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Jenna Elfman’s “Rewarding” Breastfeeding Experience

When actress Jenna Elfman gave birth to son Story Elias three years ago, she was surprised when the whole breastfeeding thing didn’t come to her naturally. I had zero education about breastfeeding, she admits in an interview with Best for Babes. I thought you put the baby on the breast and they sucked and that was it.

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How to Help a Friend Lose Weight

Weight loss can be mentally, physically and emotionally challenging sometimes. When you have a good support system, the task seems much more doable. If you have a friend who also needs to lose weight, your powers combined could yield results you couldn’t achieve on your own. If you don’t need to lose weight, serving as a part of your friend’s support system can be a rewarding experience that helps bring you closer together.

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10 Reasons Why You Love Him

After years of dating, finding the person you want to spend the rest of your life with is a rewarding experience. As a couple, you endure trials and tribulations, but you use your love for each other to pull you through each experience. With each experience, you are reminded of why you love him.

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Dealing With Breast and Nipple Soreness When Breastfeeding

A highly rewarding experience with many health benefits for your child, breastfeeding may also come with its own set of problems for mothers, including breast and nipple soreness. Nipple pain is generally caused by nipple trauma such as cracks, abrasions, blanching, vasospasm (blood vessel constriction) and milk blisters. The baby’s latch traumatizes the nipple, causing painful injury or a blockage of pores and preventing the flow of milk. Breast pain problems include engorgement, plugged ducts, mastitis and thrush. Engorgement occurs when the breasts get very full and hard and sensitive. A plugged duct, in which the flow of breast milk gets blocked, may feel like a hard, tender area on one of your breasts. Plugged ducts are often a precursor to mastitis, which occurs when an infection leads to an inflammation of the breast. Mastitis can be very painful and is usually accompanied by a fever of 101.3 degrees F. According to Maureen Minchin in “Breastfeeding Matters,” mastitis occurs in 1/5 of breastfeeding women in the West. But, there are ways to relieve each of these problems, so that you can continue feeding and bonding with your baby.