Dr. Nosheen Aqib-Gynecologist

5 breastfeeding facts for mothers:

1⃣ Your body is ready to 🤱🏻 from the moment your baby is born
2⃣ 🤱🏻 lowers stress & anxiety
3⃣ 🤱🏻 sets up a baby’s immune system for life
4⃣ 🤱🏻 fights infections
5⃣ The more you 🤱🏻 in the early days, the faster your body makes milk

Cooking food properly kills almost all dangerous microorganisms. 🍲

Be sure to cook food thoroughly, especially meat, poultry, eggs and seafood.🥘

Bacteria can survive in frozen temperatures, hence, once you thaw food, you shouldn't re-freeze it.

Let’s make breastfeeding and work, work!

Moms need at least 18 weeks paid maternity leave – preferably six months or more – with their job security protected by law.

How to cool off throughout a heatwave 👇

To help you prevent iron deficiency, eat iron-rich foods like:
🥩meat
🥚eggs
🟢 legumes (like beans, lentils and chickpeas)
🥬 dark leafy greens
🥜nuts and seeds

** UPDATED GUIDANCE PINNED AT THE TOP OF OUR PAGE **

The RCOG, The Royal College of Midwives and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health have published guidance on managing infection in . A Q&A for women and their families has also been developed.

RCOG President, Dr Edward Morris, said: “This guidance has been written to ensure maternity units across the country are providing consistent and safe care to women with suspected or confirmed infection, and that every effort is taken to minimise the potential spread of the infection to medical staff or other patients.”

View guidance here: https://fal.cn/36ZHJ and information for pregnant women and their families is here: https://fal.cn/36ZHI