I often see comment wars regarding public breastfeeding on web sites I frequent - or Facebook groups I am subscribed to.  
Just curious how we got from shame or shyness or reserve or even embarrassment about public breastfeeding in my day - to the IN YOUR FACE AND DEAL WITH IT BECAUSE IT"S MY RIGHT TO DO THIS ANYWHERE ANYTIME EVEN IF MY NURSLING IS ( Read more... )

I am not sure if I've written about this before but I feel like I've come rather full circle when it comes to birth practices and breastfeeding. I'm writing this to process my thoughts - for me ( Read more... )

I will work today for the fifth day in a row. Not something I do often. In doing so, I got to observe a bit more of the transitional journey for one sweet couple ( Read more... )

Learning to breastfeed is often very (VERY) challenging. So why is it worth it for some people? I'm sure my motivations were varied: free (a big deal), burns calories, portable containers, gave me permission to sit down for a few minutes and read while my baby fed - among my reasons ( Read more... )

Another day among the breastfeeding mommas yesterday and I leave wondering how it all became so complicated ( Read more... )

When a baby who has been through a difficult NICU experience and is being weaned from pain medicines and is arching away from the breast and will not latch - a pump is needed ( Read more... )

Part (a big part) of what I do at work is emotional support ( Read more... )

Last week, I felt as though I made a momma cry. Her perception was that the baby boy (her second child) was nursing well. He'd just been circumcised (not the best intervention to promote breastfeeding)so was not all that interested. By the time he GOT interested, he couldn't seem to latch. So the recorded 'good feeds' were not likely to have ( Read more... )

To Whom it May Concern ( Read more... )

Since breastfeeding is not easy, we often do an outpatient consultation.  Insurance is not fond of reimbursement and we are working on changing things to be able to enter more appropriate diagnosis codes to increase reimbursement ( Read more... )