Here's a lactation trick humans can only marvel at:
A kangaroo mama often nurses two babies ("joeys") of different ages, meeting the individual nutritional needs of both simultaneously. She does this by producing milk of very different composition from each of her two breasts--one milk designed for the newborn and the other for the "toddler." Protein and fat content differ considerably between the breasts.
An American woman with a low-risk pregnancy who chooses a midwifery-led birth center for her maternity care is four times less likely to have a cesarean than if she chooses a hospital birth, according to a review published today in the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health.
The review highlights the findings of the National Birth Center Study II (NBCSII), which followed 15,574 women who planned and were eligible for birth center births at onset of labor.
