Written by Jody Segrave-Daly, RN, IBCLC As a veteran NICU, nursery nurse, and lactation consultant, I have cared for and fed thousands of babies over the past 30 years. When working in the special care nursery, babies are fed according to their weight and cumulative losses to determine their caloric requirements for intake amounts and … Continue reading The Newborn Stomach Size Myth: It is NOT 5-7 mL
My name is Cynthia G., a first time mom at the age of 39 with our miracle baby who we never expected since we were told we had “unexplained” infertility. Our daughter Amelia was born in 2016 at Kaiser Permanente in Irvine, California. I didn’t have a birth plan nor was I one of those … Continue reading My Baby Starved at Kaiser Permanente – I Was Told Her Stomach Size Was Only 5 mL
Written by Jody Segrave-Daly, MS, RN, IBCLC As a veteran NICU, nursery nurse, and lactation consultant, I have cared for and fed thousands of babies over the past 32 years. When working in the special care nursery, babies are fed according to their weight and cumulative losses to determine their caloric requirements for intake amounts … Continue reading The Newborn Stomach Size Myth: It’s not 5-7 mL
Updated February 1, 2024 We are proud to present the latest edition of the Fed is Best Guide to Safe and Optimal Infant Feeding. The feeding plan helps you decide and communicate how you would like to feed your newborn infant after birth and what you would like to do in case feeding problems and … Continue reading Fed is Best Feeding Plan – Updated 2024
As a result of my traumatizing breastfeeding experience, I became an IBCLC. My goal as an RN and IBCLC is to help moms reach their feeding goals in a safe and evidence-based way and, most importantly, to ensure that babies are fed, not forced to go hungry, and to listen and believe moms when … Continue reading My baby went hungry under the care of three IBCLCs, so I became an IBCLC to promote evidence-based lactation care
