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

12 March, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

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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The Signs on the Road that led to Apple

7 March, 2019 Maria Berruezo Comments 0 Comment

From day one, we had many signs that we were taking the right steps. The entrepreneur path is never easy because there’s no manual to guide you. You are guessing what your next step should be and you don’t really know when your decisions are right or wrong, even after taking them. You learn, rethink and grow from each decision you make. Many times you take steps in several directions at the same time and it feels more like spinning…

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Maternity reality check: How to raise your baby without getting lost

5 March, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Today I decided to write about parenting and the pressure we women have in relation to it, and I do so for the number of consultations of mothers absolutely exhausted and surpassed from the first year of their baby. Most of these mothers have babies between 18 months and 3 years old and describe exhaustion, overwhelm and absolute discomfort that has to do with the intensity of the baby’s demand, whether breast, arms or skin, during the day and/or during…

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Your story: Stopping breastfeeding Gael

27 February, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

That’s how I woke up the morning after the first weaning night. Just by applying pressure, without moving the hand, the milk flowed for a couple of minutes. We had been breastfeeding on demand for more than a year, and I felt it was my time to wean at night and stop breastfeeding. Gael used to wake up every hour or two and was worth nothing but my breast to go back to sleep. My partner and I began to…

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5 expectations vs. reality of maternity

15 February, 2019 Alba Padró Comments 0 Comment

Here is our best of maternity expectations vs reality: 1 Expectations: The baby wants to breastfeed all day because breasts work on demand, but do not worry that as the baby grows, the feedings will be spaced out and the baby will claim you less. Reality: Baby feeds do not decrease in number over time, they may even increase. What you may notice is that during the first few days you spend a lot of time breastfeeding because the baby…

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I didn’t expect my baby to breastfeed so often!

12 February, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

In fact, I didn’t expect it at all, and it seems that I’m not mistaken when I say that a large number of women who are mothers for the first time didn’t expect it either. They don’t expect their baby to breastfeed so often. And why? It’s hard to know why we have these expectations for our babies. Maybe because we have little contact with babies in our daily lives, maybe because the experience of motherhood is so intense that…

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Breastfeeding Grief: “Grief. Over the journey, that could not be.”

30 January, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

What is breastfeeding grief? “Grief is defined as pain, pity, affliction or feeling. It is something that, although we would prefer to avoid, usually comes into our lives, so suddenly, sometimes without warning, other confirming what we had been fearing for some time. And it hurts deep down… It covers you with a dark shadow and you get to feel that you will stay there, hidden, forever. Grief may be of different intensity depending on what is lost, but it…

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Breasts, breastfeeding and emotions

23 January, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

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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First hours after C-section

21 January, 2019 Alba Padró Comments 0 Comment

Currently, one in five babies is born by C-section in the world, and although there is increasing knowledge about postpartum after this type of intervention, it is true that mothers may face similar difficulties, and myths may appear that could affect a good start to breastfeeding. Let’s speak about the main worries that mothers may have about the start of breastfeeding and the first hours after c-section. If I am given an anesthetic, do I have to wait to breastfeed?…

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Breastfeeding after C-section

21 January, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

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…

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