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How Breastfeeding Coercion Stripped this Psychiatrist of Her Confidence and Mental Health

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  By Michelle M., Psychiatrist, MD, and First-Time Mother It’s taken me a long time to really have the strength to talk about this, but I think it’s time. I’m a 40-year-old, first time mom to an amazing 9-month-old son. Throughout my pregnancy I was repeatedly asked if I would breastfeed and received endless lectures … Continue reading How Breastfeeding Coercion Stripped this Psychiatrist of Her Confidence and Mental Health

Things We Wish We Knew About Breastfeeding Before We Started

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Parents from the Fed is Best Infant Feeding Support group have told us that their prenatal education didn’t prepare them for the realities of breastfeeding and didn’t teach them the education they wanted and needed. They want other families to be informed to have a safe and positive breast/chestfeeding experience.  This is what they said:  “It’s … Continue reading Things We Wish We Knew About Breastfeeding Before We Started

How To Prepare For Supplementing When Breastfeeding Your Baby In The Hospital

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Mothers who experienced delayed onset of milk production or experienced low milk supply with their first baby often contact us for support to try breastfeeding again. They typically have anticipatory anxiety because they have lost trust in their lactation professionals and hospital staff and are unwilling to attempt breastfeeding again without supplementation. They want to … Continue reading How To Prepare For Supplementing When Breastfeeding Your Baby In The Hospital

Mothers Describe Their Triple Feeding Experiences and The Impact It had On Their Mental and Physical Health

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Written by Jody Segrave-Daly, RN, IBCLC and Lynnette Hafken, MA, IBCLC  What is “triple feeding?”  Mothers who triple feed will feed their babies at the breast, immediately pump and deliver any expressed milk (and/or formula supplement) through a bottle or sometimes even a syringe to the infant.   Triple feeding originated in the NICU for premature … Continue reading Mothers Describe Their Triple Feeding Experiences and The Impact It had On Their Mental and Physical Health

An Open Letter To IBCLCs from another IBCLC Who Supports The Fed Is Best Foundation

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I’m an IBCLC who supports the Fed is Best Foundation.  Probably many of you who read this are going to roll your eyes and assume I’m just their sock puppet, but for those of you who are still listening, I’m going to tell you why I support an organization who talks about the “risks of … Continue reading An Open Letter To IBCLCs from another IBCLC Who Supports The Fed Is Best Foundation