This post is part of the 2010 API Principles of Parenting blog carnival, a series of monthly parenting blog carnivals, hosted by API Speaks. Learn more about attachment parenting by visiting the API website.
When I first got pregnant six years ago, the first thing I wanted to buy was What To Expect When You’re Expecting. [...]
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There are some findings from a new study going around that claims breast milk is not vital for an infant’s optimum health. According to Professor Sven Carlsen, the leader of the Norweigan team of scientists who conducted the study, the conditions of the mother’s womb, specifically the balance of hormones, is a more important variable [...]
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People spend New Year’s Eve reflecting on their past year. What do they remember most? How do they remember it? As an adult, most of my memories are visual and emotional, the emotions coming from sights and sounds – a flurry of colour, music, shouting, crying, laughing. But when I look back on my childhood [...]
It has been found that there are a number of benefits of eating one’s placenta, otherwise known as placentophagy. These include warding off postpartum depression (PPD), replacing lost nutrients, increasing energy, replacing hormones, aiding the onset of lactation, and reducing postpartum blood loss by stimulating the uterus to contract back to its original size. There [...]
This is post #2 in my Mental Health and Breastfeeding series. The other posts can be found here, here and here.
In her article Does breastfeeding really protect against postpartum depression? Lauren Hale from the Atlanta Northside New Moms Examiner discusses one study’s findings that postpartum depression is the result of biochemical hormonal changes in the postpartum period.
She also [...]
Today I am honoured to have a guest post from Jennifer at Barely Knit Together.
As some of you know I am in the process of applying for my Masters in Social Work. My goal is to work with in psychiatry (my career background before I became a mom) specifically with women and families. I’d [...]
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Welcome to the October Carnival of Breastfeeding. The theme this month is “What I wish I knew then.” Make sure you check out the other carnival participant posts linked at the bottom of this one. They will be updated throughout the day.
I wish I knew that cracked and bleeding nipples weren’t something a breastfeeding mom [...]
