By Tracey Jedrzejek, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
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- Pregnant moms start making milk at week 14 of pregnancy.
- Many newborn babies laying on mom’s chest directly after birth, will find the breast and breastfeed with little to no help.
- On the first day of life, babies drink only about a teaspoon of milk per feeding.
- Babies do not know hunger until day three of life. They are born with a high suck need, which tells mom's body to increase her milk supply.
- Colostrum is yellow because it contains the powerful antioxidant beta carotene, also found in carrots and sweet potatoes.
- The size of a woman’s breast has little to no effect on her milk supply.
- Whatever environment mom breastfeeds in, her body will create antibodies for her breastmilk against the germs that her body detects in that environment.
- Babies do not use their teeth to breastfeed.
- A breastfed baby that is fed a bottle too quickly, will act hungry after finishing, because she did not get her suck needs fulfilled.
- The average weaning age globally is 7 years old.
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