Milk Supply

By Natural Family Online

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, American women are not breastfeeding their babies long enough and are supplementing with unnecessary liquids. The AAP recommends breastfeeding your baby for no less than six months, and abstaining from supplements for the same amount of time. (more…)

By Shannon Henry
The Washington Post online article
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

For a woman who can’t breast-feed (perhaps because she is taking medication that would pass into her milk or because she produces insufficient quantities) but wants to give her child human milk, the first place to go, according to Katy Lebbing of La Leche League International, is a registered milk bank. The 10 HMBANA banks are in states including Delaware, Ohio and North Carolina and serve women across the country. The banks screen donors and then pasteurize, lab-test and freeze milk, all according to the association’s specific standards. (more…)

By Denise Altman

Pumping can be a challenge under the best of circumstances. It feels a little strange because of the newness, it’s certainly not as effective as a baby and it can sometimes be frustrating to figure out. (more…)

By Donna Marie Martin

Our mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information and education and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.—La Leche League International (more…)

By Denise Altman

By the time your baby is 6 months old, breastfeeding has become so easy that mothers have a difficult time remembering the beginning of the learning process. From this point to the end of the first year, babies’ developmental stages may be the only thing that cause their mothers to question their supply. (more…)

By Demetria Clark

Nursing is one of the most powerful energy exchanges between two people. Mother and child are connected at a deep soul level. Sometimes, though, busy lives, medicine, myths and measurements seem to sabotage efforts and undermine this powerful relationship. (more…)

By Denise Altman

So you have made it past the first two weeks! Just when you are starting to feel more like your old self after the birth, all of your helpers go back home or to work and you are now solely responsible for this new little person. (more…)