Sarah Christopherson is a mother and the Policy Advocacy Director at the National Women’s Health Network, a non-profit advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. She talks about her breastfeeding experiences and her recent experience in a Baby-Friendly hospital where her child became severely dehydrated and lost 15% of her birth weight while in the hospital. She … Continue reading National Women’s Health Advocate Describes How A Baby-Friendly Hospital Starved Her Baby

Heather Curran talks about exclusively breastfeeding both her boys to 13 months. She talks about the challenges along the way including problems with mastitis, nursing strikes and transitioning to complementary feeding. She talks about the importance of getting support as a mom and being flexible when encountering challenges. 1

Mandy talks about her experience with her son who developed failure-to-thrive after a month of “cluster-feeding.” She discusses how it felt to find out her son was starving despite hours a day of nursing. She talks about how harmful it is for moms to be told that exclusive breastfeeding is the only way to provide … Continue reading Mandy Dukovan Talks About Her Son Failing to Thrive from Constant Cluster-feeding

Kristen Umunna talks about being a first-time mom motivated to exclusively breastfeed. She describes the traumatic experience of her child developing jaundice and dehydration from insufficient feeding. She ultimately became a fearless exclusive formula feeding mom to all five of her children. She is a fierce advocate for formula-feeding families and feels strongly that they … Continue reading Kristen Umunna Talks About Breastfeeding and Becoming a Fearless Formula-Feeder

Dr. Beth Elston is a mother and a general pediatrician. She talks about her experience as a breastfeeding mother. She talks about how breastfeeding education taught to moms and health professionals often does not fit with reality and discusses the harm caused by programs like the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. She shares her insights on how … Continue reading Dr. Beth Elston, Pediatrician, Shares Her Fed is Best Story and How She Supports Moms

It is our great honor to share with you my interview with Steph Montgomery, writer, public health advocate and mother, who talked about her breastfeeding experiences. She talks abut how safe, respectful and transparent breastfeeding support and education on breastfeeding and supplementation made a difference in her breastfeeding experiences. She goes on to talk about … Continue reading Steph Montgomery’s Story and What Real Breastfeeding Support Should Be

Stephanie is a mom and professional, working as an ultrasound technologist, who shares her own experience with breastfeeding, supplementing and formula-feeding. She talks about the postpartum depression and anxiety she experienced by while exclusively pumping for her first baby. She discusses how important getting support to feed her baby in the way that best worked … Continue reading Stephanie on Exclusive Pumping and Postpartum Depression

Brittany Littlefield is a mom who shares with her experience trying to breastfeed her children. She discusses the challenges she faced breastfeeding and needing to find a community that accepted her experience and ultimately, her decision to stop breastfeeding. She discusses the shame and guilt mothers are subject to based on how they feed their … Continue reading Brittany Littlefield Talks About Her Breastfeeding and Bottle-feeding Experiences

Caroline Koen talks about her breastfeeding experience and how the pressure and guilt to breastfeed contributed to postpartum depression. She talks about how a more relaxed attitude about breastfeeding ultimately led to a more positive breastfeeding experience.

Interview by Galit Romanelli, Founder of (M)OtherMilk.org I founded (M)Other Milk because I felt I was ill-prepared for the struggles of breastfeeding. Ill-prepared, to say the least. I felt my mom had prepared me well for labor, telling me that it is called labor because that’s precisely what it is — hard work. Breastfeeding, however, … Continue reading Laura’s Breastfeeding Story