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22/11/2025

Sweet fruit may unlock the smoothest birth you never expected

Can a handful of dates truly change the entire birthing experience? According to a powerful new study, the answer might be yes.

Pregnant women who ate six dates a day for the last four weeks before their due date experienced major benefits during labor. They arrived at the hospital already 74% more dilated, had a 77% shorter first stage of labor, and were 42% less likely to need a C-section.

These are not small numbers. They hint at how something as simple and natural as a fruit can prepare the body for childbirth in powerful ways.

Dates are rich in natural sugars, fiber, potassium, and magnesium, which help muscles contract smoothly and provide steady energy. They also contain compounds that may help soften the cervix naturally, making it easier for labor to begin and progress.

Doctors and midwives are now paying attention to this once-overlooked fruit. While it’s not a guarantee, adding dates to your diet could be a natural, gentle way to support the body before one of life’s biggest moments.

This is a reminder that sometimes, ancient wisdom meets modern science in the sweetest ways. Nature always had the answers — we’re just starting to listen again.

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Decades of research have shown that round-the-clock fetal monitoring does not reliably predict fetal distress, and experts say it leads to many unnecessary surgeries. But it’s still used in nearly every birth in the U.S. because of business and legal concerns, a New York Times investigation found. https://nyti.ms/3WF7yLx

07/11/2025

La Fisiología del Parto

06/11/2025

When we talk about protecting breastfeeding, this is one of the most important conversations.

Hospital practices matter. A lot.

Research shows that babies who receive formula supplements in the hospital have 2.5 to 6 times higher risk of early weaning. Not because formula is “bad” or because those moms did not care. But because breastfeeding works on supply and demand, and early interference can disrupt that foundation before it even begins.

One study followed first time mothers who fully intended to exclusively breastfeed (Chantry et al., 2014). The researchers found that in hospital supplementation, even in small amounts, significantly increased the likelihood that breastfeeding would end earlier than planned. This was independent of maternal intention or motivation. So this is not about willpower. It is about physiology, education, and support.

There are times when supplementation is medically necessary and life saving. That is not what we are talking about here. We are talking about routine, unnecessary, or convenience based supplementation, often given before lactation support is offered, before baby is given time to nurse, or simply because a parent was told to “rest” or that “one bottle will not hurt.”

Except the science shows it can hurt.
Not emotionally or morally, but mechanically.

Early formula use can:
- disrupt the hormonal signaling that establishes milk production
- decrease infant time at the breast and weaken latch practice
- lead parents to believe the baby was hungry when the baby was simply cluster feeding
- reduce parental confidence and increase self doubt
- set the feeding journey on a more difficult path

Breastfeeding is a learned behavior for both mother and baby, and those first hours and days are powerful. Parents deserve accurate information, hands on help, and the chance to make decisions based on evidence rather than pressure, fear, or convenience culture.

This is why Baby Friendly practices exist.
This is why immediate skin to skin matters.
This is why lactation support in the hospital matters.
This is why informed consent around supplementation matters.

When supplementation is needed medically, we support it. Always. When it is not needed, parents deserve support, not subtle sabotage.

Breastfeeding should not depend on luck.
It should depend on education, support, and evidence based care.

06/11/2025

La Liga de la Leche invita a EMBARAZADAS y madres amamantando, a la reunión mensual donde discutimos cómo tener un mejor comienzo en su parto y lactancia. Para participar te registras en www.lalechepr.org/events o por WhatsApp (787)360-7749

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