They say you can't over feed a breast fed baby. They're usually pretty good about taking what they need and stopping when they're full. This is because of stomach and breast anatomy. Remember how sucking and milk flow rate at the breast are different than…
I'm a lactation consultant. I'm also a first time mother. My daughter will be nine months old next week. I went back to work when she was just twelve weeks old. I've been pumping since then. No one told me how much work that would…
Clogged milk ducts are no fun. My ducts clogged several times when I started nursing. With immediate action, I was able to clear the duct in a few hours and nursing returned to normal. These are signs that you might have a clogged duct: a…
Nipple confusion. While many moms who are going back to work trying to get their babies to take their milk from a bottle, many of them are also frustrated when the baby refuses to take one. Their baby turns away, arches her back, pushes the…
We've talked a bit about increasing milk supply and about pumping. So now that we have all this yummy milk, what are we going to do with it? Let's talk about milk storage. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers ranges of…
Every working mother I know it's concerned about her milk supply. We are terrified that if we don't make enough milk while at work our babies will starve to death. I've had my moments of discouragement where I, too, feel like a failure as a…
While we may affectionately call them jugs, breasts do not work like standardized cartons of milk. As I already discussed in specious post, the volume of breast milk pumped during the day varies by many factors. If stress and eating and hydration and life aren't…
Every pumping session is a new session. Calories in breast milk range from 13-35 calories per ounce. The average amount of calories in typical breast milk around 20-22 calories. This fluctuation is due to changing fat content. The amount of fat in human milk changes depending…
What's in my pumping bag. A well stocked pumping bag is the most essential item you will need when you go back to work. Packing the bag efficiently and with necessities can help eliminate stress and worry while pumping at work. Here are a few…
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