breastfeeding

CNN Story: ********* Hard Left!! :mad::mad::mad::mad: Democrat Party, keep your paws off our epic byewbage!!! U.S. out of my funbags!! :mad::mad::mad::mad: But seriously, this is a tax deduction. Why are Republicans pushing this Tax On Motherhood? What's next? Apple pie and Baseball...

Breastfeeding would save hundreds of lives, billions of dollars in US alone

My wife has recently given birth to our second child. Everyone is healthy and happy, and I couldn't be more pleased.:D However, while at the hospital, I noticed the rather excessive promotion for breastfeeding, with poster claiming how good it is for the childs' immune system, developement...

I have just had the following exchange on another thread and since I didn't want to derail it further and it's unlikely I would happen upon anyone who knew the answer there, i thought I would start a new thread to see if anyone can shed any light on it...

Breastfeeding plays a role in determining renewed fertility after childbirth: in general, the longer the kid nurses, the later the renewal (the amount of nursing necessary to achieve this effect differs from woman to woman). But even after a (nursing?) mother starts menstruating again, fertility...

Does anyone know if an adult can get titers done for pertussis? I mean, I know they can - but if requested would a doctor just do it? If titers showed the mother to be protected and she breastfed soley for the first 6 months (the time an infant is unprotected because they have yet to recieve...