Lipstick Nip
Does your nipple come out looking like a lipstick after you breastfeed? This is not a good sign and it indicates poor latch. Your nipple should be round after feeding. If your nipple is slanted like a tube of new lipstick or has a white line across it, the latch is not ok. A deep
When do you start making milk?
We often think that we start making milk once baby is here. This is actually not true. Most women start making breastmilk at around 20 weeks gestation (pregnant) for some even at 12 weeks! Sometimes pregnancy complications eg gestational diabetes, pre eclampsia or birth interventions eg CS, induction, epidurals etc interfere with this. But without
Key Nutrients for Autism
It’s international Autism Awareness day. I often get asked “what do I feed my child with autism”?!This is surprisingly such a complex question because there is no one diet or meal plan for every person.⠀⠀
Soft breasts don’t mean no milk
Soft breasts don’t mean no milk A lot of mum’s panic at around the 4 to 6 week mark when all of a sudden breasts that were always full are now soft, breasts that were ever leaking, no longer leak. This is normal! It doesn’t mean you don’t have milk or that you don’t have