Vitalism Wellness-Prenatal Massage

Heading to the pool with your baby this summer?

If your little one gets hungry, thirsty, overwhelmed, excited, tired, or simply wants to reconnect, breastfeeding at the pool is completely normal.

Many parents are surprised to learn that there is no need to limit breastfeeding around pools. Human milk contains living substances that help protect babies from viruses and bacteria they may encounter in everyday life, including through pool water.

For babies, breastfeeding is about so much more than food. It provides comfort, reassurance, hydration, connection, and a familiar place to return to during a busy day of new sights, sounds, and splashing.

At La Leche League Canada, we believe families should feel welcomed and supported wherever they choose to feed their babies. That's why we've created a Breastfeeding and Pools Guide for aquatic staff and facility team members. The guide helps foster welcoming spaces where breastfeeding families can enjoy community pools and aquatic centres without worry. https://www.lllc.ca/sites/default/files/Breastfeeding%20at%20Aquatic%20Centres%20.pdf

Breastfeeding is welcome wherever babies are welcome.

What's one pregnancy Myth you believed before you got pregnant? I'll go first: I truly believed that eating spicy food would make me go into labor.

How long will it take pump companies to get the message they're spending money on the wrong sized "default" flanges included in their pumps??

Can you spare a minute to help Christina Bradshaw? 488 signatures are still needed! Save the North Shore Birth Center at Beverly Hospital!

South African woman gives birth to 10 babies in Pretoria - reports Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37, was astonished by decuplets after scans only showed eight in the womb.

This class is being taught by the amazingly fabulous Daniella Nowicki of Nurture Nature Doula Service.

Yes!