Monday, July 24, 2006

Vital that new mums are fed the right info (Scotsman.com)

IT'S the most natural, instinctive and intimate thing in the world: a mother, still glowing from the aftermath of labour, gently nursing her newborn.

Flick through the pregnancy manuals and mum-to-be magazines, and breastfeeding takes on a rosy, happy glow; engorgement is a mild irritation to be solved using a cabbage leaf and encouraging your baby to take their first feed is as easy as ABC.

After all, we all know what bits are supposed to go where... how hard can it be?



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