Article: Mommy & Baby: Feeding
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Mommy & Baby: Feeding
If you are a mom who intends to breastfeed her baby, start as soon as practical after the baby is born. Some of this will depend on the hospital?s procedures with newborns; there are hospitals which test a newborn, often returning him to you after several hours time has elapsed; others who deliver via caesarian will have to be in post-op for several hours.
Your milk will not be ?in? immediately; typically this takes 3-5 days after birth. But your baby will receive nutritionally superior colostrum, which contains many antibodies and helps him develop a healthy immune system. I suggest you limit your baby?s nursing to 7-8 minutes per side before your milk comes in?you will achieve nothing more than sore, cracked nipples if you let him suck longer than that. This is how long it...
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