As a pediatrician, I thought my medical background and pediatric training meant I would be well prepared to breastfeed my newborn. I knew all about the research on how an infant's diet can affect both ...

Learn how to deal with common breastfeeding problems such as sore nipples, mastitis, plugged milk ducts, breast engorgement, thrush, and milk supply. Some babies latch on and breastfeed well right ...

When I got pregnant, I felt quite ambivalent about breastfeeding. Like many, I thought we'd give it a go and if it worked for us, great. If it didn't, I'd bottle feed. I dutifully joined prenatal ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Teaching new mothers how to breastfeed could save 1.3 million children's lives every year, but many women get no help and give up trying, the World Health Organisation said Friday.

Of all the health benefits linked to breastfeeding, its presumed impact on a child's later intelligence is likely the most controversial. Though a 1929 study by Carolyn Hoefer and Mattie Crumpton ...

A new study solidifies the connection between breast-feeding and intelligence, but it’s not the only way that mom can influence youngsters’ IQ, even before birth. While previous studies have drawn a ...

As a pediatrician, I thought my medical background and pediatric training meant I would be well prepared to breastfeed my newborn. I knew all about the research on how an infant’s diet can affect both ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) But I struggled to breastfeed my own firstborn. I was exhausted and in pain. My ...