Affordable Care Act provides for more preventative care and assistance for moms who nurse! Big news for pregnant and nursing mothers:The government is making it easier for women to receive maternity benefits,lactation support and the rental of hospital grade breastpumps through the expansion of Affordable Care Act effective at the beginning of this month. The new [...] [...]
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          | Fact:3 out of every 4 new moms in the US start out breastfeeding,yet more than half of them stop nursing before their child is six months old,and only 22% make it to the end of the year.(1) Why are breastfeeding rates so low? Because new moms may not be getting the breastfeeding [...] [...] BREASTFEEDING mothers are being warned to limit their use of some painkillers that could put their baby’s life at risk. Anaesthetist Dr Gavin Pattullo said breastfeeding women should not take painkillers with codeine for more than four days. Codeine was metabolised by the liver into morphine to provide pain relief,but the amount of morphine produced varied [...] [...] London –Breastfeeding is certainly good for babies. However,feeding your baby formula milk is neither bad for them nor a sub-standard choice. And while we must help and encourage those women who want to breastfeed,we should not be scolding women who don’t. It is not a black-and-white choice in the [...] [...] Expectant moms suffering from clinical depression or anxiety during pregnancy are more likely to give birth to underweight babies who have a higher risk of death in infancy,new research finds. The study,published in the journal BMC Public Health,found that depression and other psychiatric problems in mothers are major contributors to infant mortality and [...] [...] First lady Michelle Obama will be speaking out to remove barriers to breastfeeding,Politics Daily has learned,throwing the spotlight on nursing as a way to reduce childhood obesity. This comes as the Obama administration in the past year has made several moves to encourage breastfeeding —including a push for more flexible workplace rules and [...] [...] |                | |
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