D-Mer. Damaged nipples. Weight gain. Traumatic birth. Surgery. Vasospasm etc. Mastitis/plugged ducts. Thrush. Reflux/colic. Allergies. Tongue-tie. IGT. Forceful Let-down (Milk Ejection Reflex) & Oversupply. By Kelly Bonyata, BS, IBCLC Is forceful let-down the problem?
Does your baby do any of these things? Lopsided! What can I do? …When baby prefers one side, or when supply or breast size is greater on one side By Kelly Bonyata, BS, IBCLC Is this a problem?
Notes on NICU – Emotional Health and Bonding. When you’re in the midst of the life break that is NICU your emotional health is usually the furthest thing from your mind.
You are deeply and intensely focused on the tiny little person clinging to life inside a metal and plastic artificial womb, a person that you know logically to be your child. You know you hurt, you know that you are only just holding things together – but you also know that you are not what is most important right now. Breastfeeding and Jaundice. Hospital Breastfeeding.