Things They Never Told Me: Allergies and Intolerance

Grace was born on January 28, 2013 after a long difficult pregnancy. She was a healthy 9 lbs 14 ounces and aside from some blood sugar issues, had a complication free birth. She latched quickly and seemed to love nursing! When Grace was a month old, she had an episode of vomiting then stopped breathing.…

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Babywearing and Breastfeeding During the Holidays

Babywearing is useful during all seasons, but there are many added perks to wearing during the chaos that is the holiday season. 1) Travel: Airports during the holiday season tend to be even more busy and stressful than normal. The convenience of being about to put your infant in a SSC or reign in a…

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Weaning

I’m not ready.  I don’t think she is either.  Mother nature gave us no choice. I found out I am pregnant with unexpected baby number 4 in July.  I am incredibly happy to have this blessing.  Blessed.  Excited.  Joyous. But also sad.  I knew eventually my milk may dry up and it seems that unlike…

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Breastfeeding and Oversupply

Last month I wrote to you about low milk supply and how to combat the challenges that it presents.  If you missed it but it sounds like something you are struggling with please check it out!  You can find the link HERE.  If you are on the opposite end of the spectrum and think you…

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The Truth About Low Milk Supply

Last week was officially “World Breastfeeding Week” but many organizations are celebrating all month long.  If you are or have breastfed a baby (regardless of how long you did it) give yourself some credit.  Breastfeeding can be really hard!  In honor of Breastfeeding Month I wanted to write about a topic that affects a lot…

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Things they never warned me about!

Recently I was chatting with friends about our birth experiences. Some of us gave birth in a hospital, some at home, some induced, some c-section, some with an epidural, some without. We all have different experiences. The interesting thing I learned is how many of us felt uninformed or unsure about things during our first…

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Weaning

My son has officially been weaned for about a month and half.  He just turned twenty-two months old at the beginning of April.  When the topic of weaning is brought up in my mommy groups I get asked two questions all of the time: 1) Am I OK with my son weaning and 2) How…

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Unique Situations: Large Breasts

I have large breasts. I mean really large. The kind that you have to go to a special store to buy a bra for. The kind where a bra costs almost the same as a shopping trip to Whole Pay…I mean foods. I have always been pretty well endowed. My mother was larger with a…

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2017: Year in Review: Breastfeeding Edition

I rang in 2017 as a non breastfeeding woman.  At 30 weeks pregnant, I had weaned my son early on in my pregnancy.  I was looking for ward to becoming a breastfeeding mama again and all of the challenges and rewards that breastfeeding brings. At that point I had nursed 2 kids. I nursed my…

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