A celebrity quote I read the other day got me wondering about breastfeeding and weight gain or loss. Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz, who currently stars in the comedy Definitely, Maybe, told The Sun:
‘I feel sexier after having a baby. I think you feel a lot more confident and much more appreciative of your body and what it’s capable of doing. I’ve got a lot more respect for it.’ She added, ‘When I stopped breastfeeding I gained some. It took me more than a year to get back to where I was.’
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I hear both sides from breastfeeding mothers: (1) some …read more

Well-child visits with the pediatrician almost always begin with taking the baby’s weight, height and head circumference measurements. The health care professional then plots those numbers on a growth chart and shows you where your child is on the chart, how your child’s growth is progressing, and whether the numbers fall in a higher or lower percentile on the growth curve than previous measurements. These measuring sessions either provide parents with reassurance if the child is in a particular percentile or growth curve, or spark a lot of worry if a child is not. How valuable is this tool for …read more