Breastfeeding and Breast Feed

For many moms, the decision to breastfeed is obvious. They can easily rattle off its positive health outcomes for both baby and mom. What isn’t always obvious — and can cause moms worry and anxiety — is the breastfeeding technique itself.

Healthy, full-term newborn babies tend to lose weight during the first few days after their birth. A groundbreaking new study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Human Lactation explores the reasons why certain newborns lose more (or less) than others and what conclusions can be drawn from the research.

Healthy, full-term newborn babies tend to lose weight during the first few days after their birth. A new study explores the reasons why certain newborns lose more (or less) than others and what conclusions can be drawn from the research.

Alyssa Blom and daughter, Alana, right, take part in La Leche League of Ames at Northminster Presbyterian Church. The group hopes to get businesses to display their support for breastfeeding by displaying a symbol that will let mothers know where they are welcome to nurse.

MANITOWOC The Manitowoc County Woman, Infants Children nutrition program will host a drop-by Breastfeeding Celebration Event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27, in Room 300 at the Manitowoc County Office Complex, 4319 Expo Drive.

JEDDAH, 20 August 2007 — Breastfeeding is not only necessary for newborns to be nurtured, it also plays a role in reducing the chances of getting breast cancer.

Four-hundred local mothers are being recruited to participate in a study about breastfeeding. Researchers hope to zero in on the risk factors for breast infection among women who are nursing. Up to a quarter of women who breastfeed their babies will develop accute inflammation of the breast.

If a breastfeeding mother is an “ultra-rapid metabolizer” of codeine, her baby risks fatal side effects if she takes the common pain drug.

GENESEE COUNTY - Fewer than half of low-income mothers in Genesee County breastfeed their newborns and only 5 percent are still doing it six months later, according to the Genesee County Health Department.

The United Nations children’s agency called Sunday for Iraqi mothers to breastfeed their babies rather than resorting to infant formula that might spread waterborne diseases.