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Nancy and Barbara hope to make your job easier by crafting evidence-based answers to commonly asked questions (like this post), which you have our permission to share. It offers information both you and nursing parents may want or need, and ways to express it that you may find helpful in your clinical setting. From Nancy: …
What’s the deal with infant growth spurts? The fact is we aren’t sure. One theory is that the babies are growing faster so needed more calories. The idea is the babies ate more frequently because they needed more food! However, a recent 2024 systematic lit review shows that this is most likely not true. It …
Nancy and Barbara hope to make your job easier by crafting evidence-based answers to commonly asked questions (like this post), which you have our permission to share. It offers information both you and nursing parents may want or need, and ways to express it that you may find helpful in your clinical setting. From Nancy: …
Nancy and Barbara hope to make your job easier by crafting evidence-based answers to commonly asked questions (like this post), which you have our permission to share. It offers information both you and nursing parents may want or need, and ways to express it that you may find helpful in your clinical setting. From Nancy: …
Nancy and Barbara discuss a new article that came out in 2024, Association of lifetime lactation and characteristics of menopause: a longitudinal cohort study. The study was a large study (20,000 women) in Canada and it looked at the length of breastfeeding, overall years/months of breastfeeding and the onset of menopause. Breastfeeding and women are …
From Barbara: This is an update to what has been going on in my life with my businesses. An interesting story! Enjoy! A few summers my sister’s fiancee and I were talking about my career and how I got to where I was now with my work and career. He asked with confusion on his …
From Nancy: How Much Milk Should You Expect to Pump? Do you ever have parents second-guess their milk production after pumping? Do they compare it with the volume of milk their friend or neighbor pumps? Do they compare it with the milk they pumped for a previous baby? Before they start to worry, they first …
From Nancy: Is infant feeding a choice? Many of us talk about breast or bottle as a choice. I used to think that way, too. But I’m beginning to see it differently. On November 1, I had the privilege of speaking to a group of amazing and inspiring British women who work with breastfeeding mothers …
Barbara and Nancy discuss the ABM 2022 Mastitis Protocol. Both Nancy and Barbara feel this Protocol is a step in the right direction! However, we don’t agree with everything and you can see others feel the same way. Listen and find out! The ABM (Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine) Mastitis #36 Protoco replaces Protocols #4, #20, …