After being tied to your breast pump for weeks or months, it can be hard to know what to do when you’re ready to stop. I’ve written a step by step process for stopping pumping, and here’s my personal experience weaning from the pump. This post may contain affiliate links, which means that if you click through and make a… View Post
(Updated June 2018: The website the original recipe was on is no longer active, but I’ve adapted the galactagogue brownies recipe and you can find it here.) A few weeks ago, I discovered the Sarah’s More Milk Please cookbook on twitter. I was really interested in it because the recipes in her book use ingredients that may increase milk supply in… View Post
Last week, I read about the case of Stephanie Greene, a South Carolina woman who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for allegedly killing her six-week-old daughter through morphine that was passed to her daughter through her breast milk. From a report on the case: Alexis was born healthy, and her mother chose to breast feed. Forty-six days later,… View Post
There are some situations where it makes sense to breastfeed from only one breast. Weaning from one breast sounds kind of funny, but it actually can work! This happens more often with moms who are nursing their babies than it does with exclusive pumpers, as the baby might not like nursing from one side – it might get too full… View Post
Last night, I was scrolling through my Facebook feed and saw a Slate article about a new study on the benefits of breastfeeding. Essentially, the study says that there is no long-term statistically significant difference between children who were breastfed and those that were formula fed, when external factors are controlled for. This study was different from most research done on breastfeeding,… View Post
When my baby turned 13 months old, I realized that I really don’t need my freezer stash any longer. I decided that I wanted to give it to another mom that needed it; here is my experience donating breast milk informally. This post may contain affiliate links, which means that if you click through and make a purchase, I’ll be compensated… View Post