Second night syndrome. The word syndrome. It implies something is wrong when in reality everything is going as expected. For nine months your baby has been in your belly and connected in every way. Their existence controlled by the cycles of your body. Then the…
You were probably told breastfeeding would be this incredible biological postpartum weight loss plan. While that may be true for about 1/3 of people, most of us hold on to our weight regardless of how much boob juice we make. When you breastfeed, fat cells…
What's true for most is never true for all. There is a bell curve to human anatomy and physiology. What you are taught is the middle of the curve: what most people do. But there is such a wide variety of normal, the people at…
SWEATY AND STICKY Do you feel hot, sticky, sweaty, sopping wet and a little stinky? Welcome to motherhood. It does get better. There is an actual biological point to leaking from every pore and that weird stench that accompanies it. Not all of our senses…
A milk bleb happens when the nipple pore gets blocked/clogged by a piece of skin or a small amount of hardened breast milk. It usually looks like a white dot on the nipple and the pain tends to be focused at that spot and just…
You're happily pumping to your usual routine. You throw that bag of liquid gold in the freezer, proud of what your body can make to feed your baby. But when you come back the next day the bag is still liquid. Puzzled, you hit up…
Smoking and breastfeeding. In a nut shell: try to quit or decrease smoking when breastfeeding, but it's better to breastfeed while smoking than to formula feed and continue to smoke Smoking can cause low milk supply/milk let-down issues for you and your baby is at…
Tummy Time is one of baby’s first exercises! It is a crucial exercise for baby’s motor, visual, and sensory development. We’re encouraging baby to use their core strength and rotate their head from side to side. It also helps with digestion and frequent tummy time…
Milk is made from your blood, so what you drink can impact your milk supply. 💦 How much water should you be drinking? There are some ridiculous answers out there. If your breast milk production has decreased, helpful people may suggest that you chug tons of…
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