by Nichole Dobo It’s 3:00 a.m. and I am standing in my kitchen mixing a glass of chocolate milk. I am topless, as is the…
Katie MaddenJuly 26, 2016
by Katie Madden “Udder one!” Lucy would exclaim and push me off the breast I was lying on. She wanted to nurse on the other…
Katie MaddenJuly 12, 2016
42 days to recover from childbirth and pregnancy. 42 days to bond with a baby. 42 days to adapt to a world changing event. 42…
Katie MaddenJune 21, 2016
Getting sick just isn’t quite the same. Gone are the days of resting all day and getting extra sleep. You’re a mother now. Even worse, you’re…
Katie MaddenMay 3, 2016
by Lara Deloza If you're a subscriber or even a regular reader of this blog, then you're most likely not the target audience for this…
Katie MaddenApril 26, 2016
Right when you start to feel like you have your baby figured out, he or she has this fun way of changing things up on…
Katie MaddenMarch 15, 2016
by Kasey Stacey Truth be told, I don’t even really like breastfeeding right now. At nearly 38 weeks pregnant, I'm feeling rather "done" with a…
Kasey StaceyMarch 1, 2016
by Kasey Stacey Why would anyone do that to herself? It hurts, right? I heard it hurts. Plus, can a woman’s body really do that?…
Katie MaddenOctober 20, 2015
by Amber Becht My entire pregnancy was colored by seemingly constant appointments at Maternal Fetal Medicine, triage, and All About Women. Bleeding, concerns about advanced…
Katie MaddenOctober 6, 2015
What happens when you prepare for the possibility of not producing milk and end up producing it? You refuse to let anything else stand in…
Katie MaddenSeptember 29, 2015
by Ali Lawrence Before Aria was born, I thought I was ready to take on anything breastfeeding had to throw at us. I prepared myself…
Katie MaddenSeptember 22, 2015
by Laura Cullum I’ve known since I was a teenager that I wanted to have a water birth one day. I saw a video of…
Katie MaddenSeptember 15, 2015
Don’t hate her because she makes more milk than you. Having an oversupply of breast milk seems like a blessing. Something no woman should complain…
Katie MaddenJuly 28, 2015
For the sake of this article, I will be using the terms breastfeeding and nursing. Aren’t they the same thing? Well, technically, yes, but I…
Katie MaddenJuly 14, 2015
Or, "Mothering at the Breast" by Kasey Stacey Photo credits: Siné Stabosz When I was pregnant with my son, I assumed that breastfeeding would be…
Katie MaddenJuly 7, 2015
by Katie Madden & Ariana Powers Bottle or boob? Formula or breastmilk? Yes, please. All of these. A little known way to feed your baby…
Katie MaddenJune 30, 2015
by Katie Madden and Lindsey Holland It is a fallacy to believe that you actually get to choose whether you breastfeed or bottle feed. You…
Katie MaddenJune 23, 2015
an interview with Aileen McElhaney Aileen is one of the mamas I have had the pleasure of helping breastfeed over the years. Her little boy Rory…
Katie MaddenJune 9, 2015
by Courtney Loughney As I sat to nurse my first born, a rush of anxiety came over me from head to toe. Wait a minute—how…
Katie MaddenMay 19, 2015
Butterflies in my stomach, inability to sleep. Hope that I would make the grade, nerves that I would not. Anxiety about being blamed for something…
Katie MaddenApril 28, 2015