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Birth by the Numbers

BAMBI 30th Birthday 10 Mar 12

BAMBI 30th Birthday 10 Mar 12

The Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog: New podcast: Birth on TV and in film, with the creator of "Laboring Under an Illusion"

The Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog: New podcast: Birth on TV and in film, with the creator of "Laboring Under an Illusion"

The Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog: New podcast: Birth on TV and in film, with the creator of "Laboring Under an Illusion"

The Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog: New podcast: Birth on TV and in film, with the creator of "Laboring Under an Illusion"

FrogBlog - Thaidings: Giving birth in Thailand - a dad's perspective

FrogBlog - Thaidings: Giving birth in Thailand - a dad's perspective

Pumping method affects milk composition for preterm infants

Study: Pumping method affects milk composition for preterm infants


Following on their study on milk volume and method of expression, which showed that a combination of pumping and hand expression (a technique termed "hands on pumping") yields more milk for preterm infants, a team at Stanford University School of Medicine has shown that pumping method also affects milk composition.
The study, led by Dr. Jane Morton, found:
The researchers’ findings confirmed that moms [of very preterm infants] who used hands-on pumping had higher fat content in their milk than women relying on electric pumps alone...
“People have suspected that mothers would be able to get more fat-rich milk with hands-on pumping but it’s never been demonstrated before,” said Jane Morton, MD, a community pediatrician who was the new paper’s first author. The suspicion arose because milk composition changes during a feeding, shifting from more-dilute milk at first to richer, higher-fat “hindmilk” at the end. Because of its high fat content, the hindmilk is more viscous, which may explain why it’s difficult to remove this milk with an electric pump alone. But extracting more high-fat hindmilk could give preemies an important calorie boost.
Dr. Morton says that her next research question is whether this higher-fat milk is sufficient to meet preemies' needs without the use of human milk fortifier. This fortifier, with the exception of the human-milk product made by Prolacta Bioscience, is made from cow's milk. Cow's milk products have been shown to increase the risk of the life-threatening condition necrotizing enterocolitis.

Breast milk courier helps Indonesian mums cope

Breast milk courier helps Indonesian mums cope

"I would like to help this nation build a better generation by helping working mothers deliver breast milk to their babies at home," said the 40-year-old Nauval, who feels the nutrients in breast milk can't be replicated by the powdered variety.


His feelings are echoed by the authorities, who are struggling to encourage Indonesian women to breastfeed their newborn babies.

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The things mothers wish they’d known earlier….

The things mothers wish they’d known earlier….

Midwives Information Resource Services | Practice Development | The female breast: structure & changes in pregnancy and lactation

Midwives Information Resource Services Practice Development The female breast: structure & changes in pregnancy and lactation

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So This is Christmas: Happy Christmas (War is over)

So this is Christmas


And what have you done

Another year over

And a new one just begun

Ans so this is Christmas

I hope you have fun

The near and the dear one

The old and the young



A very merry Christmas

And a happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

And so this is Christmas

For weak and for strong

For rich and the poor ones

The world is so wrong

And so happy Christmas

For black and for white

For yellow and red ones

Let's stop all the fight

A very merry Christmas

And a happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

And so this is Christmas

And what have we done

Another year over

And a new one just begun

Ans so this is Christmas

I hope you have fun

The near and the dear one

The old and the young

A very merry Christmas

And a happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

War is over over

If you want it

War is over

Now...