Birth Weight and Fluids in Labor

December 26th, 2013   Leave a comment  

Recently I spoke with a mother who was told she needed to supplement her breastmilk with formula when her baby was just a few days old. The reason given was that the baby lost too much weight from the recorded birth weight. This is a story I hear quite often, actually.

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Breastfeeding – Does It Really Need To Be ALL Or NONE?

May 12th, 2009   6 comments  

I was reading the Stork Stories Blog the other day and it got me thinking – Does breastfeeding really need to be all or none? We all talk about the benefits of breastfeeding and we try to convince moms-to-be of them too – but is SOME breastfeeding better than NO breastfeeding at all?

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