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Kristin Davis's picture

What can we really get from this latest breastfeeding study?? I say nothing!

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So I just read the latest EmpowHer news story about a study that shows that children who were exclusively breastfed, compared to children who were breastfed and fed baby food, had higher IQs.

Here's one of the problems I have with the study, as quoted from the article....

"The one thing Kraemer is sure of is that it has nothing to do with differences between mothers. The women in the new study were all from the eastern European country of Belarus."


     
     
Kristin Davis's picture

Is breastfeeding really best?

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Do you think that breastfeeding is truly healthier for you and for your baby or do you think it's more of a trend that we're seeing now?


     
     
susanc's picture

How mentally and physically stronger do we get when we have children?

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The difference between me being productive and happy versus unproductive and unmotivated pretty much comes down to how much sleep I get. The difference is night and day (excuse any sleep pun).

If I am asleep before midnight and sleep straight through till 7am, I am a dynamo all day.

If it's 1am and I am up at 6 am (newborn, nursing, sick kids, insomnia...name your reason) then I eat badly (I target greasy and salty foods, I have no idea why) and am not a happy person. Everything moves more slowly, my motivation is terrible and I feel down.


     
     
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The Unique Contraceptive Needs of New Moms

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New moms have specific contraceptive needs. They want birth control that is effective, simple to use, can be used over a long period of time, and allows for sexual spontaneity. An important question often asked by new moms is, “How soon after giving birth do I need to start using birth control?” Usually, doctors recommend that birth control be started six weeks after giving birth (if medically it’s okay to have sex) or when menstruation resumes.


     
     

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Hayek: Nurse and Lose Weight? 'It's a Lie'

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By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES
ABC News

For decades doctors have agreed that breastfeeding has significant advantages for both mom and baby. Mother's milk helps build baby's budding immune system, establishes emotional bonding and even triggers the release of oxytoxin, the so-called "love hormone" that is associated with both hugging and orgasm.

But what about weight loss for the mother? At least one study says this is a myth. But those who work with nursing mothers say the issue is more complex and argue that in the long run, breastfeeding does contribute to overall fitness.


     
     
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Kristin Park: To Breastfeed Or Not To Breastfeed -- That Is The Question

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I know I've written about this before in a previous post ... about how difficult it was when I decided not to breastfeed my fourth baby (and I don't mean the decision itself was difficult -- it was that the health care providers around me were unbelievably difficult). Well, I'm just glad that I'm not giving birth today because of the self-righteous stance that a slew of hospitals and providers around the country are taking.