More and more recent research and systematic reviews are reinforcing the conclusion that breast feeding and human milk are the reference gold standards for infant feeding and nutrition. The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, and breastfeeding for upto 2 years as long as it is mutually beneficial to mother and baby. [...]
“Can we bathe our newborn baby?” This is one of the most common questions that comes up immediately after birth at our Healthy Mother Natural Birthing Center. While a massage and bath do lots of good in babies, we recommend that the first bath be delayed for at least a few hours, preferably 24 hours. [...]
Much has been written about “Delivery Self-Attachment” or what was dubbed as “Breast Crawl”. This video has been around for a while, but I thought I would post it anyway. It shows with amazing simplicity, the awareness and ability the newborn possesses to seek comfort and nourishment at her mother’s breast. For those of us [...]
Many amazing changes take place in the new mother and her baby during the Golden Hour after birth. Natures hormones which worked overtime during labor and childbirth have initiated a sequence of events, both physical and emotional in the mother which stimulates her brain chemistry to increase her desire for nurturing her baby. It is [...]
The Times of India Hyderabad on 21/1 carried an editorial titled “Take it Easy” on a World Health Organization report on rising c-section rates in Asian countries, including India. While the WHO report mentions that in India overall, the c-section rate is 18%, in reality, if we take the urban and semi-urban population into consideration, [...]
In the past month we kicked off a monthly meeting / workshop titled “Transition to New Motherhood and Infant Care“. The workshop series is a collaboration between Healthy Mother and the global healthcare company Johnson & Johnson (India). The idea behind the workshop series is that many new mothers (dads), especially from nuclear families find [...]
Just yesterday, I got this email form one of my recent class participants. This mom-to-be has just finished her sessions, and in the meantime, visited her friend who has recently given birth in one of Hyderabad’s “super-specialty” hospitals. I am quoting her verbatim (with her permission) below: Dear Dr, One of my friends recently delivered [...]