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Breastfeeding Basics

Breastfeeding 101

How Well Do You Know the Basics of the Breast?

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Determined to give your baby the best, you've chosen to try breastfeeding. As you await your little one's arrival, you may be reading up on nursing and chatting with friends and family who've "been there, done that." You may even be taking a class to learn the basics.

Now try our quiz to discover how prepared you are for the first few weeks of breastfeeding. With a little luck, all the information you've been gathering – and this quiz – will help you build the nursing relationship you are hoping for.

Try our quiz to discover how prepared you are for the first few weeks of breastfeeding.

1. True or False: A new mother's milk will come in shortly after birth.

1. False. When your baby is breastfed early and often, your breasts will begin producing mature milk around the third or fourth day after birth. Until then, however, your baby receives all that she needs from colostrum, the first milk your breasts produce in the early days of breastfeeding.

This special milk is low in fat and high in carbohydrates, protein and antibodies to help keep your baby healthy. It is extremely easy to digest and is therefore the perfect first food for your baby. It is low in volume but high in concentrated nutrition for the newborn.


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