and breastfeeding (part I)

22 March, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Giving birth to a premature baby is an experience for which parents are not prepared. The dreamed and desired baby disappears, happiness is postponed, and the future is too big and unknown. Parents often feel lost in the fragility of their babies. It seems that nothing is in their hands, that they cannot do much for them, and that they can only trust doctors and medicines. But is that so? What about breastfeeding in premature babies? Although there are no…

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