That time when my father bottlefed my 6-week-old orange juice while I napped.
It was 1991, and I was living in Oklahoma when my first baby was born. When she was 6 weeks old I traveled to Michigan to show off my...
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Wouldn't it be nice if we had gauges on the side of our breasts?
How to tell if your baby is getting enough if you don't have a gauge on side of your breast.
Can you overfeed a breastfed baby?
Ever wonder if you can overfeed a breastfed baby? Read my embarrassing La Leche League story and learn the lesson I learned the hard way.
IBCLC Day 2024!
It's IBCLC Day! What's an IBCLC, you ask? It's an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant. There are 37,000 IBCLCs in 134...
Breaking Down Barriers: How Lactation Rooms Empower Students and Faculty
Scrolling through LinkedIn recently, looking for lactation-related topics, I was SO pleasantly surprised to see my nursing school alma...
“Tit Bits” series: Exercise and Lactation… the ins and outs of working out throughout the ages
Throughout my “Tit Bits” series (subscribe to my email list to receive these!), I want to share how breastfeeding advice changes era to...
On Using Someone Else's Milk
Women have been sharing their milk (mainly by direct breastfeeding another baby) since time began. If mother died in childbirth or for...
Engineering Your Milk
I've had moms ask me a lot this month about melatonin in milk pumped at night, and whether they should separate out (label) their day...
Can we talk about tongue ties a minute?
What IS a tongue tie? You know that little string (sometimes prominent, sometimes hidden back further) under your tongue? That is called...
On Vaccinating while Breastfeeding
Through most of 2020 I was worried about carrying the Covid-19 virus, not knowing it, and then inadvertently passing it along to the...
When Your Daughter Becomes A Mother
I've been busy for the last month helping my daughter, Karalyn, become a mother. She lives in North Carolina, so traveling to her during...
Breastfeeding Via Zoom
When Covid hit the fan, many moms were sent home from the hospital with NO real plan for breastfeeding help if things weren't going well....
Will You Be a Car-Pumper?
Do you drive a lot for your job? Does the thought of going back to work after maternity leave stress you out? Are you scratching your...
Getting in the Mood with Leaky Boobs
I remember for my first shot at sex after having baby. I wore a gross, scratchy, white nursing bra (so I wouldn't leak all over). I...
15th Birthday Giveaway!
baby beloved has hit that fun teenager stage....yup, 15 years old on December 1st, 2019! Jamie Gortsema and I were working at a...
Choosing a Nursing Bra
Back in the "day" I had a lovely boutique combined with my lactation practice and we ROCKED at fitting women for nursing bras. You can't...
Swaddelini Magic
One morning this week I met with a mom because her baby (around 3 months) had suddenly gone on a nursing strike over the weekend. Then,...
On Breastfeeding in the Worst of Circumstances..
I've never written about my experiences helping breastfeeding moms in Greece in 2017 (with Syrian refugees). I looked over my notes from...
Pumping the Old School Way
Over my 25 years, I have seen pump models come and go, and I now stand in awe of the advances that have come for this next generation of...
Visiting the OB Ward in Vienna
On a really warm morning I took the U (subway) again to visit another one of my counterparts….a postpartum nurse at a hospital with...
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