Blog & Podcast

All Things Breastfeeding 61: Conversation with Laurel Wilson IBCLC!

April 29, 2025

A conversation with Laurel Wilson IBCLC! Yes, we were lucky enough that Laurel Wilson IBCLC reached out to us to do a podcast. We have been big fans of Laurel for a number of years. I attended a talk to hers in Grand Rapids a number of years ago and was hooked! Don’t know Laurel …

To Pump More Milk, Use Hands-On Pumping

April 22, 2025

From Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC, FILCA Would you like an effective method for pumping more milk? Until 2009, most of us assumed that when a mother used a breast pump, the pump should do all of the milk-removal work. But this changed when Jane Morton and her colleagues published a ground-breaking study in the Journal of Perinatology.The mothers in …

Myth or Fact: Never Wake a Sleeping Baby?

April 9, 2025

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: …

Increasing milk? A Blog and A Podcast!

April 2, 2025

Increasing milk? From Barbara: As an IBCLC, one of the most common reasons parents come to see me is that they are worried about their rate of milk production. They feel they need to work on increasing their rate of milk production. Notice my terminology: RATE of milk production. All parents can usually make some …

All Things Breastfeeding Episode 95: Lipase

March 19, 2025

What’s the deal with lipase? There was a recent paper published called Food-Derived Compounds Extend the Shelf Life of Human Milk. Nancy and Barbara found this very interesting and discuss the merits of the findings from this paper, what we actually know about lipase and human milk, and what should we be doing about lipase, …

Should All Breastfed Babies Have Above Average Weight Gains?

March 12, 2025

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: …

All Things Breastfeeding Episode 94: How to Become an IBCLC – Common Questions

March 4, 2025

How to become an IBCLC…. The answer to this is not as simple as we would hope! In this podcast Nancy and Barbara answer some of the most common questions people ask about how to become an IBCLC. Below is a description of the process. How to become an IBCLC The International Board of Lactation …

The Partner and the Nursing Baby

February 12, 2025

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: …

All Things Breastfeeding Episode 93: What’s the Deal with Infant Growth Spurts?

February 4, 2025

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 …

Is Your Formerly Nursing Baby Refusing to Breastfeed?

January 29, 2025

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: …

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