Milk & Cookies-Bangor's Postpartum & Breastfeeding Support Group

Milk & Cookies-Bangor's Postpartum & Breastfeeding Support Group 💗Pregnant & Postpartum Mamas!💗
💗When: Every Friday
💗 Time: 12-1PM
💗 Location: Bangor Public Library
💗No cost to you! Hi Mamas! We hope to have you join us!

This group is a fun mix of relaxed social time for pregnant and postpartum mamas, with personalized relevant education, breastfeeding assistance, newborn education and more. Come with your questions and find the village you didn't know you had! It does not matter how you are feeding your baby/plan to feed baby; we can problem-solve your questions with you! There is not a sign-up for it, it's totally free, and offered every Friday from 12-1PM on the 3rd floor/Children's Dept of the Bangor Public Library. This group is facilitated by Bangor Maternal Child Public Health Nurses who are also Lactation Certified.

They say feeling grateful and feeling anxious can’t coexist… who’s game to start their day by answering each of these pr...
12/03/2025

They say feeling grateful and feeling anxious can’t coexist… who’s game to start their day by answering each of these prompts below? 🤔 Can we trick ourselves out of feeling down?? Only one way to find out! 🤷‍♀️💗

While carbs are comforting, and certainly part of most holiday menus, intentional incorporation of key nutrients can be ...
12/02/2025

While carbs are comforting, and certainly part of most holiday menus, intentional incorporation of key nutrients can be a mood-shifter. 🙌 Easier said than done when you are feeling low, but you gotta start somewhere. Why not the first meal of the day? Start off with a win! 💪 Perhaps create a score system? Give yourself points for each fruit, vegetable, vitamin supplement, source of whole food... you get the drift! Remember, you are in control of you. 💪 You decide your next steps! Log it all in your phone so you can reflect on your wins at any time. And, maybe loop in a friend for some friendly accountability? Afterall, who doesn't like to win?? 🤷‍♀️ The key thing is- you matter, your family needs you, and you deserve to be the best version of yourself. 🫶💖 Join us Friday for more insights and encouragement!
💖 12/5/25
💖 at the Bangor Public Library
💖 12-1pm
💖 Children's Dept/3rd floor

💓 WE HAVE NEWS!!!! 💓 Effective immediately, one-on-one lactation consultations, in our cute, cozy space, facilitated by ...
12/01/2025

💓 WE HAVE NEWS!!!! 💓 Effective immediately, one-on-one lactation consultations, in our cute, cozy space, facilitated by the Sarah's you see every Friday! 💗 Please see the flyer below for scheduling details and follow the link to see more photos of our new lactation clinic!! 😍
https://bangorpublichealth.org/lactation-services/

A friendly reminder to pick up or bring in your recipes cards any Friday up to Dec. 12th! 🍲🍜🥪🍗 We hope each mama takes 2...
12/01/2025

A friendly reminder to pick up or bring in your recipes cards any Friday up to Dec. 12th! 🍲🍜🥪🍗 We hope each mama takes 2 - one for a dinner recipe & one for a dessert recipe!! 🍰🥧🍮🧁🥰

Finding it difficult to get out and about? Are you wanting to stay in bed, avoiding interactions with others, gravitatin...
12/01/2025

Finding it difficult to get out and about? Are you wanting to stay in bed, avoiding interactions with others, gravitating toward unhealthy foods, feeling down or unimportant, choosing screen-time over intentional self-care... these are all signs of depression and sometimes it is brought on with seasonal changes, and sometimes it can be in combination with postpartum depression, or preexisting depression that has gone untreated. 😐 Whatever your case may be, there is hope, there are treatments, and there is a way through the heaviness. 🫶 This Friday, our Maternal Mental Health topic is Seasonal Depression Solutions. ❤️‍🩹 We'll have handouts, share some information, and have our friend Michelle from CHCS (Community Health & Counseling Servies) on hand to point mamas in direction of next steps. ❤️ New & Returning mamas & babies, see you:
❤️ Friday, 12/5
❤️ at the Bangor Public Library
❤️ 12-1pm
❤️ Children's dept/3rd floor

