It stinks to be a sick mom. There’s no way around that. Housework still needs to be done, dinner cooked, children cared for – even if you feel as if you just want to down a shot of Nyquil and crawl under the covers for about a week.
When you’re a nursing mother – whether your [...]
Tags: Advil, Benadryl, Breastfeeding, colds, immune system, immunity, medicine, neti-pot, nursing, Nyquil, Sick while breastfeeding, Tylenol
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What do you think about the mother in this case? A 26-year-old North Dakota mom was arrested for breastfeeding her baby while she was drunk.
Police were called to her home to investigate a domestic disturbance, and found Stacey Anvarinia breastfeeding her 6-week-old baby. The officers believed that she was drunk and arrested her. Last week [...]
Tags: alcohol, Breastfeeding, child abuse, drinking, nursing
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Breastfeeding is the best for baby as well as for mommy. Yet, there are women out there for whom breastfeeding just wouldn’t work no matter how much they tried. Most often these women are confronted with frustration not to mention guilty feelings. “Where did I go wrong?” is the question always asked.
Researchers have now found [...]
Tags: breast milk, Breastfeeding, dioxin
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The swine flu (now referred to as the Mexican flu or Novel H1N1 flu) has now spread to 41 states in the US with 642 confirmed cases (as of May 6) and 23 countries worldwide. The US Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) has provided recommendations for the general public but also to specific [...]
Tags: Breastfeeding, CDC, parents, Pregnancy, prevention, swine flu
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