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Your Breasts Stopped Feeling Full. That Is Usually Not a Supply Drop.

Your breasts have gone soft and you are sure your milk is going. Here is what the loss of fullness actually signifies, the checks that do measure your baby's intake, and how to think about pumping when he will not take a bottle.

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Feeding6 min read

You Feed, Then Top Up, and Your Supply Still Has Not Risen

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A Doctor Told You to Take a Sabbatical for Your Child

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The Nappy-Free Six-Month-Old on Your Feed Is Not Potty Trained

The reels are describing something real — timed infant toileting, ordinary in Indian homes long before Instagram existed. But 'potty trained' is the wrong word for it, and the difference is the whole story.

4 Nov 2026

Overhead photo of palak paneer in a steel bowl on a wooden table, topped with cream, coriander and a carrot garnish, with fresh spinach leaves, paneer cubes and peeled garlic laid out beside it
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Your Paediatrician Says Skip the Vitamin A Dose. The Programme Says Give It.

Her paediatrician says a balanced diet is enough. The national programme says one lakh IU at nine months. Both positions have real evidence behind them — here is what that evidence actually says, and how to think about a population measure as an individual parent.

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Expecting

Pregnancy, hospital prep, and the fourth trimester.

Illustration of an Indian woman in late pregnancy sitting calmly in an armchair with her hands on her bump, talking with her doctor in a bright, modern consulting room
Pregnancy7 min read

Your Baby's Measurements Jumped and You Think You Caused It

A jump in abdominal circumference between two growth scans is not proof you harmed your baby — and not proof that nothing you ate mattered. Here is what those measurements actually measure, how much they can be trusted, and the honest shape of the evidence on later metabolic risk.

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Pregnancy6 min read

How Long an Induction Actually Takes, Stage by Stage

Induction is a sequence of separate steps with waiting in between — and for a first baby it often runs past a day. Here is what each stage is waiting for and roughly how long it takes.

28 Oct 2026

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Pregnancy7 min read

Induction at 37 to 38 Weeks for Gestational Diabetes When the Baby Looks Fine

Your scan weight is healthy and today's trace was reassuring, so why induce at 37 to 38 weeks? Here is the reasoning behind planning the date when gestational diabetes needs insulin, what the evidence shows about early-term birth and newborn blood sugar, and the questions to take to your next visit.

25 Oct 2026

Your Baby

Feeding, sleep, gear, and milestones — the India way.

Illustration of an Indian mother in a kurta sitting on a sofa in a bright urban living room, holding her contented baby, with a small bowl of mashed food and a spoon on the side table
Feeding6 min read

Your Breasts Stopped Feeling Full. That Is Usually Not a Supply Drop.

Your breasts have gone soft and you are sure your milk is going. Here is what the loss of fullness actually signifies, the checks that do measure your baby's intake, and how to think about pumping when he will not take a bottle.

5 Nov 2026

An Indian mother in a loose white top, against a bright plain background, looking down at the newborn she is holding in her arms
Feeding6 min read

You Feed, Then Top Up, and Your Supply Still Has Not Risen

If breastfeeding is supply and demand, why has yours not risen? Because the breast counts milk removed, not time spent feeding — and sometimes the cap is physical.

5 Nov 2026

An Indian mother and father standing together outside their home, the mother holding their calm, alert baby on her hip
Feeding6 min read

Eight Days, a Failed Suppository, and Now a Fissure

When a baby's constipation has not responded to first-line treatment and a fissure has appeared, the problem has changed shape. Here is what is actually happening, and the part of treatment families are rarely told about.

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