by APFLI | Sep 11, 2015 | Delivery / Breastfeeding / Neonatal Issues, Studies - PreTerm Delivery / Premature Birth / Prematurity Complications
Over the past two decades, doctors have made significant progress in saving the earliest premature babies, according to a report issued Tuesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association. Between 1993 and 2012, the study found a “significant increase in...
by APFLI | Oct 1, 2013 | Delivery / Breastfeeding / Neonatal Issues
Mothers love the smell of their newborn babies and parents of little tots can often be spotted, for example, smelling their baby’s head. A new university study from Canada has more information to help explain this phenomenon. From the University of Montreal: What...
by APFLI | Oct 14, 2011 | Delivery / Breastfeeding / Neonatal Issues
Background: Postpartum depression is the onset of depression within the first three months or up to one year after childbirth. A woman who is suffering from postpartum depression may be limited in her ability to care for her newborn and handle her daily life....
by APFLI | Oct 3, 2011 | Delivery / Breastfeeding / Neonatal Issues
CDC: Low Rates of Breastfeeding Add $2.2 billion a Year to Medical Costs Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Thomas R. Frieden: "Hospitals need to better support breastfeeding, as this is one of the most important things a mother can...
by APFLI | Aug 20, 2011 | Delivery / Breastfeeding / Neonatal Issues
BREASTFEEDING FACTS — The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies receive nothing but breast milk for about the first six months, and that breastfeeding continue for at least a year. — Babies who are fed formula early rather than breast milk...
by APFLI | May 8, 2010 | Delivery / Breastfeeding / Neonatal Issues
Swedish researchers have discovered that a substance found in human breast milk has the ability to kill cancer cells, according to a study published in the PLoS One Journal. The substance known as HAMLET (Human Alpha-lactalbumin Made Lethal to Tumor cells), was...
by APFLI | Feb 21, 2010 | Delivery / Breastfeeding / Neonatal Issues
Print this brochure (14" paper, 2 sides) and give it to her!! Help her to be PRO-ACTIVE to protect her baby's future health needs. "Storing Your Child's Umbilical Cord Blood for future health needs" — learn about storing this cord blood in...
by APFLI | Jul 24, 2008 | Delivery / Breastfeeding / Neonatal Issues
PHYSIOLOGY OF MOTHERHOOD: Studies Show 'Natural High' in Brains of Mothers Looking at Their Babies Recent brain imaging studies conducted in The Human Neuro-imaging Laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas show that a mother is triggered...
by APFLI | May 28, 2008 | Delivery / Breastfeeding / Neonatal Issues
BREAST-FEEDING, BUT NOT ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES, IS ASSOCIATED WITH A REDUCED RISK OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS New research at Malmö University Hospital has revealed that mothers who have more children and especially those who breastfeed their babies have a significantly...
by APFLI | Aug 24, 2007 | Delivery / Breastfeeding / Neonatal Issues
AMOUNT OF BREASTFEEDING & SEPARATION LINKED TO LATER MATERNAL MALTREATMENT Breastfeeding and mother-infant contact appear to have a protective influence on subsequent child abuse and neglect, according to a study presented in New Orleans [3 November 2003] at...
by APFLI | Aug 24, 2007 | Delivery / Breastfeeding / Neonatal Issues
From 1997 to 2007: Full-Time Work Grows Less Attractive to Moms Considering everything, what would be the ideal situation for you — working full-time, part-time, or not at all outside the home?...
by APFLI | Jul 27, 2007 | Delivery / Breastfeeding / Neonatal Issues
The Seven Standards of Ecological Breastfeeding In speaking about natural child spacing, I frequently find myself referring to the Seven Standards that are essential during the first six months postpartum if the mother wants to experience breastfeeding infertility....
by APFLI | Jul 27, 2007 | Delivery / Breastfeeding / Neonatal Issues
1. Nursing mothers cannot breastfeed if they have had X-rays. Not true! Regular X-rays such as a chest X-ray or dental X-rays do not affect the milk or the baby and the mother may nurse without concern. Mammograms are harder to read when the mother is lactating but...
by APFLI | Sep 5, 2006 | Delivery / Breastfeeding / Neonatal Issues
A recent study of nearly six million births has found that the risk of death to newborns delivered by voluntary Caesarean section is much higher than previously believed. Researchers have found that the neonatal mortality rate for Caesarean delivery among low-risk...
by APFLI | Jul 1, 2003 | Delivery / Breastfeeding / Neonatal Issues
The average age of mothers at first birth increased steadily during the preceding 30 years, to 25.1 years in 2002, an all-time high for the nation. In 2002, by state, the average age of mothers at first birth ranged from 23 years to 28 years. Mothers living in...