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Tag: breastfeeding
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As a midwife I value nutrition. I have always tried to juice carrots, beets, celery , green beans etc to glean as much nutrition from my vegetables as possible. For close to 10 years I've been hearing about a product called Juice plus. One capsule of the vegies and one capsule of the fruits is the equivalent of 10 fruits and vegies. The standard dose is to work up to two and two ( 20 fruits and vegies/ day). It took me a long time to add it to my diet. I rationalized "Was the expense wor... Read More
I attended an interesting birth recently as a doula. The hospital worked very hard to be family-friendly and to allow mom informed consent/refusal and I was thankful for that. About 30 minutes after birth, they wanted to take the baby, weigh him, measure, etc. Baby hadn't begun breastfeeding yet, and I told them that the parents wanted to use AAP's current guidelines on that and keep the baby with them. "What?" "You know. The American Academy of Pediatrics' *current* guidelines... The one that s... Read More
Welcome to the world of breastfeeding. What a different and wonderful world for those of you breastfeeding for the first time. Though most women in the United States experience numerous problems and hurdles to succeeding at breastfeeding and give up within the first 2 weeks, many women jump every hurdle, take every detour and determine their own success. Congratulations to those of you who have jumped enough hurdles to enter the Olympics! breastfeeding problems appear to increase as one's socie... Read More
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