Sentences with phrase «experience as a breastfeeding mother»

This series evolved from my personal experience as a breastfeeding mother.

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One of the first things that I learnt as a trainee breastfeeding counsellor was never to judge a woman's mothering experience on first impressions.

Breastfeeding Consults — As a experienced IBCLC it is my mission to help all mothers breastfeed.

Going to these meetings, the fact a Leader was always available by phone and having written material that was easy to find and understand, were the way I got help and support during my first experience of breastfeeding as a teen mother.

This may set these young women up for more successful breastfeeding experiences in the future as they come to realize that their bodies did not fail them and they develop into better informed peer supporters for the other teen mothers around them.

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However, as important as encouraging and supporting families in optimizing their breastfeeding experience is, it is equally important that providers recognize and assist those mothers who are not able to breastfeed their newborns.

Future studies with larger numbers of breastfeeding mothers could allow for paired comparisons before and after an intervention, as well as analysis of the impact of independent variables like gender, year of training, age, or previous breastfeeding experience.

Pediatricians, in their traditional role as advocate for the child and family, are ideally situated to positively influence the breastfeeding experiences of the mother and young infant.

This can increase long term breastfeeding as mothers experience more ease and fewer problems when latching is not an issue.

All of these connections shape how we view ourselves as a breastfeeding mother and how successful we feels about ourselves and our experience.

Most women trying to breastfeed for the first time feel isolated in their efforts and are unaware of the fact that many other mothers are experiencing the same struggles as them, and I greatly believe this is the first reason why most new mothers prematurely give up on the idea of breastfeeding.

For example, in a study of 72 women who were interviewed about their nursing experiences, most said that pushing the idealistic goal of breastfeeding exclusively for any prescribed amount of time was not very helpful, and undermined their confidence as new mothers.

Our expert JonaRose Feinberg is an international board certified lactation consultant, editor of http://www.breastfeedingtwins.organd the owner of Twins in Mind consulting as well as an experienced breastfeeding mother of twins as well.

You can rely on breastfeeding as a blueprint for the intuitiveness, nurturing, and empathy that comes with experienced mothering.

Lactation consultants — or «IBCLCs» (International Board Certified Lactation Consultants) as they are known, typically have years of experience working with breastfeeding mothers, and know how to best help moms succeed with their breastfeeding goals.

To Cindy, who is wondering about breastfeeding and why everyone makes it so scary... well, as a nurse with 10 years of experience with lactating mothers... and as a certified lactation educator since my first son was 1... I have to tell you that breastfeeding is an amazing experience!

«A breastfeeding mother can definitely experience some spotting as a result of fluctuating hormones,» explains Mendes.

But, for the mother who envisioned breastfeeding as a vital part of her mothering experience, or the mother who is concerned with the risks of not providing human milk to her baby, the realization that her body isn't going to produce what her baby needs to thrive can be devastating.

We need to know how to help these mothers and when to refer for treatment as about 1/3 of breastfeeding mothers will experience mastitis some time during their breastfeeding experience.

Local Groups, led by experienced mothers who have been accredited as Leaders by La Leche League International, provide free education, information, and support to women who want to breastfeed.

As a mother, especially a breastfeeding one, it will help to be aware of these stages and the changes they can bring to the nursing experience.

Stephanie, as a mother of three (a boy and twin girls) with much breastfeeding experience and peer - supporter training, has helped train and set up mother - to - mother breastfeeding support groups in Cornwall, supporting countless mothers, especially those of multiples.

We appreciate the need to monitor the ways in which children are being fed, as well as exploring issues such as the types of problems mothers may have experienced while breastfeeding, which are also covered in the survey.

Hannah brings with her a decade of experience attending women in birth and assisting new mothers in breastfeeding as a lactation educator / counselor.

By sponsoring our website, you will have an opportunity to tell our readers about your products, as well as support a website whose goal is to give mothers the information they need to have a successful breastfeeding experience.

Some new mothers experience nipple pain as the nipples get used to breastfeeding and expressing.

Breastfeeding mothers will experience enlarged breasts for as long as they nurse exclusively.

I was particularly inspired to write this article because of the many mothers within The Fed is Best Foundation's private support community who have experienced difficulties while breastfeeding their first baby, and are confused and torn as to whether or not to try again with a second child.

Sometimes, no matter how much support is given, a mother will experience breastfeeding as painful, or a baby will be unable to attain a good enough latch to suckle effectively.

The lack of awareness is particularly distressing as many mothers look forward to the benefits and joys of breastfeeding only to become discouraged by their painful experiences with nipple vasospasms.

