A non-profit organization since 2010, the International Breastfeeding Centre (ibc) offers breastfeeding support, education, and training. ibc is home to the world-renowned Newman Breastfeeding Clinic, where thousands of families from Ontario and abroad seek breastfeeding help and support. Our vision is to be an internationally respected and critically acclaimed centre of excellence in the study and […]

Canción “Mother’s blessing”
Música: ” Mother’s Blessing = Bendición de tu madre” Interprete: Snatam Kaur Retoño mío esta es la bendición de tu madre Nunca olvides a Dios ni un momento Adorando por siempre al señor del Universo Oh my child, this is your mothers blessing May you never forget God even for a moment Worshipping for ever […]

“En Puerto Rico no se vende leche materna”
Por Alejandra M. Jover Tovar 01/05/2017 El proyecto de ley 317 pone en manos del Departamento de Salud la regulación de una industria que aquí no existe. “Es un proyecto totalmente irrelevante”. Dos expertas sobre el tema de la mujer y la lactancia consultadas por Primera Hora se mostraron sorprendidas por la radicación del Proyecto […]

Web Cord Clamping
Major break-through for delayed cord clamping December 22, 2016 Photo courtesy to: Kate Kennedy (https://katekennedybirthphotography.com/) Yesterday, December 21st, ACOG (the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) started to recommend delayed cord clamping (for at least 30-60 seconds). This is an update from their earlier opinion from 2012. As a motive from changing their recommendation for […]

Cochrane
Cochrane Library – http://www.cochranelibrary.com/ Cochrane Iberoamérica – http://es.cochrane.org/es

“Pariremos con placer” de Casilda Rodrigáñez Bustos – PDF
https://produccioneslesbofeministas.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/pariremos-con-placer.pdf

The Representation Project
The Representation Project is a movement that uses film and media content to expose injustices created by gender stereotypes and to shift people’s consciousness towards change. https://www.youtube.com/user/MissRepresentation2/videos

Mujer Ovulando
El ginecólogo belga Jacques Donnez logró observar y fotografiar por primera vez el proceso de ovulación de una mujer, el que hasta ahora sólo había sido visto en detalle en animales. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkZHV74MpZw

Buzzfeed – ProDoula
ProDoula wants to revolutionize the touchy-feely doula profession — and make millions of dollars along the way. Who really benefits from the for-profit company’s goal to rebrand doula work from a fundamental right to a luxury service? Denise Foreman cringes when she thinks about the doula she used to be. Like many women, Foreman, 36, […]

Latched On Mom
Parenting adventures- pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding & pumping, cloth diapers, babywearing, DIY projects, recipes & reviews from a natural minded, knowlege-seeking mom of 4! Friday, May 15, 2015 5 Fascinating Breastfeeding Facts I know everyone has heard the saying that breastmilk is best. It does amazing things for both baby and mother. I think the […]

Primer protocolo del tratamiento del duelo perinatal
El pasado lunes en el Salón de actos del Hospital Obispo Polanco se presentó el protocolo médico para el tratamiento de las perdidas gestacionales. Domingo, 9 octubre , 2016 | Por JD-Admin | Categoria: Actualidad Local Este es un tema que no está muy desarrollado en la mayoría de los hospitales españoles, por lo que […]

Aumenta cobertura del WIC para mujeres embarazadas en Puerto Rico
“…Más mujeres van a ser elegibles para recibir la asistencia nutricional que ofrecemos en WIC” 16/10/2016 12:04 pm La directora del Programa Especial de Nutrición Suplementaria para Mujeres Embarazadas, Lactantes, Posparto, Infantes y Niños (WIC, por sus siglas en inglés), Dana Miró, aseguró que la nueva guía de elegibilidad por ingreso aprobada por su ente beneficiará a […]

Congress Passes Groundbreaking Postpartum Depression Legislation
“Our moms need to know they matter.” 12/07/2016 04:53 pm ET | Updated Dec 08, 2016 Over 400,000 women in the U.S. suffer from postpartum depression each year. Yet only an estimated 15 percent of those mothers receive treatment, and countless women who have suffered from PPD report feeling deeply alone in their struggles. But the […]

Las verdaderas razones por las que el parto humano es tan doloroso y peligroso
Dar a luz puede ser un proceso largo y doloroso. También puede ser mortal. La Organización Mundial de la Salud estima que cerca de 830 mujeres mueren cada día por complicaciones durante el embarazo y el nacimiento, y este dato es un 44% menor que en 1990. Colin Barras BBC Earth 29 diciembre 2016 Image […]

Acuerdo para madre confinadas en Puerto Rico
Firman acuerdo que beneficia a hijos de confinadas 30 de junio del 2015 El secretario interino de Corrección y Rehabilitación, José Aponte Carro, firmó un acuerdo con el programa Early Head Start del municipio de San Juan y con el New York Foundling para beneficiar a los hijos de las confinadas del Hogar Intermedio para […]

Mujeres al rescate de sus placentas
La medicina placentaria en Chile Cada día es más común escuchar de mujeres que se preparan para conservar sus placentas luego de haber dado a luz a sus hijos, luego de hacerlo, con ella realizan rituales y preparan cápsulas medicinales, tinturas madre y aprovechan así los múltiples beneficios que tiene esta medicina. Por Andrea Buron […]

Why ‘Seeding Baby’s Microbiome’ Needs to Be on Every Birth Plan
Microbirth: Why ‘Seeding Baby’s Microbiome’ Needs to Be on Every Birth Plan 13/03/2014 12:03 | Updated 12 May 2014 Two amazing events happen during childbirth. There’s the obvious main event which is the emergence of a new human into the world. But then there’s the non-human event that is taking place simultaneously, a crucial event […]

Human Placenta Project
Scientists’ New ‘Human Placenta Project’ Aims to Improve Health of Moms and Their Children Posted: 12/05/2014 3:28 pm EST Updated: 02/03/2015 5:59 am EST The placenta sustains us at the earliest phase of our development and shapes the adults we’ll eventually become. And yet it’s the least understood, and least studied, of all human organs. […]

Nacer con Conciencia Cambia el Mundo
Simposio Nacer con Conciencia Cambia el Mundo con Rita Aparicio de Doula Caribe

Newborn Tongue-tie: Prevalence and Effect on Breast-Feeding
ORIGINAL ARTICLES Newborn Tongue-tie: Prevalence and Effect on Breast-Feeding Lori A. Ricke, MD, Nancy J. Baker, MD, Diane J. Madlon-Kay, MD, MS, and Terese A. DeFor, MS Read or Download PDF here: http://www.jabfm.org/content/18/1/1.full.pdf

Breastfeeding Medicine
Why we still need to “Watch our language” One of the family medicine physicians here at UNC wants to make sure doctors-in-training know the facts. “There are no benefits of breastfeeding,” he tells his students. “There are risks of formula feeding.” Logically, these two statements are identical, but they feel completely different. In 1996, Diane Wiessinger […]

Benefits from Ingesting Placenta
AFTERBIRTH: STUDY ASKS IF WE COULD DERIVE BENEFITS FROM INGESTING PLACENTA Almost all non-human mammals eat placenta for good reasons. Are we missing something? Multimedia is available with this article online at http://www.buffalo.edu/news/13306 Release date: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Contact: Patricia Donovan, pdonovan@buffalo.edu Phone: 716-645-4602 Fax: 716-645-3765 BUFFALO, N.Y. — A paper by neuroscientists at […]