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    by Eve Redstone

    Breast-feeding is the best start for our babies but sometimes for personal or medical reasons a woman never starts breast-feeding. In these cases colostrum will be made, but if you do not feed your child, or remove the mil...read more

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    by Roberta Velyn

    You've given your baby the best possible start in life by breastfeeding. Rest assured that the colostrum suckled in the first few feedings after birth supplied crucial antibodies to your newborn, and the mother's milk you'...read more

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    by Kayanne Nelson

    Breastfeeding can be a wonderful experience, and stopping it can sometimes be a challenge. There are a number of reasons a new mother may decide or need to stop breastfeeding including medical reasons, the child's age, or ...read more

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    by Valerie Johnson

    There are many questions a new mom has about breastfeeding and usually needs a lot of help to get off to a good start but what about when you decide it's time to quit breastfeeding, then what? You may have decided that you...read more

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    by Christobel Rajesh

    When the mother or the baby decide to stop breast feeding, feeds should be tailed off gradually and not stopped abruptly. The process of stopping breast feeds is known as weaning. Babies should be exclusively breast fed fo...read more

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    by Barbara Mertus-Munyon

    I stopped breastfeeding before I started. I was too scared perhaps, too young maybe, too innocent and highly anxious. I remember when my milk came in, I went huge, bigger than the the pictures of Bardot or Monroe. Compare...read more

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    by Reverend Ashira Goddard

    Making the decision to stop breast feeding your baby is a very personal and difficult decision to make. For some, the process can be simple and natural as the baby simply looses interest and begins an interest in food. F...read more

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    by Nisha Danny

    As the little newborn grows bigger month after month, breast feeding needs to be stopped completely. It may be hard for the baby and mother in most cases. Through it is a hard and painful procedure, it needs to be stopped ...read more

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    by Amy Murphy

    One of the things you hear a lot about when you are pregnant is breastfeeding. It is very important for the baby to receive antibodies that will help their immunity through out life. Wanting to be the good mother, I cho...read more

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