Masochistic Mommy

Only 50% of women actually feel letdown. 1.   Feeling Letdown:  Fifty per cent of women will know the moment it happens, the other 50 per cent won’t ( Fredregill 2004 ). 2. Leaking Littles: Large breasts actually leak less than smaller breasts ( Fredregill 2004 ). 3. Righty FTW: Milk output is often greater from the right breast versus the left breast ( Riordan 2008 ), even though right-handed mothers instinctively use the right-hand to position the baby and breast, thereby making it easier to feed from the left breast. 4. Superior Sugars: Human milk gets more of its energy content from lactose than any other animal milk. Lactose gives your milk a sweet taste and won’t cause diarrhoea, as the processed sugars in formula often do. 5. Boner:  Weaning stimulates your body to increase bone density, meaning your post-lactation bones will be stronger than they would have been if you had never breastfed at all! Nifty. ( Williams 2013 ). 6. Camouflaged Cups: Cotton tops...

Studies show that when a nursing mother has a ‘significant other’ who is educated about and supports her choice to breastfeed she is much more likely to be successful at it. For many mothers, this significant other is the baby’s father. What role can Daddy play? Let Dave, a first time dad, guide you through the breastfeeding journey from a man's perspective. Dave and his partner Lucy had  done a lot of reading about breastfeeding, and spoken at length about the benefits.  For them, it was a no-brainer that breastfeeding was the best for their baby. Dave had been told that his support as the father was instrumental in successful breastfeeding, but he didn't realise just how true that was, until he embarked on this epic journey...   The birth Our son's arrival into the World was a dramatic experience for me.  As a first-time Father, my job was primarily to drive the first-time Mother (Lucy) the 22 miles to the hospital in time for the midwives to do their thi...