Melissa Hanna cofounded Mahmee (pronounced like mommy) with her mother, a maternal health expert and self-proclaimed 'guru.'
Now, her venture firm is backing a startup that is trying to solve this crisis.
The pediatrician will monitor the baby's weight and will note if their growth is not growing normally — but they're likely out of the loop on whether or not the mother is having issues with breastfeeding that might be the cause. For her part, the mother may be working with a lactation consultant, but that specialist may not know about the baby's growth.
"If you don't have that perspective on the mom and the baby's health, how are you going to be able to proactively provide care to this family?" Melissa Hanna asked."It's a missed opportunity to deliver preventative medicine, so we developed the ability to aggregate and analyze all this data over time.
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