As a pediatrician, I thought my medical background and pediatric training meant I would be well prepared to breastfeed my newborn. I knew all about the research on how an infant's diet can affect both ...

Learn how to deal with common breastfeeding problems such as sore nipples, mastitis, plugged milk ducts, breast engorgement, thrush, and milk supply. Some babies latch on and breastfeed well right ...

When I got pregnant, I felt quite ambivalent about breastfeeding. Like many, I thought we'd give it a go and if it worked for us, great. If it didn't, I'd bottle feed. I dutifully joined prenatal ...

Many mothers worry when their three-year-old still asks for breast milk. The first thing to understand is that it is not medically wrong. The World Health Organisation recommends breastfeeding up to ...

"Whether you're breastfeeding or formula feeding, feeding a baby is hard," said peer counseling program manager Liz Jaramillo ...

As a pediatrician, I thought my medical background and pediatric training meant I would be well prepared to breastfeed my newborn. I knew all about the research on how an infant’s diet can affect both ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) But I struggled to breastfeed my own firstborn. I was exhausted and in pain. My ...