bébé blog - Pregnancy, Babies, Breastfeeding, & Beyond

The number one reason women stop breastfeeding is “Misperceived low milk supply syndrome” or in other words, “too much information/over thinking”. Often, the more information you have at your fingertips, the more you doubt your own instincts. Before technology, women would ask their friends, mother, sister, aunt, cousin, grandmother for guidance through pregnancy-birth-breastfeeding & parenting. Putting that into numbers, she may have received advice...

When perfecting your latch, there are three easy steps that can help you achieve comfortable and successful breastfeeding. I call these steps, “my latch mantra”, and this is how it goes… My Latch Mantra 1. Nose to Nipple This seems counterproductive, that is until you think about it. When you are positioning your baby the goal is to line up baby’s sweet nose with...

Before having children of my own and entering a whole new world I had never heard of Exclusive Pumping – often abbreviated as EP. As a mental health counselor with a specialty in pregnancy spectrum I have moms in my office each week brought to tears – some breastfeeding related. As soon as a mom mentions the thought of breastfeeding, people jump on board...