World Breastfeeding Week 2024

🍼 Welcome to World Breastfeeding Week! 🍼

Join us from August 1-7 as we celebrate and support breastfeeding. This week, we'll share valuable tips, resources, and encouragement to help you on your breastfeeding journey. Stay tuned for daily posts!

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Day 1: Tips and Tricks for Breastfeeding

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Day 2 - Tips and Tricks for Breastfeeding

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Day 3: Traditional Medicines

🍃 Stinging Nettle Tea 🍃

Stinging Nettle tea is a powerhouse before and during pregnancy, packed with Vitamins A, C, D, Calcium, Phosphorus, Iron, and Sulphur. It boosts breastmilk richness and quantity!

Harvest Tips:

- Wear gloves due to stinging hairs

- Harvest in late spring/early summer

- Look near streams/banks

🍃 Raspberry Leaf Tea 🍃

Raspberry Leaf tea supports breastmilk production and is beneficial before and during pregnancy. It's a blood tonic rich in Vitamins A, C, B, E, Magnesium, Calcium, Iron, and Phosphorus.

Harvest Tips:

- Found in woodland clearings

- Use top first-year leaf growth

- Harvest in spring/early summer before berries form

🌿 Cedar 🌿

Note: Do not ingest while pregnant

Cedar is protective, removes negativity, and supports healing from past traumas and grief. It's detoxifying and high in Vitamin C. Use it for smudges, baths, washes, and sprays.

Harvest Tips:

- Harvest all year long

- Use clean scissors/snippers to avoid tree infection

- Found in wooded areas near water

🌿 Wild Mint Tea & Wash 🌿

Wild Mint is anti-inflammatory and anti-rheumatic, easing muscle and menstrual cramps, and lowering fevers. Cold tea compresses help with aches, arthritis, mastitis, and fevers.

Harvest Tips:

- Found along water banks and in meadows

- Harvest from summer to early fall

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Day 4: Did You Know?

Day 4: DIY Muslin Blanket

Make your own simple no sew muslin blanket, perfect for breastfeeding in public and later as part of your baby’s sacred bundle. Feel at ease while maintaining eye contact and comfort with your baby.

Materials Needed:

- Scissors

- 1 meter of muslin material (breathable)

Steps:

- Cut the meter of muslin material in half from the top, creating two blankets.

- Tie the two top corners together.

- Put it over your head.

- Breastfeed your baby, enjoying the space for eye contact.

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Day 5: Did You Know?

Newborns have a strong sense of smell and can recognize the unique scent of your breastmilk. This is why your baby will turn their head towards you when they're hungry. Embrace this special bond and enjoy the moments of connection.

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