Coconut Oil Increases Beneficial Properties in Human Breast Milk
I found this article in my inbox and I wanted to share with my readers. Lately, I’ve been using my coconut oil as a moisturizer and have loved it. It smells good and there aren’t any chemicals in it! Come to find out, it’s good for breast milk too. I typically buy my organic extra [...]
Tallahassee: Baby’s Friend or Foe?
I listened in on a very interesting conference call today. The call was about Best Fed Beginnings, which is an effort to help hospitals nationwide make quality improvements to maternity care to better support mothers and babies to be able to breastfeed. This project will address the need to improve hospital practices to support [...]
Our Breastfeeding Journey – Back to Work
I was scheduled to go back to work when Gabriel was 13 weeks. I was grateful for the three months I had with him after he was born, but I was dreading… DREADING, going back to work. Instead of being excited that he was growing and getting bigger each week, I got more and more [...]
My (and River’s) Breastfeeding Journey
This is a breastfeeding story written by a dear friend and doula client of mine. She is one of the sweetest people I have been blessed to know and is an incredible mother. Please take the time to read her story, as every woman has a story we can learn from. My friend’s story would [...]
Our Breastfeeding Journey – The First Six Weeks
The first six weeks of breastfeeding is a learning experience. And there is a big learning curve for both baby and mother. Even if breastfeeding is going very well, everyone is learning a lot and getting used to the breastfeeding relationship. Once I got Gabriel home from our birth center, I was completely smitten. I [...]
Our Breastfeeding Journey – Immediate Post Partum
Immediately after I pushed Gabriel into this world I was on cloud nine, but also in a state of shock as I came out of my laborland stupor, and it felt VERY surreal. When I think about how long we waited until we attempted breastfeeding, I honestly can’t remember time. It’s like time didn’t exist [...]
Our Breastfeeding Journey – Pregnancy
My sister-in-law had her first baby three months before my first baby was due. I remember talking with her when we were both pregnant wondering what breastfeeding would be like – if it would hurt and how we couldn’t wait to do it. We really wanted to nurture, comfort and feed our babies. After she [...]
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