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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Happy Halloween!
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Saturday, June 8, 2013
Exclusive Pumping: What You Should Know
When working with clients in pregnancy and in talking to friends, pumping comes up a lot. Sometimes I speak to mothers who wants to exclusively pump. While I commend any mother for choosing to give her infant the most optimal nutrition possible, there are some important things to consider about exclusively pumping.
If you feel strongly about pumping exclusively it is important to really identify your reasons, maybe the problems you have about breastfeeding at the breast can be solved with some support and counseling. In any case if you need to pump, even a little bit, it is important to discuss these with a qualified breastfeeding support person or lactation consultant.
- Pumping is a lot of work
- You run the risk of losing your supply.
- Pumping is more expensive.
- Pumping takes time away from bonding with your baby.
If you feel strongly about pumping exclusively it is important to really identify your reasons, maybe the problems you have about breastfeeding at the breast can be solved with some support and counseling. In any case if you need to pump, even a little bit, it is important to discuss these with a qualified breastfeeding support person or lactation consultant.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Capturing A Moment: Are Nursing Photos A New Trend? Maybe Not As New Of A Trend As You Think.
Photo Credit: Katherine Hunt, Studio 412 Imagery
Recently my friend, pictured above, had these gorgeous breastfeeding photos taken at a local breastfeeding support fundraiser. I would have loved to have had the wonderful moments and loving feelings associated with my breastfeeding experience captured in photo, but unfortunately it just wasn't that common. I asked around for some photographers who would do a breastfeeding photo shoot for me, and the only response I got was puzzled looks. In the last few years however, an increasing number of women are seeking to immortalize their experiences of becoming new mothers in pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding with photography. Some think it is a little odd or dismiss it at a new fad that will pass. In doing some research recently, I learned something surprising, breastfeeding photos are far from new. Check out some of these amazing photos from our past.
This one is my favorite...
[Sources: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University (direct link to daguerreotypes here); Marvelous Kiddo; liveauctioneers]
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Starting Southeast MMS
I am super excited to have this opportunity to provide my community with much needed services and supplies as they relate to breastfeeding.
It can be so challenging in much of our area to access the kind of care needed to continue breastfeeding problem free. Until now it was hard for my clients to find rental breast pumps when they needed them or purchase pumps that work efficiently enough for them to pump what they needed to. It was hard to find lactation consultants or other support persons to answer questions and make house calls.
In starting this practice I really set out to solve all of those common problems. I look forward to working with the moms and health care providers in this area and will continue to post tips and tricks on this blog.
Keep in touch and stay updated on what awesome things we are doing!
It can be so challenging in much of our area to access the kind of care needed to continue breastfeeding problem free. Until now it was hard for my clients to find rental breast pumps when they needed them or purchase pumps that work efficiently enough for them to pump what they needed to. It was hard to find lactation consultants or other support persons to answer questions and make house calls.
In starting this practice I really set out to solve all of those common problems. I look forward to working with the moms and health care providers in this area and will continue to post tips and tricks on this blog.
Keep in touch and stay updated on what awesome things we are doing!
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