As the holidays approach, many people find themselves heading to airports. The TSA predicts that more than 25 million people will travel through TSA checkpoints during Thanksgiving weekend alone. Undoubtedly, among those will be many nursing mothers. As a nursing mother, Read more…
Being a mom while serving in the United States military isn’t always easy. Deployments, training, and often unorthodox hours all add to the complexities of being a working mother. But breastfeeding in uniform makes things is likely to be present Read more…
Making choices is seldom easy. I hear this all the time. Women tell me about the choices they’ve made–or they let others make choices for them. Sometimes, women feel hesitant to make choices. Maybe they feel compelled to make “easier” Read more…
A 2017 article says that about 50% of millennials have at least one piercing other than the soft tissue of the ears. And, up to 20% of U.S. adults have at least one tattoo. Removal of a tattoo is another example of Read more…
Wouldn’t it be grand if you could successfully influence mothers, bosses, friends, and everyone you know to promote, support, and protect breastfeeding? What if I told you that you and other healthcare professionals can influence others in this way—and more—by Read more…
For various reasons, older babies might abruptly stop wanting to nurse. As I explained in a recent podcast, parents have many misconceptions about weaning. Often, parents misinterpret a nursing strike as “she weaned herself.” There is strong evidence that babies Read more…
Nursing mothers are often told that eating chocolate while breastfeeding makes babies irritable and fussy because it contains caffeine. That’s a myth. In fact, it’s a myth within a myth. But there are more considerations to look at before jumping Read more…
Not every breastfeeding mother wants or needs an in-person visit along with the pressure of showing up at the appointed time. Not everyone needs to have the one-on-one expertise of an IBCLC. Going to a support group might not appeal Read more…
What’s that? You see this picture and you’re thinking, “Is Marie the birthday girl?” Oh, no, much better than that! Waaaaaaay MUCH better than that! (More on that in a minute.) I can honestly say I have enjoyed every live Read more…
1. Therapeutic In our recent podcast interview, Maya Bolman, RN, IBCLC, and Ann Witt, M.D., make the distinction between hand expression, breast massage, and therapeutic breast massage in lactation. Although these are all related, they are different. 2. Roll Using Read more…