Both the control (78 %) and intervention (84 %) group mothers identified their partner as the one who gave them most support for their breastfeeding efforts and both groups experienced similar attachment and engorgement difficulties and sought help from their child health nurse, midwife or lactation consultant for these problems.

There was not much difficulty stopping BF (breastfeeding), or rather, this process was not perceived as a difficult one, since mothers just less worried about how their child was experiencing this fact, did not see any psychological trauma in it, and rarely thought about the childhood traumas.

BFHI has been shown to be very effective in increasing breastfeeding initiation, exclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding duration in many countries, as well as improving mother's health care experiences and reducing rates of infant abandonment.12 Given the short and long - term benefits of breastfeeding to the infant, mother and society, implementing BFHI — alongside with the other objectives stated in the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding - continues to have an important role to play in health services worldwide.

There Sarina found information that babies can be sensitive to proteins from various foods in their breastfeeding mother's diets, as well as in most infant formulas, accounting for all the symptoms their daughter was experiencing.

They may also contribute to breastfeeding problems such as low milk supply along with poor baby weight gains and failure to thrive due to inappropriate advice that doesn't consider the physiology or unique experiences of individual mothers and babies.

She now speaks on the connection between our mammalian heritage and our birth and breastfeeding experiences, as well as on our breastfeeding language and how mothers and babies make breastfeeding work.

• Addressing latch issues immediately to prevent nipple pain and early weaning • Differentiating between Raynaud's Phenomenon of the Nipple and Candidiasis as a cause of pain • Evidence - based treatment strategies for painful nipples • Lanolin use and possible increased risk of nipple or breast infection • Topical treatments used by mothers for nipple pain and trauma • Frenotomy to decrease breastfeeding difficulties due to ankyloglossia • Timing of frenotomy for improved breastfeeding and infant outcomes • Kinesio Elastic Therapeutic Taping ® in treating breast engorgement • Mothers» subjective experience of nipple pain and breastfeeding diffimothers for nipple pain and trauma • Frenotomy to decrease breastfeeding difficulties due to ankyloglossia • Timing of frenotomy for improved breastfeeding and infant outcomes • Kinesio Elastic Therapeutic Taping ® in treating breast engorgement • Mothers» subjective experience of nipple pain and breastfeeding diffiMothers» subjective experience of nipple pain and breastfeeding difficulties

About 10 % of breastfeeding mothers experience nipple / breast pain (not associated with breast redness or fever) that is often described as one or more of the following: «burning», «stabbing», «knife - like», «shooting»,» sharp».

As she writes, «Research shows that almost half of the exclusively breastfeeding mothers using the above rule [of exclusive breastfeeding, see # 1 below] will experience menstruation prior to six months.»

My personal breastfeeding experiences have made me aware of the varied experiences of other mothers and I love empowering moms to be confident in their choices, as well as educating parents about the many benefits and facets of breastfeeding.

«This email campaign was particularly despicable as it targeted mothers when their babies are four weeks of age and plays on fears and problems they may be experiencing with breastfeeding to push Pfizer / Wyeth's SMA brand of formula.

I wish no mother ever has to go through the physical pain of weaning, especially when the breastfeeding experience has to be cut short as mine did.

No, the doulas are lactation educators with years of experience helping breastfeeding mothers as both educators and doulas.

Seeing how another woman navigates the obstacles she experiences in breastfeeding, such as when Jenna shared an image of feeding her daughter with a supplemental nursing system, mothers who had never heard of such a thing suddenly had a new option.

As I was producing so little milk, I didn't experience any of the discomfort that may trouble some mothers, which helped extend my joy in being able to breastfeed.

As a breastfeeding mother Christine Jones - Wollerton has personally experienced the challenges of living with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

We specialize in labor support for VBACs, cesarean prevention, and postpartum care of multiples, preemies, babies with special needs such as reflux or apnea, breastfeeding, mothers who are experiencing perinatal or postpartum mental / emotional challenges, and are familiar with a wide range of other family dynamics and needs.

While no two mothers» experiences are the same, one of the main threads running through the stories in this book is that of individual mothers carefully considering their children and their families and making decisions about breastfeeding and parenting based on the family's needs as a whole and the children's needs in particular.

An infant must learn to attach and suckle properly at the breast during the first few days of life to successfully establish breastfeeding.1,, 2 Early oral experiences that require sucking mechanics different from those required for breastfeeding are believed to contribute to the development of improper latch and subsequent breastfeeding failure — a problem described as nipple confusion.2 — 4 The avoidance of pacifiers was included as 1 of 10 steps for successful breastfeeding in the 1990 Innocenti Declaration on maternity services and breastfeeding, and many experts recommend that mothers who are breastfeeding avoid exposing their infants to artificial suckling experiences including use of pacifiers.5 — 7