Midwife blog

Author: Katharina Jeschke

If the pink baby turns into a child whose skin appears yellow, this is known as bilirubinaemia of the newborn. The yellow colour is not

Your breast hurts, your baby is crying, your nights are sleepless and you haven't had time for a quiet meal for days. With you

In the first few weeks, the baby feeds eight to twelve times a day at the breast. Most children are very leisurely at first. They use

How to successfully treat wounds and cracks on the nipple The baby has already practised sucking during pregnancy. His little thumb or hand

Mastitis puerperalis is the technical term for a genuine inflammation of the mammary glands. The milk blockage has become a real disease. However, the inflammation can also be caused by germs or

A few days have now passed since the birth. Your baby has got used to its new life quite well. It is drinking its fill,

You do this massage yourself: There are various massage techniques that you can perform yourself. They are simple and only take a few seconds. The important thing is that

Some babies sleep a lot in the first few hours of life. Others crave the breast non-stop. But all children have one thing in common: as soon as the milk comes in, they sleep a lot.

Your baby has already practised drinking in your womb. It drank its amniotic fluid. Flakes of its cheese and the downy hairs that had fallen out were floating around in it.

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