In the hours and days after birth, when mothers are most vulnerable and most receptive to guidance, the advice they receive may be quietly working against them. A peer-reviewed evidence review published in the Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine finds that three widely practiced clinical beliefs — about the adequacy of early milk, the danger of pacifiers, and the utility of electric pumps — are rooted more in institutional habit than in science. The study, led by researchers at Sapienza University of Rome and drawing on seventy-eight studies across six continents, arrives as a quiet