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  • Breastfeeding and Going Back to Work

    Breastfeeding moms returning to work might have more questions than breastfeeding gadgets. Certified Lacatation Educator Counselor Kathlynn Royston has answers.

  • How You Express Breast Milk Affects Nursing

    How you express your breast milk could affect nursing. Find out why!

  • Boosting Low Breast Milk Supply

    Is breastfeeding not going well for you? Use these tips to help your baby get more breast milk.

  • Breastfeeding in Combat Boots: Strategies for Success

    Breastfeeding in the military's not an easy task. Terrific tips from an IBCLC who's done it. She'll help you overcome challenges unique to the military culture or other non-traditional workplaces.

  • An OB Shares Her Patient's Questions About Breastfeeding

    Have a question about breastfeeding. Dr. Michele Brown shares solutions collated from years of her patients' questions.

  • Choosing the Right Breast Pump

    Breast feeding has significant benefits to both mother and baby. With many moms returning to work before the baby is ready to wean, information on choosing the best pump is essential.

  • Laughing Through the Chaos - Welcome to the Chaos!

    I'm a 20-something first-time mama to a beautiful baby girl, and wife to my fabulous and unbelievably patient husband. This blog is all about my journey through motherhood. It's here that I'll talk about everything...

  • Nursing Strike at 4 1/2 Months?

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,
    Our 4 1/2 month-old boy, Sam, has been breastfed since he was born. My wife went back to work at 3 months and we out of necessity we started feeding him breast milk from bottles. We occasionally give him formula as well. But over the last week he has been reluctant to breastfeed and for two days has refused to breastfeed completely. He obviously likes the bottle because it is easier to draw the milk from.

  • Did I Just Not Give It Enough Time?

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,
    Hi there. I could not find that this question has been asked so I am going to ask. With my first child I had a c-section. I tried nursing as soon as I could (which ended up being after I was in recovery for 2 hours and they had already given him a bottle). I tried to nurse him but it didn't seem like there was any milk. I tried pumping to get the milk flowing but nothing came out.

  • He Eats More Than I Pump!

    QUESTION

    Dear Kathy,
    My son is 4 months old. He was not taking a bottle from husband. Since he will now take one, we try to give him a bottle everyday. He will eat 7-8 oz. from the bottle. When I pump at the same time I only get 3 oz. This has been going on for at least a week. It does not seem normal! What can I do? Also I do not believe that he has gained weight for a couple of weeks.

    Kendra

  • Laughing Through the Chaos - Welcome to the Chaos!

    I'm a 20-something first-time mama to a beautiful baby girl, and wife to my fabulous and unbelievably patient husband. This blog is all about my journey through motherhood. It's here that I'll talk about everything...

  • Can I Relactate After 2 Weeks on Medications?

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,
    Hi.I have to have a c-section and afterwards, due to a history of blood clots in my lungs, the doctor is putting me on Loveanox for two weeks. My question is, since the baby can not nurse due to this medication, can I pump for the first two weeks and then train him to nurse after the loveanox treatment is finished. I want more than anything to nurse my baby. Thanks for your input, nobody seems to know.Robin

  • Decreasing Supply

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,
    My son is almost 5 months old and my supply had decreased in the last month. It first began after I traveled for 2.5 days without him (I pumped the entire time). Now I am being treated for a yeast infection of the breast (I recently experienced soreness and minor bleeding).

    My son also has a cold. He seems less interested in nursing. When given a choice between breast and bottle, he seems to prefer the bottle. I have just been treated for the yeast infection and he is concurrently receiving treatment for thrush.

  • Marie's 10 Commandments of Working and Breastfeeding

    It's easy to get so caught up in where tomorrow's milk is coming from and why one breast produces more than another and all the other things that pumping moms obsess over, that we lose sight of why we are doing this -- for our babies! So be sure to take a moment and stop and "smell the baby."

  • Introducing Bottles and Pacifiers to a Breastfed Baby

    by Anne Smith, IBCLC

    Many babies switch forth effortlessly between breast and bottle from day one. Others become "nipple confused" if artificial nipples are introduced during the early days of nursing.

  • Pumping Breast Milk for Your Hospitalized Baby

    I could desperately use some advice on pumping. My daughter is 15 days old and in the intensive care unit. She will most likely be there for months and I have been pumping, trying to build up a supply for her. She currently has a feeding tube and is only getting 3cc an hour, so even the little I have been able to get should last a while. But I am at the end of my rope and am about the give up.

  • He Eats More Than I Pump!

    QUESTION

    Dear Kathy,
    My son is 4 months old. He was not taking a bottle from husband. Since he will now take one, we try to give him a bottle everyday. He will eat 7-8 oz. from the bottle. When I pump at the same time I only get 3 oz. This has been going on for at least a week. It does not seem normal! What can I do? Also I do not believe that he has gained weight for a couple of weeks.

    Kendra

  • Jonathan's Story

    Jonathan is now six weeks old. He was born 4 weeks premature and breastfeeding, at first, was challenging. He was just too tired to latch on and suck for very long. The first couple days at the hospital, we supplemented my colostrum with formula.

  • Did I Just Not Give It Enough Time?

    QUESTION

    Dear Lactation Consultant,
    Hi there. I could not find that this question has been asked so I am going to ask. With my first child I had a c-section. I tried nursing as soon as I could (which ended up being after I was in recovery for 2 hours and they had already given him a bottle). I tried to nurse him but it didn't seem like there was any milk. I tried pumping to get the milk flowing but nothing came out.

  • Returning to Work or School

    Once you successfully make it through the early weeks of breastfeeding, and manage to overcome any problems you may have had in the beginning (soreness, engorgement, hormonal rushes, etc.) you usually experience a "honeymoon period".