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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 feed they need to work on increasing their rate of milk production. Notice my terminology. RATE of milk production. All parents can usually make some human …

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: …

Why Do Milk Storage Guidelines Differ?

January 22, 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 92: Menopause and Nursing

January 15, 2025

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 …

All Things Breastfeeding Episode 91: Barbara Robertson’s Career 15 Year Update

January 2, 2025

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 …

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