Hospitals sometimes recommend women express milk towards the end of their pregnancies. But it’s not suitable for all.
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However mothers feed their babies, there is always some kind of criticism.
Banked breast milk is a safe source of shared human milk, and can be a life-saver for very premature babies.
The bacteria in a mother’s breast milk are important because it helps develop a baby’s gut. Research shows this bacteria are different depending on where mothers live and what they eat.
Breast really best makes many mums feel bad.
Breastfeeding is a cultural taboo in the UK, and the prevalence of bottles in children’s books doesn’t help.
Negative breastfeeding experiences can make special drives to encourage it all too painful for some.
Is there anything wrong with breastfeeding children up to five or six?
Most people are aware of the benefits of breastmilk, but few are aware of the risks.
A Harvard University researcher last week suggested western women stop breastfeeding after a couple of months to reduce the risk of passing potentially harmful toxins on to infants via breast milk.
Those buying and selling human breast milk online could be spreading disease without reaping any of the supposed health benefits.
With a chuckle an old school friend of mine confessed that when he was a teenager he would try to destroy his best mate’s chances with the chicks by casually slipping this statement into conversation as…
The death of an infant is terrible for both parents, but for many mothers, physical reminders such as lactation, can seem incongruent when motherhood has been cut short. These women can find solace in…
Breastfeeding may be an ancient practice but we are learning new things about it all the time. My colleagues and I, for instance, have recently found that the lactating breast has the amazing ability to…
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Deputy Director, Intellectual Forum at Jesus College in the University of Cambridge, and Researcher for the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University, University of Cambridge
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Professor in Breastfeeding Research, La Trobe University
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University
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Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Texas at Austin
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Lecturer, University of the Free State
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Senior Lecturer at York Business School, York St John University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor of Literature and Translation, University of East Anglia
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Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition, Swansea University
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Associate professor, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, University of Adelaide
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Lecturer in Health Psychology, University of Liverpool
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Professor, Chair in Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery Deakin University and Western Health Partnership, Deakin University
