Each baby adjusts to breastfeeding differently, just as each mom’s breasts release milk differently. Light coughing or sputtering, especially just when starting out to breastfeed, is normal, and just a sign that your baby is adjusting to the process and the flow of the milk.

A newborn baby should spend the majority of the day sleeping, waking every four hours or so to eat. If the baby is not waking on his own, or seems uninterested in eating regularly, it may be a sign of illness, and the baby should be inspected by the doctor.

An egg lives 12-24 hours after leaving the ovary

Most experts think that several factors, including genetics, could play a role. Women with PCOS are more likely to have a mother or sister with PCOS.

Hypothalamic amenorrhea occurs when the hypothalamus, a gland in the brain that regulates body processes, slows or stops releasing gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), the hormone that starts the menstrual cycle.

The diagnosis of POF or POI is made with FSH hormone blood testing, often supplemented with AMH levels and ovarian antral follicle counts.