The emotions of having a new baby can be complicated: joy, sadness, love, anxiety. Postpartum can be a rough time for lots of families. The Dane County Perinatal Network is a great resource for parents that are looking for support with the sometimes overwhelming sadness and worry that can come with a new baby. They…
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Does breastfeeding really need to be interrupted?
It is easy to forget that breastfeeding is much more than just breastmilk. When a nursing mama is sick and needs medical care it can be super stressful to bottle feed, pump & dump – even if her baby is still getting her milk that she expressed earlier. Because of this, it’s a good idea…
Breastfeeding Promotion from China
Cuteness alert! These are sweet animations. http://youtu.be/2R5_Wdz9zgc
More basic biology of milk-making
I was super excited to see this article reporting on research coming out of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. So many women I see struggle with low milk supply and there are very few answers for them. There is just a lot of basic biology of making milk that we don’t understand. This research is trying to…
Hand Expression
Hand expression is so useful: engorgement, pump broken, away from baby longer than expected. It is a skill that is easier to learn by watching and doing than by reading about it. We’re lucky to have internet video now for learning by watching. Practicing in the shower can be a good way to learn by…
Breastfeeding in the US – in a nutshell
I think one of the most interesting parts of this is the comparison of breastfeeding rates in the US at one year with the UNICEF survey of rates at two years. What is it about other cultures that makes long-term breastfeeding so much more achievable? Source:LiveScience
Snuggling baby skin to skin
My fourth birth went from being a planned homebirth to a vacuum-assisted, epidural-numbed hospital birth. One of the things that worried me a lot about this transfer was how we would do with breastfeeding. My first birth and breastfeeding experience had been really challenging, at least in part because we had a rough birth and…
Is eating good food too expensive?
Breastfeeding is about lots of things but one of the biggest ones is nutrition. Many families choose breastfeeding and breastmilk because it is the best food for babies. Breastfeeding is also generally the cheapest way to feed a baby. (I’m not going to get in to calculating some value attached to the time mamas spend…
Doulas are awesome…
I don’t think I can say this often enough: The easiest way to get breastfeeding off to a good start is a birth that is as natural as possible. Of course a natural birth doesn’t guarantee that breastfeeding will be trouble-free and birth interventions don’t mean that breastfeeding won’t go just fine. It is just…
Great latch article
My friend Nora just gave me a heads-up on this article by Fleur Bickford on the Best for Babes site. There are so many unhelpful things out there about latch – so many detailed instructions about specific positions that don’t actually work for all mothers and babies. Many of these detailed instructions seem to put…
Madison Breastfeeding Help 