 Breast milk is the ideal food for all the babies. It has nutritionally everything. It provides the baby good immunity, therefore protect the baby from childhood illnesses. It makes the baby smarter. It has certain factors which help the baby's brain grow. It has equal advantages to mother. These mothers are at low risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer. These mothers have low risk of postpartum depression. They have low risk of postpartum haemorrhage. They have stronger bones later in life and lower risk of end efficiency anemia. Yes breastfeeding makes you lose weight. You burn 500 calories a day when you are breastfeeding and this is the best way this is the ideal way to lose weight without exercise. So you can enjoy yourself. You can come back to your pre-pregnancy way within 69 months post-delivery if you are breastfeeding your baby. If you're pumping out milk you can give it within four hours if you're storing it at room temperature. If you're using a refrigerator around four to six degrees you can use it up to four days but you will need to thaw it before giving and if you're using a freezer you can go up to a month. You cannot reheat breast milk but by thawing you can either thaw it in the refrigerator or you can thaw it in a warm water bath meaning you put the milk in its with its container in a warm bath check the temperature of the milk before you feed. Common causes why breast milk is insufficient is usually stress in the mother. So if you the most important thing to understand is breast milk is natural and hence if you're not stressed it will come naturally. If it is not coming then we have doctors and lactation consultants who will help you by guiding you what medications you can take what natural foods will help you. Commonly ginger, garlic and there are some medications available but I think the most important is a relaxed environment. There is no one particular food that increases breast milk or well balanced diet should be consumed by the lactating mothers but there are certain food items provided to the lactating moms for generations. These items are human seeds fennel seeds, garlic, dry fruits and green leafy vegetables. These items can be consumed in moderation but we don't have studies to prove that they increase the breast milk. Yes you can donate breast milk provided there is surplus milk. By surplus milk I mean that your baby should be well fed and should be growing and if there is still extra milk then it can be donated to the back. Before you become a donor you will undergo medical examination and certain tests to rule out any infection or chronic illness. The breast milk will also be examined and if everything is all right you can become a donor. Smoking and alcohol intake regularly can cause impaired cognition in the baby in a later life and better avoidance. You want to grow very quickly and they tell you empty very fast and they need to be fed frequently and regularly to it even if it takes to wake them up. A whole lot of benefits she tends to born well with the baby she loses the fight gained due to pregnancy very rapidly her uterus shrinks rapidly her risk of getting breast and ovarian cancer is very low in her later years because of breastfeeding and those women who have gestational diabetes malitis tend to progress very slowly to type 2 diabetes in their later years. Well all the respiratory infections of the mother whether can wear a mask and feed the baby safely. The only absolute contradiction is HIV. Hepatitis B virus is a relative contraindication because interpret this B virus infection to the mother. The baby is actively and passively immunized with immunoglobulins and so it's a relative contraindication she can mothers who are hepatitis B positive can safely improve the babies. There are very few conditions where a mother should strictly avoid breastfeeding her baby. Firstly if the mother is consuming certain drugs which are known to cause harm to the baby like anti-cancer drugs or immunosuppressants. Secondly if the baby is suffering from a disorder like inborn errors of petabolism but the baby is unable to digest breast milk is when it should be avoided. The breast milk overflows basically because of overproduction. This overproduction can be if the women inherently has a tendency to produce more milk. Secondly it could be because the woman is consuming certain drugs which can enhance the production. Lactating mothers should concentrate to exclusively breastfeed and avoid bodily feeds of their newborns. The feeding should always happen in a sitting at position avoid lying down position and feeding the baby. Avoid taking any medications without prior consultation of the obstetrician or the pediatrician. The humid breast milk immediately contains water followed by mixing composition with carbohydrates then fats and proteins. They contain many bioactive ingredients which are very important to protect the baby from infection and inflammation for the mutilation of the immune system of the newborn and to encourage colonization with a good bacteria in the newborn. Yeah this is also called as wet nursing or cross feeding when some other mother feeds the baby. So definitely you can do it. Provided the mother who is giving the breast milk is screened for all the infectious diseases like HIV, AIDS, AGMCV and always it is better to give the pumped breast milk in a safe container then feed the baby instead of directly putting the baby on the breast because it prevents the oral thrush. Definitely you can continue but before continuing always consult your healthcare worker. There are few contractifications where you cannot continue like meeting or when you are carrying multiple pregnancies or when you have abdominal pain. So there are some special special conditions for better to consult your doctor and then you can continue. Maintaining a good posture while feeding having a proper breast support especially while exercising and targeting a good healthy weight in the post pregnancy phase though not going for drastic weight reduction will help in a long way. Also one should be in the baby slowly and not drastically at one point one go. There are times and women have to store their breast milk for the reason of going to work or you know the baby being in an ICU and the milk has to be reached to the baby so they need to pump the milk out either with a breast pump or manually. So best way to put it is in a stainless steel container sometimes even a perfect jar can work but preferably a clean stainless steel container. Typically the breast milk can be kept at room temperature for four to six hours and if you need it needed to be used after later time you can keep it in the fridge for 12 to 24 hours as well. Once you want you to feed the baby and you can take the milk out of the fridge and you can keep it close to your body for about half an hour and let the milk temperature come down to the room temperature or the body temperature and if you're in a hurry you can put it in a bowl full of warm water and put the stainless steel container in it so that the milk comes down to room temperature sooner. If your breasts feel heavy before the initiation of a feed and feel light sooner after that's one sign and if your baby sucks peacefully with the teeth and a portion of the areola in her mouth and if she's exclusively breastfed and urinates five to six times a day you can be sure she's drinking milk. Paracetamol, some vitamin supplements, tetrazine and maybe Domstil can be safely taken during breast milk. For all other medications please check with your doctor. There is no good breastfeeding schedule per se but in the first few weeks of breastfeeding it should be usually on demand that is whenever your baby is hungry the baby should be fed. For the first one month usually it is about one, two, three hours and as the newborns get older dinners less often and may have more predictable schedule. Some may take even now once in 19 minutes some babies may take once in two to three hours but most of the time we should ensure that the newborns are not left unfit for more than four hours even if it is overnight. The newborn babies should be breastfed at least eight to twelve hours for the first month but once your baby is about one to two months old seven to nine times of breastfeeding per day should be sufficient enough. If it or not the milk starts producing in the bombs by about the second trimester usually about with pregnancies 16 to 22 weeks onwards. The first milk that gets produced is called Cholestrum which is really very high in carbohydrates, proteins and a lot of antibodies also develop to fight many diseases. Some moms to be usually have breast milk production even in the second and third trimester of the pregnancy and sometimes they tend to stain their bras which is yellow or orange stain and also have some small leak from the nipple and once the baby is born your body is spread up for breast milk production and the first feed that the baby takes in is called Cholestrum as I said and it's a harm-eval process.