11/30/2025

There are many reasons why your baby would wake more often to feed at night. Regardless of what you find online or from well meaning family and friends, there is no specific, developmental weight or age when a child no longer needs to feed overnight. There is no scientific or medical standard or recommendations for when a baby no longer needs nutrition at night. Society also says babies shouldn’t need tended to at night time and that we should teach them, often from a ridiculously early age, not to need us at night. In reality, we are not in control and neither are our babies. We’re in a mutual relationship where we are learning what our babies need and when they need it. Reasons why babies wake to feed over night:
💡Growth spurts
💡Developmental leap
💡You were gone at work and they missed you or want breast milk straight from the breast
💡Teething
💡They were distracted during the day because the world is an amazing place to learn in and they’re making up for calories over night
💡Sickness
💡They had a bad dream or are scared without you
💡Because they’re human

Per current research, 78% of babies wake up at least once a night and 60% of waking to feed until 1 year (Brown, 2015). That’s NORMAL. Between 12-18 months your toddler may still occasionally wake to feed. Or they may just need an adult to help them transition back to sleep. It’s not until 24 months that the human baby has matured enough to not consistently need an adult to help them transition back to sleep over night and should be getting all of their calories during day time hours.

A friendly reminder mamas, there is no M&C today! 🚫⛔️🙅‍♀️😕 Wishing you all a lovely holiday weekend!! 🥰
11/28/2025

A friendly reminder mamas, there is no M&C today! 🚫⛔️🙅‍♀️😕 Wishing you all a lovely holiday weekend!! 🥰

On this Thanksgiving Eve, multi-tasking takes on a whole new meaning! …here’s a reminder you literally are extraordinary...
11/26/2025

On this Thanksgiving Eve, multi-tasking takes on a whole new meaning! …here’s a reminder you literally are extraordinary!! 🙌💪 And, since the food you eat flavors your breastmilk, your baby will be receiving turkey & gravy flavored breastmilk. ☺️

🍂We hope you enjoy all the warmth & down-time this holiday weekend can bring!!🍁...and we hope you'll miss us as much as ...
11/25/2025

🍂We hope you enjoy all the warmth & down-time this holiday weekend can bring!!🍁...and we hope you'll miss us as much as we will miss you, and look forward to seeing each other in December!☃️☃️☃️

🧐 Looking ahead... Below are the fun & games we have planned for December! We will talk about each as they approach, but...
11/24/2025

🧐 Looking ahead... Below are the fun & games we have planned for December! We will talk about each as they approach, but go ahead and mark your calendars now!! ✅🤩

ATTN Mamas‼️There is NO GROUP THIS FRIDAY due to the Holidays!!! Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving or Black Friday or C...
11/24/2025

ATTN Mamas‼️There is NO GROUP THIS FRIDAY due to the Holidays!!! Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving or Black Friday or Cyber Monday, it is a busy weekend! 💓 Stay safe, have fun, and see you Friday, 12/5! 🥰

11/23/2025

Power pumping mimics the cluster feeding of your infant which is seen in the early days after birth and during growth spurts. It says your infant feeding a lot which they are doing to either bring your milk in after their birth or to increase your supply later on.
You can use your breast pump to recreate this feeding pattern by emptying your breasts multiple times to signal to your body to make more milk.

Usually throughout 2 to 3 days, you will pick an hour when you can power pump. Try early in the morning or when your infant takes a nap.
If you are using power pumping as a method to increase your supply, then you would pump as follows:

Pump for 20 minutes
Rest for 10 minutes
Pump for another 10 minutes
Rest for 10 minutes
Pump for another 10 minutes
Finish pumping
Total time pumping is 40 minutes

Try adding some hand expressing to the end of pumping to ensure your breasts are well drained.

You can also add warmth before pumping and breast compressions during pumping to facilitate your milk supply.

Many mothers report seeing an increase in their supply after 48 hours of finishing one cycle whereas other mothers didn’t see results up till a week or so.

It is important to consider the type of pump you are using and its effectiveness in removing your milk. Electric breast pumps are typically more effective with milk removal and efficiency especially if they have the option to change length and frequency of suction levels just like your infant.

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