The Unexpected Quotes

“The group with official training in breastfeeding support are lactation consultants. Among these”
― Emily Oster, The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications

“The most important modifiable determinant of breast milk supply is demand. Greater demand for milk—from your baby”
― Emily Oster, The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications

“Lactogenesis II is considered “delayed” if the onset is more than three days postpartum (after seventy-two hours). This is common. In one study of almost 2,500 women”
― Emily Oster, The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications

“The short summary is that while there are some short-term benefits to the baby breastfeeding early in infancy—digestive health”
― Emily Oster, The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications

“But women with postpartum anxiety also tend to find themselves fixated on terrible things that could happen to the baby”
― Emily Oster, The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications

“It is important to distinguish postpartum depression from postpartum mood changes”
― Emily Oster, The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications

“A small percentage of women with OASIS have persistent issues”
― Emily Oster, The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications

“These risks of DVT and PE are higher in pregnancy for two reasons. First”
― Emily Oster, The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications

“There is also evidence of other kinds of harm from bed rest: it can increase depression”
― Emily Oster, The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications

“In this case”
― Emily Oster, The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications

“For about 80 percent of women with gestational diabetes”
― Emily Oster, The Unexpected: Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications