When I First Started, I Had No Idea
9 years ago, when I was still pregnant with my daughter Isabel, I decided I would breastfeed her for 6 months. I didn’t make that determination based on my doctor’s recommendation. I didn’t make it...
View ArticleDon’t Give Up, Mom
When a mom is experiencing difficulty making enough milk for her baby, the usual suggestion from well meaning professionals is, “Nurse your baby more — your body will rally and you will make more milk...
View ArticleAway From Your Baby? Simple Strategies That Work
Breastfeeding: Sweet. Intimate. Close connection between mother and baby. It’s a lovely soft-focused kind of image, right? Unless you have to be separated from your baby for work or school. Then it’s...
View ArticleI’ve Never Been So Shocked….Were You?
The first time I saw a breast pump, I was shocked. Weren’t you? It looked like a midieval torture device, not like something I would willingly strap to my body multiple times a day! But, after...
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