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Breast Compressions
A breast compression is when you squeeze your breast during a breastfeeding or pumping session, which increases the flow of milk.
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Strategies to keep your baby fed, your milk supply strong, and your family balanced
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I approach breastfeeding with the humor, tough love, and compassion that you would get from a close friend (you know, the one who calls you out when you aren’t being your best self).
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Breast Pain
Breast pain can be totally nothing or it can be a serious infection. Let’s figure out what’s going on with you.
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A Feeding/Stimulation Cycle
These eight stimulations (or more) most often coincide with when the baby needs to eat. Around here, we call this a Feeding Cycle.
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What to Learn in the Hospital or Birth Center
There are a number of important things that you have the opportunity to learn from hands on help.
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Postpartum Nest Prep
There may be some factors that affect a lactating parent’s ability to successfully direct latch, make a full milk supply, or both.
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Set & Hold Strong Boundaries
How to set a boundary: Your boundary is pretty close to or exactly matching the first thought that pops into your head in response to someone’s question or comment.
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Breastfeeding Support Partner
I highly recommend every lactating parent has a designated breastfeeding support person with them around the clock for the first two weeks. Oftentimes, the lactating parent doesn’t necessarily need the support person right with them as they nurse, but perhaps a shout or a text away.
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Breastfeeding Risk Factors
There may be some factors that affect a lactating parent’s ability to successfully direct latch, make a full milk supply, or both.
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The Nursing (direct latching) Rules
When following the Breastfeeding Rules, nursing is one of two ways to feed your newborn baby.
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Responsive Bottle Feeding
How you bottle feed is more important than the bottle you use. You should notice a rhythm – suck, swallow, breathe. Pace them by either tilting or removing the nipple every 8-10 sucks.
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Know your boobs
When trying to determine the root cause of discomfort, first identify, “Is this breast pain, nipple pain, or both?”
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Pumping
Each unique milk supply requires a certain number of breast stimulations (nursing or pumping) per 24 hours to maintain a steady volume of output, often working on a 3-5 day lag from the stimulation message it receives.
