KP Healthy Chat: Rocio Perez, MD, Pediatrician, Chats about Benefits of Breastfeeding for Babies and Moms
Posted on 01. Aug, 2012 by Kaiser Permanente in Excellent Care, Healthy Chats, Prevention
Dr. Rocio Perez, a Kaiser Permanente pediatrician chats about the benefits of breastfeeding. Watch the chat below. It took place on August 7th.
Watch Dr. Perez and her colleagues talk about the five things every mom should know about breastfeeding.
About Rocio Perez, MD
Rocio Perez is a pediatrician for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California. She practices general pediatric medicine at Kaiser Permanente Cudahy Medical Offices. Dr. Perez obtained her medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1999 and completed her residency in pediatrics at the Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center in her native Southern California. Dr. Perez joined the Permanente Medical Group in 2003.
JESSICA C
Aug 7th, 2012
I’m not sure I will be on this chat later but I do have a couple questions that I hope to get answered
1. Can you breastfeed and be pregnant at the same time? If so, do you recommend weaning as early as possible or can you breastfeed throughout the pregnancy?
2. My 5.5 mo old baby nurses throughout the night (we co-sleep). When should I expect my baby to lessen her feeding during the night to possibly transition to a crib? I work full time during the week, she doesn’t eat very much during the day, and will nurse like crazy when I get home from work.
JANE MYCROFT
Aug 6th, 2012
As a sidenote, both bf babies and formula fed babies can be little sumo wrestlers and have rolls of fat on their legs and arms. A bf baby however, once crawling and moving around, will lose that weight quickly but a formula fed baby does not hence the increase in the amount of obese children who have never lost the formula fat they accumulated in the first year of life.
ANITA
Aug 6th, 2012
Looking forward to this chat!
J
Aug 3rd, 2012
Dr. Perez,
I am breastfeeding my second child and as with the first, one breast is far more productive than the other, and this time
leaving one at least a cup size larger than the other (making me a little self conscious). Any tips on evening out production and therefore size? I try to start my son on the lesser side each time but it doesn’t seem to work. Any tips are appreciated. And congrats to you! Thank you!!
SFISHMAN
Aug 6th, 2012
Hi there! We will definitely add this to our list of questions tomorrow! We hope you can make it, but if not, check back afterwards to see the transcript
BENEFITS OF BREASTFEEDING FOR BABIES AND MOMS: ASK AN EXPERT — CENTER FOR TOTAL HEALTH | KAISER PERMANENTE
Aug 3rd, 2012
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