Breastfeeding 101

| Blog | October 18, 2011

Most newborns are breastfed at some point in their infancy, but less than half of babies are still breastfed by six months of age, despite health professional’s recommendations to breastfeed longer. As a brief introduction to breastfeeding for new or soon-to-be mothers, I offer the following answers to frequently asked questions about breastfeeding:

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