Breastfeeding Through Pregnancy and Beyond
By Emma Pickett IBCLC Let’s imagine you are breastfeeding your toddler and you discover you’re pregnant. It’s a much wanted pregnancy but perhaps you…
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The Breastfeeding Dad
By Emma Pickett, IBCLC I worked with a new family for the second time today. I won’t go into too much detail but things…
Three Things To Keep In Mind When Tandem Feeding
By Anna Stoyanoff Eat up When I became pregnant with my second child, I started to research what kind of energy intake would be…
Is THIS Normal? The First Week With a Breastfeeding Newborn
By Emma Pickett, IBCLC I’ve been taking calls from new parents on the National Breastfeeding Helpline since it opened in 2008. Calls often begin with a…
Breastfeeding: Arm Yourself For Success!
By Rowena Gray, IBCLC Surviving the sea of conflicting information and misinformation in the first days and weeks. In a world of seemingly endless…
Baby Led Latching: What Is It and How do You Do It?
By Cherie Raymond The concept of ‘Baby Led Latching’ is so endearing and natural. It’s the opposite of the techniques I experienced in hospital…
Thank You For Breastfeeding in Public, I Know It Can Be Scary
By Emma Pickett, IBCLC People ask for a lactation consultant’s help for lots of different reasons. We often see people at one of the…
Basically, Women Have Superpowers: Mum Works Out Time Spent Breastfeeding
By Hannah Schenker Jenny Tamas has done a little math…about breastfeeding! She worked out just how much time she spent breastfeeding her daughter over…
Breastfeeding: What You Need To Know
By Fiona Chapman Breastfeeding is best for you and your baby. We know that. There is no denying the amazing benefits. There are also…
Low Milk Supply 101
By Emma Pickett, IBCLC Forgive me for asking but… Do you REALLY have low milk supply? This is a very important place to start….
How To Relieve Trapped Wind In Your Baby – A Simple Technique
By Hannah Schenker As adults, we know how uncomfortable it can get if you have wind trapped in your digestive system. Babies are no…
Breastfeeding for 2 Months Halves The Risk of SIDS, Study Says
By Hannah Schenker New parents live in fear: fear that their babies will die in their sleep. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, is…
Eating Peanuts While Breastfeeding Could Help Prevent Allergies
By Hannah Schenker A new study by researchers at the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba and the University of Manitoba and published in…
Getting Your Breast Pump to Work the Best For You
By Hannah Schenker with Express The Best Expressing breastmilk is something that comes in handy for many mothers. You may want to express milk…
Breastfeeding in Real Life: The Public Breastfeeding Awareness Project
By Hannah Schenker #NormaliseBreastfeeding is a thing because in some parts of the world, women are still getting hassled for feeding their babies. In…
Breastfeeding Beyond the Cultural Norm…
This article originally appeared in Issue #2 of The Natural Parent Magazine Breastfeeding long-term is undoubtedly a growing phenomenon and mothers are increasingly willing…
Five Totally Unexpected Breastfeeding Surprises
By Anna Stoyanoff It hurts… Even when you’re doing it right. When I became pregnant for the first time, the most noticable of countless symptoms…
What is Breastfeeding Aversion and Agitation (BAA)?
By Zainab Yate Whilst a baby, toddler or child is latched on, some mothers suffer from negative feelings or intrusive thoughts – this is a…
To the Partner of a New, Breastfeeding Mama
By Jo Arnold and Lauren Hutton One of the reasons frequently cited by women for considering giving up breastfeeding is, “It means my partner can…
Sugars in human mother’s milk are non-toxic antibacterial agents
By David Salisbury Mother’s milk, which consists of a complex and continually changing blend of proteins, fats and sugars, helps protect babies against bacterial infections….