Common breastfeeding issues and some local resources for solving them

In this article, we talked about some ways to get breastfeeding off on the right foot. One important part of successful nursing is to know some of the common pitfalls that occur, and to be aware ahead of time how to handle them. High Intervention Birth A birth with many interventions does not necessarily lead to difficulty breastfeeding, but it certainly can cause problems. Having an IV during labor can artificially inflate a baby's birth weight, which can make it appear that the baby is losing an excessive amount of weight due to insufficient milk intake, when all that's happening is that they're shedding fluid weight due to IV fluids. A c-section can delay milk production due to stress in...