Posted on July 19th, 2008 by Jane HBFW
Does your baby have a chance of low blood sugar at or soon after birth? See this list here for things that might increase the risk: Babies with an increased chance of low blood sugar include: Early or premature babies (born before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy) Babies who are lighter in weight than expected [...]
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Posted on April 12th, 2008 by Jane HBFW
(Edited) I posted this the other day without introduction and I thought I ought to add something to explain why I feel this is an important addition to the site. So often women think that breastfeeding is something you need to do for a long time in order for it to make a difference, so [...]
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Posted on December 9th, 2007 by Jane HBFW
Following on from the positive stories, here is the place to leave your stories of negative contacts with health professionals about breastfeeding. From many I’ve already read, I know there’s a massive number of these – my hope is that by posting them here, under the banner of “unacceptable and ill-informed things for health professionals [...]
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