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Expert: Sageda El-Abbasy - 9/2/2008


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Hi, I had my period when my second son was 5 months old. With my older son, I had my period back when he was 9 months old. My older son wasn't sleeping through the night and nursed day and night, but my younger sleeps through the night and that is possibly why I had my period earlier. My concern is that the milk quality decreases when the mother gets her period back. Is this true? Is it less nutritious?

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Hello,
I believe that it is true that you had your period earlier due to having to breast feed less.  Your milk supply might seem a little bit lower during your period but this would only last a few days and then it would get back to normal.  Don't worry, I believe that your baby will get as much nutrition as your older son had.

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Sageda El-Abbasy

Expertise

I can answer questions reagrding correct positioning for breast feeding, mastitis and how to deal with it, and increasing milk supply. I'd like to encourage and help women to continue breast feeding for the longest period possible. I can also help identify whether a woman is pregnant or not and what symptoms to look out for.

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I've been pregnany before and I read a lot of articles and sevral books about the subject. I've also suffered from mastitis three times myself and was able to identify it and deal with it the last two times.

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Took a course about Developmental Psychology in University while studying for my bachelor's degree. It covered pregnancy and breastfeeding as well as the child's psychology up till the age of 10.

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