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Dieting While Breastfeeding – Not Losing Weight While Breastfeeding Alone
by workingmom on Jan 23rd, 2012Weight loss after birth is one of the main problems and stressors women experience. Most want to lose baby weight quickly, but find it a struggle adding a diet into their daily regime with a newborn. There is also the added worry that you are affecting your milk supply or the quality of the breast milk you are feeding your baby.So can you safely diet while breastfeeding? Yes, you can. If you follow a healthy diet plan and get some exercise in, yo...Read More » Tags
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Breast Feeding in a Bottle Feeding Culture
by workingmom on Jul 18th, 2011For some mothers, bottle feeding their babies is something they have always wanted to do as it gives them flexibility and helps them maintain a good level of independence. Artificial infant feeding has been culturally marked as more advanced and is socially more accepted than natural infant feeding.Fortunately, breast feeding is on the rise as more and more new mothers acknowledge the endless benefits for themselves and, more importantly, for the...Read More » Tags
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Smoking While Breastfeeding
by workingmom on Jul 18th, 2011If 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 the risks to your baby.1. Smoke fewer than 20 Cigarettes a day Most studies show that as long as you smoke fewer than 20 cig...Read More » Tags
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Sleep Self Help: Sleep Secrets To Help You Rest, Relax and Manage Stress More – Part 2
by workingmom on Jul 19th, 2010In Part 1 of this Sleep Self Help article series, we got an overview of some of the factors that cause disruption in our sleep and prevent us from relaxing and resting enough each day.Let us now look at some key questions that you can learn to regularly ask yourself to increase your self awareness quotient. This will help you take control of your stress to manage it more effectively.Find Out What Triggers YouTake a few minutes every day to see wh...Read More » Tags
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Safe Weight Loss While Breastfeeding-Solution to Weight Loss While Breastfeeding Both Quick AND Safe
by workingmom on Jun 11th, 2010Lets discuss some weight loss solutions that will work quickly without any health risks. Does that exist? In this article I'll talk about some common concerns for you to be aware of, weight loss tips to get you started and things you should definitely avoid while breastfeeding. I'll also suggest a safe option for those of you who are interested in a plan that works.COMMON CONCERNSHow soon is too soon to start dieting? Some experts feel that you s...Read More » Tags
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Fenugreek and Breast Feeding: More Milk Production?
by workingmom on Apr 23rd, 2010Fenugreek seed is a medicinal and therapeutic herb whose use dates back to ancient Greece and Rome. The uses of the fenugreek seed were actually quite diverse, but primarily this natural seed was used for an array of "female problems", including the stimulation of milk production in mothers who were having difficulty producing enough breast milk to feed their infants.Fenugreek is still used for this purpose to this day, and you might be surprised...Read More » Tags
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Breast Feeding Related Problems
by workingmom on Mar 10th, 2010The natural way in which a mother feeds her new born baby, instead of on artificial formulas like cow's milk is called lactation or breastfeeding. There are many advantages that breastfeeding has over artificial formulas. E.g., the mother's milk is easier to digest, it prevents constipation, protects the baby from many infectious diseases. The benefits also include:1) Promotion of healthy oral development. 2) Bonding and skin to skin contact betw...Read More » Tags
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Breastfeeding and Smoking
by workingmom on Feb 11th, 2010Breastfeeding and smoking is an issue a lot of people ask me about. I'm assuming you know you should not smoke while you're pregnant! The nicotine you ingest smoking will go through your body and into your baby's body, addicting it just as surely as you're addicted. Not only might your child suffer from the harmful effects of all of those chemicals you're passing on, but when it's born, it will go through withdrawal symptoms.So, if you're pregnan...Read More » Tags
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