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Nutrition for Breastfeeding
Eat healthy, moms! Healthy nutrition during pregnancy and in postpartum will result in healthy baby and produce the best milk for your breastfeeding baby. Mom’s daily diet produces…
Carolyn Bruich,RN,IBCLC
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Support for Your Breastfeeding Journey
Your breastfeeding journey doesn’t have to be alone! Having IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) assistance, support, and education from the very beginning of your experience or when…
Carolyn Bruich,RN,IBCLC
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Nursing Tips for Moms with Large Breasts
The size of mother’s breast, large or small, makes no difference in the ability of mother’s body to produce milk. While the amount of mammary glandular tissue varies…
Carolyn Bruich,RN,IBCLC
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How Breast Milk Establishes Baby’s Immune System
Having grown for nine months in mother’s nearly sterile womb, a baby is born with essentially no microbiome and an immature immune system. Most newborns get their first…
Carolyn Bruich,RN,IBCLC
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Risks of NOT Feeding Breast Milk
Human breast milk is specifically produced by human mothers to be fed to their human babies. Accordingly, the greatest risk of not feeding breast milk is rooted in…
Carolyn Bruich,RN,IBCLC
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Breastfeeding a Premature Baby <37 Weeks
My preemie story took place 28 years ago, but the memories remain on my heart and mind like it was yesterday. My husband and I already had three…
Carolyn Bruich,RN,IBCLC
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