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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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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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The lingual frenulum in lactation (tongue-tie)

8 March, 2023 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

The lingual frenulum is a fibrous structure that joins the base of the mouth to the tongue. The tongue, in turn, is composed of 17 muscles that allow complex movements to perform these functions. It is a muscular organ involved in the functions of sucking, swallowing, chewing, breathing, and speaking. So what happens when the tongue’s movement is compromised? Today we talk about how the lingual frenulum, which is often referred to as a tongue-tie, affects breastfeeding. The lingual frenulum…

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Infant sleep: does exclusive breastfeeding improve it or make it worse?

5 March, 2023 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Infant sleep is one of the most worrying issues for families with a newborn or older baby. Certainly, the lack of knowledge of the physiology of infant sleep and its evolution as a developmental process makes families experience night awakenings as something out of the ordinary, in addition to the resulting fatigue that discontinuous sleep brings with it. To date, the relationship between breastfeeding and the development of infant sleep is not clear: it is, in fact, a very controversial…

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Cuidados neonatalanes para instaurar la lactancia

Neonatal and maternal care in the first hours and breastfeeding initiation

4 March, 2023 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Neonatal and maternal care in the first hours after birth is important for the initiation of breastfeeding and establishing it properly. Here key points are skin-to-skin contact and the first latch within the first two hours of life. The main strategy to promote breastfeeding physiology is based on grouping and adapting postnatal care, favoring unrestricted skin-to-skin contact, avoiding early separation of the baby from the mother’s body, and facilitating an environment that favors the mother’s release of oxytocin, that is,…

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Tubular Breasts: What they are and how they can Affect Breastfeeding

3 March, 2023 Alba Padró Comments 1 comment

Tubular breasts are a structural malformation of the mammary gland that leads to an atypical mammary structure and can affect a woman’s ability to produce breastmilk. How to identify tubular breasts? Breasts that develop in this way can be identified with the naked eye due to their asymmetry and shape. They can develop in a conical shape, presenting clearly scarce breast tissue in the lower part of the breast, and areolas are exaggeratedly prominent or ringed. In addition, these breasts…

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What is an IBCLC?

1 March, 2023 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

It’s International IBCLC Day on Wednesday, 1st of March! There are currently 33,492 IBCLCs in 125 countries, according to the IBLCE, the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners. So today, we will explain what an IBCLC is and how to become one. We know this is not a universally known figure in healthcare and many people wonder what these letters mean. So we wanted to dedicate this article to answering your questions on what an IBCLC is and how to…

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Problemas dermatológicos durante la lactancia materna

Dermatological problems in lactation

20 January, 2023 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

Dermatological problems during lactation can cause pain and discomfort in women. We know that pain is one of the leading causes of early unwanted stopping of breastfeeding. This is usually due to problems with the latch or limited mobility of the baby’s tongue (tongue-tie) and can cause sharp pain, a burning sensation, or nipple damage and cracks, either during or between feeds. However, there are also other situations, such as dermatological problems, that are not related to the breastfeeding technique…

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The Marmet Technique for hand expressing breastmilk

18 January, 2023 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

The Marmet technique of expressing breastmilk by hand is the most widely used form of breast pumping worldwide. Even so, it is little known in places where breast pumps are widely used. This type of breastmilk removal offers several advantages: No special equipment or batteries needed Allows the mother to get to know her breasts well and be completely self-sufficient It can be done anywhere and at any time It may be preferred when there is a rejection of mechanical…

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