From Nancy Mohrbacher: Do older babies need night feedings? Has somebody told you that your baby doesn’t need to breastfeed at night past a certain age? This age often varies by advisor. However, science tells us that in many cases, this simply isn’t true. Why? Babies and mothers are different and these differences affect baby’s …
Milk Production Concerns
Want More Breastmilk Later? Tell Your Body You Want It From the Beginning
From Barbara: Want more breastmilk later? Tell your body you want it from the beginning? What do I mean by this? Biologically, it makes no sense that people who get pregnant and give birth struggle with breastmilk production. Literally this would be a bad design from nature and nature is an amazing architect. The normal …
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To Pump More Milk, Use Hands-On Pumping
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?
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!
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 …
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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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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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 …
Worries about Foremilk and Hindmilk
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 …