Breastfeeding
Losing weight is a concern for many mothers after the birth of a baby. Mothers may ask if it is possible to lose weight and breastfeed. During pregnancy, women gain extra pounds to store energy for producing breast milk. For some women, breastfeeding makes it easier to lose weight, since additional calories are used. Mothers who do not breastfeed will need to rely totally on diet and exercise to burn additional calories.
Dr. Judith Roepke, a nutritionist at Ball State University in Indiana and a member of LLLI’s Health Advisory Council, feels that the ideal time to lose weight is during lactation. Read more
Bobbi Kay from Vancouver’s Boneta is at it again with her unbelievable mocktails. If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or just want to cut back a bit, here is a stunner. Read more
Bobbi Kay from Vancouver’s Boneta is a mocktail wizard. If you love the Mojito but have a bun in the oven, so to speak… here’s a special recipe. Read more
Bobbi Kay from Vancouver’s Boneta is a mocktail wizard. Why can’t pregnant women have a fabulous drink in hand too? Lucky for us, she’s generous with her <secret> recipes. Read more
Who’s delivering your baby? Your family doctor, an ob/gyn? How about a midwife? With a university degree, evidence based practices and woman-centered care, the modern midwife isn’t the mystic woman she used to be. Today she has the respect of doctors and nurses and is delivering babies in the same hospitals. For many of us midwifery care raises three red flags. The first being: do I have to deliver at home? Read more
