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Sometimes being a woman sucks

April - 20 - 2017

More specifically, having a period because you're a woman sucks. Not only are there mood swings and cramps to deal with, there's also my monthly dip in milk production. Time to make some lactation cookies with extra chocolate chips and a cup of Mrs. Patel's…

Pumping Log: the pump room

April - 20 - 2017

I'm sure every workplace has their own unique style of pumping room. It is a place of sanctuary and safety for many nursing moms during the day. At the hospital where I work, we have an employee lactation room on the first floor. Inside are…

Make it a double

April - 16 - 2017

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…

Pumping Log: pumping is a full time job

April - 12 - 2017

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…

Pumping Log: Clogged Ducts

April - 8 - 2017

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…

Pumping Log: Nipple confusion??

April - 7 - 2017

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…

Pumping Log : Storage

April - 4 - 2017

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…

Pumping Log : Boosting Supply

April - 3 - 2017

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…

Pumping Log: periods and breast milk

March - 31 - 2017

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…

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