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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, …
All Things Breastfeeding 55: Is it time for weaning? Knowing when it’s time to wean a baby is not always easy. When is it time to wean a baby? Only the family gets to decide! Once a baby is over six months of age families can start to get pressure from others. Is that baby …
From Barbara: Unresolved breastfeeding pain? How about this for a starting point, “Scientists know more about what’s in a tomato than what’s in human milk, according to Katie Hinde, a lactation researcher and associate professor at Arizona State University. (And we know twice as much about erectile dysfunction.)” Are you joking? I wish. We haven’t …
From Nancy: Worries about foremilk and hindmilk are very common. This is where a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. This has never been so true as in the ongoing debate about foremilk and hindmilk and their impact on breastfeeding. The misunderstandings around these concepts have caused anxiety, upset, and even led to breastfeeding …
Breastfeeding during emergencies used to be a topic about something that was happening somewhere else to someone else. However, now with the rise in tragedies that are happening everywhere in the world, breastfeeding during emergencies affects all of us. We know these emergency situations are increasing and will continue to do so as time goes …
From Nancy: I had the privilege of meeting April Foster, the author of this post, when I spoke in Napa, California about adoptive nursing. After my talk, “Transitioning to the Breast,” April approached me to tell me that many of the strategies I described had worked for her and her son, who she adopted at …
In this parent interview episode, we focus on Emily‘s experience with returning to work and breastfeeding, specifically going back to work after maternity leave, pumping at work, and continuing to breastfeed her baby. She worked as a hospital pharmacist in a fast-paced and high-pressure role, the type of job where taking a “break” for pumping at …