June 22nd, 2008
Welcome to the June Carnival of Breastfeeding: Pumping It Up! Check out all the contributions on the topic of pumping and hand expression at the end of this post.
Here at Breastfeeding 1-2-3 I am pleased to share this guest post from Holly, whose son has benefited from her exclusive pumping over the last 10 […]
By Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor -- 5 comments
June 3rd, 2008
Some women end up with a bountiful stash of frozen breast milk — be it from oversupply, a baby in the NICU, or an infant who turns out to be allergic to something in the milk pumped so far. Some of those women are moved to donate the excess milk to a non-profit milk bank. […]
By Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor -- 11 comments
April 21st, 2008
Welcome to the April Carnival of Breastfeeding, “Thrush and Mastitis and Blebs, oh my!” This month several contributors share their experiences with different breastfeeding challenges and offer links and resources for overcoming those challenges. First I will talk about using gentian violet or grapefruit seed extract as alternative remedies for thrush, but make sure to […]
By Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor -- 6 comments
February 14th, 2008
~ Janya, a regular commenter here at Breastfeeding 1-2-3, shared her breastfeeding article OUCH! When Breastfeeding Hurts: The Lacto Files over at the new online women’s magazine Betty Confidential. Her description of thrush sounds just like what I hear from so many moms!
~ Whether or not to vaccinate is a hot debate among breastfeeding mothers. […]
By Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor -- 1 comment
December 5th, 2007
Do you support breastfeeding in public? What does “public” include? The mall, the park, a restaurant? What about in church (or any house of worship)? That last category seems to be really problematic. Some churchgoers feel very strongly opposed to babies breastfeeding in church. Apparently babies belong in the nursery or the “cry room” (what […]
By Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor -- 8 comments
October 23rd, 2007
Today’s guest post comes from Kate at Babylune. She tells the beautiful story of how she has found creative and loving ways to identify and meet her daughter’s needs throughout the weaning process.
Now I Just Cuddle on Demand
Weaning. I’ve wanted to do it for almost a year, but I am just getting around to it […]
By Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor -- 2 comments
April 21st, 2007
Kathleen Huggins, RN, MS, IBCLC is the author of The Nursing Mother’s Companion: Revised Edition and The Expectant Parents’ Companion. She’s also the co-author of two other books The Nursing Mother’s Guide to Weaning and Nursing Mother, Working Mother, revised editions of which were released last week. Ms. Huggins is a registered nurse, certified lactation […]
By Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor -- 3 comments
April 10th, 2007
I happened to catch the Oprah show today about siblings. The first guests were the Harris sextuplets, the only set of African-American sextuplets to survive. Their mother Diamond Harris explained how she and her husband used intrauterine insemination to conceive. At first they were told they were having twins, then a subsequent ultrasound showed five […]
By Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor -- 4 comments
March 14th, 2007
A reader shares her experience breastfeeding triplets! Enjoy this Q&A with Julie:
Tell us a little about yourself and your three children!
I am 23 years old and active duty Navy. I’ve been in the Navy for three years. I’ve been married for four years, and my husband just graduated from college in December. […]
By Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor -- 2 comments
March 8th, 2007
My two-year-old is feeling much better today. Yesterday she couldn’t keep down any food in spite of her interest in solids. I told her that she could have food again once she stopped spitting up and in the meantime she could nurse. She was alright with that but told me that she’d be all better […]
By Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor -- 2 comments
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