Okay, a quick run-down of some things that I have found which might be helpful when considering Mastitis, Breast Feeding, and Antibiotics. An update of the situation is long overdue. Prior Post First off, I have explained some of the dangers of certain antibiotics in a previous post, Antibiotics and Breastfeeding. Not that antibiotics are [...]
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Nursing and back pain kind of go together, but they don’t have to. There are at least a few things you can do to help you avoid this common problem. I’ll give you a few tips which should not be kept secret. The first step is prevention, the next is preparation, and the third is [...]
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I picked up a brochure at the dentist’s office for you. I always figured dental health duringpregnancy had to do with calcium. Calcium intake during pregnancy has long been considered important for maternal and fetal health because developing bones require calcium. However, there is more to dental health during pregnancy that just that: Among other [...]
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I know it can be embarrassing, but it is a fact of life for many people and something that is quite common duringpregnancy too.Constipation, you know, that awful feeling of needing to … poop, and not being able to for some reason. So what do you do about it? What to do: There are a [...]
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First off, I’d like to give a warm welcome to Isabelle and a heart felt congratulations to her mom Kendra. I’m so thrilled that you are so happy with your VBAC Kendra. That is wonderful and I’m sure you will be an inspiration to many other women facing the same challenges that you were. I [...]
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Needs forantibiotics may make it so you should notbreastfeed your baby, regardless of whether or not you had planned to. If the benefits of antibiotics out-weigh the cons, then obviously you need to do what you need to do. However, if you minimize the risk of you needing antibiotics in the first place, that would [...]
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Besides growing up on a dairy farm and learning all the great benefits to milk andmother’s milk, I have also seen the benefits in my own children and I have found studies supporting my own findings. Mother’s milk is a natural meal forbaby, whatever kind of mammal mother and baby are. One study conducted on [...]
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No, not real sandwiches, but I do like them, whether I’m pregnant or not. Here’s what I mean: I am part of what my dad likes to call “the sandwich generation.” What that means is that I am smack dab in the middle of the young (my babies) and the old (grandparents) and because of [...]
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Nope, I haven’t dropped of the face of the earth, and for youHome birth nay-sayers, I’m happy to disappoint you by still being around. Actually, I have something brewing, but you’ll have to wait to find out what. That’s not why I’ve been away anyway. Actually, I haven’t been away at all, just busy, busy. [...]
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You’ve probably heard of the dangers of cats to your pregnancy and baby’s health, specifically the litter box is the dangerous part (where the feces is). Have you ever heard of the dangers of mice to yourpregnancy? If you have a mouse problem, I should tell you, going to the country and releasing them into [...]
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