Help for the Unexpected Challenges of Breastfeeding
After days of my son screaming in my face and refusing to latch, a drastic departure from his usual ravenous self, the dots started to connect. What if the copious amounts of poop,...
I have spent 3 years and 7 months (and counting) of my life breastfeeding. With the first, I was working full time and I pumped like it was my actual job, filling up that deep freezer. Pumping with my...
My breastfeeding journey was a complete and absolute blessing from God! I'm an older mom of advanced maternal age (49), and my daughter came into this world early at 33 weeks 4 days, weighing only 4 pounds, 6 ounces...
Two things were important to me when I had my first baby: breastfeeding (if I was able) and continuing my career. I really love working, which I know is not the case for all moms. It was a priority...
It's World Breastfeeding Week - celebrated every year from August 1st - August 7th. Each year, the organization chooses a theme and this years theme is "A Shared Responsibility". At this point in my life, I have been breastfeeding...
You can read all about my breastfeeding journeys here and here.
Betcha read this title twice thinking you had read it wrong.
I never imagined that I would regret breastfeeding but feared in the depths of my soul that I would...
In what now feels like a previous lifetime, I was once a corporate sales trainer. I worked with many different groups within our organization, from franchisees, to store managers, to sales associates.
We may look at some people and assume...
You may have read the title of this article and thought, "Why would anyone throw out breast milk?!" That's a very good question considering it IS liquid gold. It's the spilled milk that grown women literally cry over.
Now, nine...
I was three hours postpartum the first time I felt shamed for my choice. My husband and I were resting comfortably in our room at the hospital. We were playfully bickering over whose turn it was to snuggle our...
When I was expecting, I would cradle my pregnant belly and daydream about nursing my little one in a cozy corner of our home. I imagined the first few moments of his life would be spent on my chest...
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