Momentum Lactation

11/15/2025

🚨 Last call for Newborn 411! ✨

If you’ve been thinking about joining, now’s the time — this is one of the last classes of 2025. 💛

Learn what every new parent wishes they knew before bringing baby home — don’t miss your chance to join this cozy, confidence-building class!

Register here: https://intakeq.com/booking/iV41TJ?serviceId=2d5bbfa4-a89e-4a69-bab1-484f2cd1901

11/14/2025

✨POP-UP EVENT!✨

Before the holiday craziness kicks off, join us for a community pop-up event where we shine a light on something NO ONE talks about--birth trauma. 💔

Birth trauma survivor, advocate, and maternal mental health specialist Amanda Wilkinson of Weeding the Garden: Peer Support & Coaching for Perinatal Mood Disorders will:
🤰Share her own birth trauma experience
❓Provide education on navigating birth trauma
🧠Explain how it impacts mind, body, and parenting
🗣Explain how to debrief with your provider about what happened
💪Provide strategies for parenting when your motherhood journey started out from a broken place

This event is FREE, and RSVPs are required using the link below!

We can't wait for a powerful evening of sharing stories about one of the most taboo topics in motherhood. Let's shine a light on it 💡 so that ALL mamas can get the support they deserve. 💖

RSVP 👉 https://forms.gle/F2EYBwyLjSSHDT126

11/13/2025

One week until our next Meetup! 💕

If you’ve been needing some mom time — laughter, real talk, and maybe a coffee that’s actually hot ☕ — this is your reminder to come hang out.

No agenda, no pressure… just community, connection, and a little break with friends who get it. 💛 Can’t wait to see you there!

11/12/2025

✨ Forty for Food Drive ✨

Momentum Lactation is proud to partner with doula_lab_ to help feed 40 families this Thanksgiving! 🧡

We’re serving as a drop-off location for non-perishable food donations from November 12–19 (until 5 PM).

📍Drop off anytime between 8 AM–4 PM, Monday–Friday at our door.

You can help by:
🥫 Donating non-perishable food items
💌 Making a monetary donation
📣 Sharing this post to spread the word

We’re so grateful to Doula Lab for making this possible and honored to support families right here in our community.

We know our community will step up — like always, and appreciate anything you can give! 💛

11/11/2025

Thinking about how dads fit into pregnancy? Check out this interview with Dr. Ed Stephens!

Bringing fathers into pregnancy is more than a nice idea — it’s essential for the health of the whole family.

Dr. Stephens’ “Bringing Fathers Into Pregnancy” questionnaire helps screen for paternal mental health risks early, strengthen partner connection, and support bonding with baby.

Did you know 1 in 10 dads experience postpartum depression, yet few are ever screened or supported.

When fathers are included in prenatal care, everyone benefits — stronger relationships, healthier parents, and more secure babies. 🌱

Let’s normalize supporting both parents from the very start. 🤝🤝

Bringing Fathers into Pregnancy supports dads’ mental health, prevents postpartum depression, and helps families give babies a healthier start

11/09/2025

Newborn life doesn’t come with a manual — but this class comes close. 💛

Join me for a cozy, confidence-building class that covers everything you actually need to know in those early weeks — feeding, sleep, soothing, and realistic expectations for life with your little one.

This is one of the last Newborn 411 classes of 2025, so if you’ve been thinking about joining, now’s the perfect time to save your spot. 🍼✨

Register here: https://intakeq.com/booking/iV41TJ?serviceId=2d5bbfa4-a89e-4a69-bab1-484f2cd1901

11/07/2025

Postpartum anxiety doesn’t always look like you “ just can’t relax.”

Sometimes, it’s relentless overthinking, irritability, panic, or feeling like you’re one small trigger away from breaking down. 💔

The truth is, postpartum mental health struggles can show up in unexpected ways — and you’re not alone if this feels familiar.
Help and healing are possible.

🌿 If you’re struggling:
Reach out to your healthcare provider or a trusted lactation consultant — you don’t have to navigate this alone.
Contact Postpartum Support International (PSI) for free, confidential help:
📞 Call or text 1-800-944-4773 (press 1 for English, 2 for Spanish)
💬 Text “HELP” to 800-944-4773
🌐 Visit postpartum.net for support groups and local providers.
Taking care of your mental health is taking care of your baby. 💗 You deserve support, rest, and space to heal.

Thanks to Dr. Katrina Mitchell physicianguidetobreastfeeding for this beautiful graphic and all the work she does for the lactation community and motherbaby!

11/05/2025

Think your baby has a tongue tie? Check out this interview with Dr. Theresa Horton and our thoughts below!

Before considering surgery- many babies benefit from a comprehensive, team-based approach.

Skilled lactation support and gentle bodywork—such as chiropractic, craniosacral fascial therapy, or myofascial release—can help address underlying tension, improve feeding mechanics, and support overall function.

Things to consider- There remains no uniform guidance from otolaryngology associations for:
〰️ grading the severity of a tongue-tie
〰️ determining how much revision to perform
〰️ specific post-op care protocols

While a frenotomy may offer benefits like:
✨ reduced ni**le pain or improved latch
✨ more effective milk transfer
✨ appropriate oral development & speech
✨ promote nasal breathing

it also carries risks
⚠️ such as bleeding
⚠️ infection
⚠️ feeding aversion/regression

AND, it doesn’t always improve feeding outcomes.

The best path forward is always independent evaluation by a board-certified lactation consultant and qualified feeding or ENT professionals—not relying solely on Facebook mom groups or anecdotal advice.

You and your baby deserve expert support, individualized care, and time to explore all conservative options before surgery becomes the first step. 🤍

Many new parents worry tongue-tie could be the cause of breastfeeding problems, but the American Academy of Pediatrics says surgery shouldn’t be the first step.

11/03/2025

We love a good myth to bust — especially when it makes breastfeeding simpler and more supported. 💛

In our region, vitamin D levels tend to dip low this time of year (thank you, cloudy skies and shorter days 🌥️), which makes this topic especially timely.

Swipe through to see how motherbaby can keep those levels glowing strong all season long. ☀️✨

11/01/2025

✨ Last chance this year!

Don’t miss our final Pick the Perfect Pump Workshop of 2025!

Try top models (Spectra, Elvie, Medela & more), ask questions, and leave confident in your choice.

Whether you’re prepping for baby or planning your return to work, this hands-on class is for YOU.

📍Edwardsville | 💸 $60 | 🤝 Bring a friend = 10% off

➡️ Register now — https://intakeq.com/booking/iV41TJ?serviceId=a2def201-8056-4641-8666-6b9e7363b150

10/30/2025

🎃👻 Haunted by breastfeeding myths? You’re not alone. 👻🎃

Back this year, to bust the rumors, advice, and pressure that make feeding your baby feel scary — because most of it isn’t real. 💛

10/28/2025

Momentum + Weeding the Garden doing big things! 🤝

Getting ✨PUMPED UP✨ to present tomorrow at this year’s Maternal Infant Symposium! I’ll be sharing my birth trauma story and discussing the impacts of perinatal trauma on mothers and parenting.

Also THRILLED to be co-presenting with on our Model for Integrating Mental Health Screening into a lactation clinical model.

It’s going to be SUCH a good conference! 🩷