Hopelessness. Homesickness. Sadness. Doom. Those are some of the words used to describe D-MER: Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex. I didn’t know to call it that…
bbfeedadminNovember 12, 2019
As a first-time pregnant mama, how did you anticipate breastfeeding would go? I think a lot of us have an ambivalence about it—some fears mixed…
Kasey StaceyAugust 27, 2019
As a mother, it is really important that you know how to ask for what you need. But before you can ask for what you…
Katie MaddenJuly 9, 2019
by Andi Reasin “The second night is always the worst.” Those words spoken by the nurse at the hospital play over in my mind, even…
bbfeedadminJune 11, 2019
Breastfeeding, but not nursing. There is an important delineation we make around here: A mom who pumps for her baby but does not latch her…
Katie MaddenApril 16, 2019
by Mary Ashley Parrish I had just found out I was pregnant when the breastfeeding anxiety began. I had read everything about how a woman…
bbfeedadminApril 16, 2019
by Andrea Volk I made the decision to stop pumping/breastfeeding. It was not a decision I took lightly. I talked about it at all hours…
bbfeedadminApril 9, 2019
What do you call it when a person with dementia, who has been relatively calm and lucid all day, quickly becomes restless, agitated, and disoriented?…
Katie MaddenMarch 5, 2019
"Are you breastfeeding?" It has become a shameless question that health care providers, friends, family members, and strangers have come to think is perfectly acceptable…
Katie MaddenJanuary 15, 2019
