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How to eat nutritious food while caring for a newborn

Nutrition is an important part of postpartum recovery. You need good nutrition to recover from the losses you have experienced during...

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How a lactation consultant can help you

Breastfeeding is HARD! It is a new skill for both you and your baby, and it takes time to learn. Unfortunately you have to learn this new...

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Taking Care of Yourself as a Parent- Tips from a Family Physician and Mom

In order to take good care of your children, you have to take good care of yourself first! If your physical and/or mental health are...

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5 Baby Safety Tips from a Family Physician and Mom

As parents, one of our main roles is to keep our children safe. The world can be full of hazards that we never recognized before becoming...

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Asymmetric Milk Production: Is it a problem? What can I do?

This is a photo of one of my morning pumping sessions when my baby was about 11 weeks old. The bottle on the left shows the 4oz that was...

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Best Bottles for Breastfed Babies

Many breastfeeding parents need to feed their babies with bottles at times. However, many have concerns about choosing a bottle that the...

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Postpartum Depression: How to get help or help someone who is suffering

The 4th trimester is the 3 month period after giving birth. Mothers and their babies are still very much interconnected during this time,...

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