Born into the world and confronted with new and different germs and infections, a newborn’s strongest defence comes from the mother’s colostrum – a substance produced by the breast during pregnancy and just after birth.
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The first 1000 days of life go from conception to a child’s second birthday. This is a crucial time for
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In the early 1950s in the USA, three breastfeeding mothers met at a church picnic and realised that they all
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Throughout history the value of breastfeeding can be found in literary sources from ancient Greece, Rome the Near and Far
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The festive season is approaching, and many of you will be starting to make plans to travel to family or
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Changes in the environment have a devastating effect on us all. One of our traditional nursery rhymes has changed into
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The La Leche League came to Switzerland in 1973, when Christina Hurst-Prager led the first Swiss La Leche League Meeting
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Families, as social groups, have been around since the beginning of mankind’s history, ensuring human survival. So the family unit itself
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You are pregnant and it has now been confirmed you are carrying twins. Your reaction… Worried? Surprised? Overwhelmed? How will you cope with two babies
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It’s not easy, perhaps, to stay in the Comfort Zone, especially when you have babies. But why not? After all,
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