Many women who practice exclusive breastfeeding find that menstruation after birth comes at a delayed time. For some women, it may take months before it returns. And then, there can be an abnormal cycle including skipped months.
Update: Officials Call For Halt To Breast Milk Donations To Haiti
The Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA), United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC), International Lactation Consultant Association/United States Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA/USLCA), and La Leche League International (LLLI) have teamed up to urge breastfeeding mothers to donate extra milk for infants in Haiti.
One batch [...]
According to a study at Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, breastfeeding for at least 6 months can positively benefit the emotional well-being of children well into their teenage years.
Over 2300 mothers and their children were tracked for for 14 years as researchers looked for factors that might affect the emotional growth of [...]
A 20 year study of women by HMO Kaiser Permanente shows a significant link between breastfeeding and a woman’s reduced risk of type-2 diabetes.
The study was originally designed to track heart disease in women, yet the researchers were able to find many other health related issues. One being that the length of breastfeeding seemed to [...]
According to the March of Dimes nearly 12.9 million infants are born premature each year. Of those, many do not survive their first year. It is a sad fact that seems to be growing each year. Yet one that can be reduced through better health care and education.
Micro-preemie Josie Duggar has become a reminder of [...]
Reality TV star, Kourtney Kardashian, was teased by her sister when she declared that she planned to breastfeed for five years.
“Kourtney was like, ‘I’m so excited. I don’t have to cook for five years!’” her little sister Khloe, 25, jokes in an episode of the “Rachael Ray Show” to air Thursday.
“And I go, ‘What [...]
