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The scene is a familiar one: three o'clock in the morning, the baby wakes for yet another feed. Exhausted mum drags herself out of bed and soothes her crying infant at the breast.She looks enviously at her sleeping male partner as he snores…

US health officials were criticized today for advocating that trans women can breastfeed — without highlighting the health risks to the baby.Several information pages on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website appear to…

Experts have today warned that biological males breastfeeding babies can be 'self-indulgent' and 'selfish' — with powerful medication used to produce the milk itself carrying a potential health risk. It follows the case of a British…

Newborn babies could be harmed by woke NHS-backed guidance that states transwomen can breastfeed, experts warned today.Guidance from a charity — linked to on the controversial 'chestfeeding' advice page — states biological men who swap sex…

Caitlin Joyce, 22, is also researching relactation after spending hours every week searching for formula. Last week, she and her mother drove for two hours up and down the South Shore of Massachusetts, scouring every Target, Walmart or…

A North Carolina startup called BIOMILQ may have whipped up a nutritionally comparable alternative to human breast milk — except this milk isn’t produced in a mammary gland, but in a bioreactor. For parents who can’t breastfeed or who…

Women with higher levels of PFAS in their system may be 20% more likely to stop breastfeeding early, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl…

Newborn infants generally breastfeed eight to twelve times every 24 hours, or every couple of hours throughout the day, with longer stretches at night and clusters of more frequent meals. A baby usually needs around 20 minutes per side to…

In the pandemic, pregnant women and new mothers have had to exercise caution for the well-being of their baby, and of themselves. Among other things, a major concern for them has been the direct spread of infection, whether…

Breastfeeding and skin-to-skin contact are beneficial for both baby and mother.…