Is Your Baby’s Latch and Sucking Correct? Latch and sucking checklist: You see the pink of baby’s lips. This tells you that baby’s lips are turned outward rather than tucked tightly inward. There is a tight seal between the baby’s mouth and the areola. Baby has a good mouthful of breast. Much of the areola […]
Breastfeeding Before Baby’s Surgery Food and liquid intake is restricted before a person has general anesthesia because of the risk of vomiting and then having the vomitus get into the lungs. In adults, “nothing by mouth” orders often mean no food or drink after midnight on the night before surgery. However, an eight-hour (or longer) […]
Plugged Milk Ducts Sometimes a milk duct leading from the milk-making cells to the nipple gets plugged, resulting in a tender lump beneath the areola. There may also be a wedge-shaped area of redness extending from the lump back towards the wall of the chest. Unlike mastitis, the pain comes and goes with a plugged […]
