When providing breastfeeding care after a cesarean section, healthcare professionals have to take into account a series of factors that have an impact on lactation. It is known that women who give birth by C-section have lower breastfeeding rates at discharge and weeks thereafter than those who have had a vaginal birth. In addition, certain myths about cesarean births can make breastfeeding even more difficult. Evidence suggests that the vast majority of difficulties with breastfeeding after a C-section are due…

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Biologist and IBCLC Catherine Watson Genna first proposed power pumping extraction techniques as effective methods for achieving a rapid increase in breast milk supply. These techniques are used to achieve, within 48 hours, an increase in milk production that allows providing a rapid response in case of emergency, such as a sick baby, premature babies, and so on, and also in the case of having to separate from the baby with no breast milk reserves or in the case of…

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What is threatened preterm labor? Threatened preterm labor (TPL) is the presence of regular uterine movement associated with cervical modification, either in terms of cervical shortening and/or dilatation in pregnancies from 22 to 36.6 weeks of gestation. TPL is usually of multifactorial origin, and the main causes are due to uterine overdistension (for example, due to polyhydramnios or twin pregnancy), infection of another part of the body (for example, appendicitis), or due to subclinical intra-amniotic infection or inflammation. Preterm birth…

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Hyperbilirubinemia is a common situation in newborns. The shift from fetal hemoglobin to extrauterine hemoglobin causes increased red blood cell destruction, which will cause bilirubin values to increase, even more so if the bilirubin excretory system is not in its best condition. Hyperbilirubinemia is described as a blood bilirubin concentration above 1.2 mg/dl. The etiology of hyperbilirubinemia in newborns can be multiple. However, in the field of lactation, two of these are relevant. The first is hyperbilirubinemia which occurs due…

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Scar tissue is usually less elastic than undamaged tissue. It can also create adhesions on different levels and affect adjoining and distant organs. In this article, we will discuss how obstetric scars can affect areas as complex as the vulva or when they affect so many layers, as in the case of a C-section scar. Episiotomy Episiotomy is a surgical procedure in which an incision is made in different layers (skin, vaginal mucosa, subcutaneous cellular tissue, and the bulbocavernosus and…

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Accompanying mothers who try to conceive during lactation can be a professional challenge. On many occasions, women receive contradictory or frightening messages that make it difficult for them to make decisions regarding their reproductive health. Once again, there is a lack of scientific publications in this field. Lactational amenorrhea A more or less prolonged period of amenorrhea is very common during lactation. According to the scarce literature, it seems that it is very unlikely that when breastfeeding exclusively, ovulation will…

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