Is My Baby Getting Enough Milk?

Jack Newman [02 February 2010] - Breastfeeding mothers frequently ask how to know their babies are getting enough milk. The breast is not the bottle, and it is not possible to hold the breast up to the light to see how many ounces or millilitres of milk the baby drank. And this is a good thing!! We are not supposed to know how much the baby is getting but rather is baby getting enough. Our number-obsessed society makes it difficult for some mothers to accept not seeing exactly how much milk the baby receives. However, there are ways of knowing that the baby is getting enough. In the long run, weight gain is the best indication whether the baby is getting enough, but rules about weight gain appropriate for bottle fed babies may not be appropriate for breastfed babies. In the short term, there are ways to know if baby is satisfied by looking at how well the baby feeds, and by looking at the baby in general. Read more »

Stating the case for the pelvis

Petro Pretorius [18 August 2009] -

I was forwarded an article which was written by a midwife based in Canada; where she outlines that we are all here based on our mothers ability to give natural birth – unless you were born in the last 30 years the chances of you being born via caesarian section is limited.

Now if we follow the idea of natural selection and the current state of affairs where we are seeing very few vaginal births would this impact on the future of our children to have the ability to give vaginal birth?

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Supplementation of the Breastfed Baby - "Just One Bottle Won't Hurt"... or Will It?

Petro Pretorius [02 February 2010] -

So often it is said that for your baby's good you need to supplement your breastfed baby. in this article Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC, takes a look at what happens, and what could be the price you ulitimately pay with supplementation feeds.

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