Introduction Breastfeeding has long been hailed as the optimal form of nutrition for infants, providing numerous health benefits for both the child and mother. Globally, healthcare organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), strongly recommend breastfeeding for at least the first six months of an infant’s […]
As a Lactation Professional, I regard meta-studies as the best source of reliable information. This is what most of us have been trained in recent years. However, meta-studies have many potential weaknesses, and can suffer from bias at many turns. Further, conclusions are often insensible, as without the particulars of each study, contradictory results form […]
Do Postnatal Massage and Breast Massage Increase Production Of Breast Milk? Postnatal Massage and Breast Massage definitely work to increase breast milk production, and various health studies performed around the world support this assertion. I can say that the answer is affirmative based on both my experience as an LMT focusing on postnatal women, as […]