Breast feeding does not come with an instruction manual, and although it is natural for a mother to want to nurse her own child sometimes it is not possible. There are many different conflicting opinions on the merits of breastfeeding; some thirty years ago women were told that bottle feeds were best for their child, [...]

It is universally acknowledged that breastfeeding your baby gives her the best start in life. The nutrients and antibodies in the mother’s bloodstream are passed onto her child through breastfeeding, thus helping her baby to develop its own natural defences against infection. However there are some dangers and risks of breastfeeding that mothers should be [...]

If you feel that you cannot give up smoking while breastfeeding, it still benefits your baby if you choose to breastfeed. Breastfeeding provides many immunities that help help your little one to fight illness and can even help counteract some of the effects of cigarette smoking. There are also some ways that you can minimize [...]

Breastfeeding is a wonderful, natural, inexpensive and healthy way to feed an infant. But it seems that after thousands of years of mothers breastfeeding, modern people have forgotten how to do this natural, even instinctual, method of feeding. It doesn’t have to be taboo, it doesn’t have to be shameful, and it doesn’t have to [...]