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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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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Auf wiedersehen, Wien! Stillen in Austria, Part I
I'm writing on the long plane ride home after a lovely trip to Vienna, Austria. My husband and I attended a medical education conference...
Why didn't my mother breastfeed me?
As far back as I can tell, every baby in my lineage was breastfed until me and my siblings. My grandmother nursed all seven of her...
This baby has a badass mother.
I helped her mama to breastfeed almost a year ago, and I had the pleasure of getting together for breakfast to talk about what went...
Becoming a young mother.
I got married during my last semester of college (the ripe old age of 20) and soon after graduation moved to Oklahoma City with my new ...
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