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 …
Answers to Lactation FAQs
All Things Breastfeeding Episode 95: Lipase
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?
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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The Partner and the Nursing Baby
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?
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 …
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Is Your Formerly Nursing Baby Refusing to Breastfeed?
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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Why Do Milk Storage Guidelines Differ?
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
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 …
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How Much Milk Should You Expect to Pump?
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 …
Is Infant Feeding Really a Choice?
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 …