Common Breastfeeding Questions and Answers
Review questions and answers about common breastfeeding issues and problems, like pumping milk, storing breast milk, starting solids, supplementing, and getting more help.
Alcohol and Breastfeeding
Can I have a glass of wine or a beer if I am breastfeeding?
Can I have a glass of wine or a beer if I am breastfeeding?
Early Signs of Hunger and Breastfeeding
Review the early signs of hunger so that you are breastfeeding your baby when he is hungry and not waiting until he is crying.
Review the early signs of hunger so that you are breastfeeding your baby when he is hungry and not waiting until he is crying.
Breastfeeding and Flu Shots
Can I get a flu shot if I am breastfeeding?
Can I get a flu shot if I am breastfeeding?
Normal Newborn Weight Gain
Review how much weight a newborn baby should gain during their first few weeks of life.
Review how much weight a newborn baby should gain during their first few weeks of life.
Supplementing With Formula
Learn what to do to help your breastfeeding baby get weaned from formula supplements.
Learn what to do to help your breastfeeding baby get weaned from formula supplements.
Frequent Feedings and Fussy Babies
Learn what you should do if you have a baby that never gets to sleep, seems like he can't get enough to eat, and is never satisfied.
Learn what you should do if you have a baby that never gets to sleep, seems like he can't get enough to eat, and is never satisfied.
Breastfeeding and Drugs
I have terrible migraines that are incompacitating. My doctor has prescribed Imitrex (sumatriptan succinate), but I am afraid to take it because I am breastfeeding. Is Imitrex safe to take while breastfeeding?
I have terrible migraines that are incompacitating. My doctor has prescribed Imitrex (sumatriptan succinate), but I am afraid to take it because I am breastfeeding. Is Imitrex safe to take while breastfeeding?
Breastfeeding and Constipation
Review a 'problem' of a breastfed infant who is only having bowel movements every five or six days.
Review a 'problem' of a breastfed infant who is only having bowel movements every five or six days.