Insufficient breastmilk: The Zinc connection

Insufficient breastmilk: The Zinc connection

You’ve tried everything to help a mother make more milk, but nothing seems to be working. Maybe it’s genetic. Genetic variations in the ZnT2 transport mechanism may be the culprit. Zinc is essential to many cellular processes, including the synthesis of...
Insufficient breastmilk: The Zinc connection

Can mastitis be prevented?

Mastitis is always an unwelcome guest for breastfeeding mothers. New treatments for mastitis involving the administration of probiotics instead of antibiotics have been successfully used to outsmart bacterial multiresistance to antibiotics, biofilm formation, and...
Insufficient breastmilk: The Zinc connection

Hand-ily Increase Fat Content in Early Milk

Breastmilk obtained within the first 48–72 hours after delivery by manual expression contains a higher fat content than breastmilk obtained by an electric pump.  The higher fat content of manually expressed breastmilk during the first 72 hours following delivery may...