Oh, Baby Lactation Care

12/08/2025

Good news!

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12/06/2025

Did you know we do LOADS of bottle feeding education and support?
Yep.
Lots of our clients want glass bottles, but can struggle with finding the right ones.
Take a look at this stainless steel option. And reporting back from Jeanette Frem, who does lots of bottle education for professionals - she says Lansinoh/Spectra and Pigeon ni***es will fit these nicely. (Those are the shape and flow we LCs prefer!)
How do you incorporate bottle and breast feeding? We do that!
Come see us:)

12/05/2025

When you go to an IBCLC and crush your feeding goalssss!
Go Baby!
This is what we do:)
Come see us if you’re worried about your baby’s weight gain…
How did your IBCLC help you?

12/03/2025

File this under decorations seen at my Lactation Consultants office…😆
Do I hear Mariah Carey??
Yea we do!
Decorating at the office, and we always love our “tree toppers” (.) (.) , LOL!
You get gifts like this from people who love you- thanks, Jill!!
Are your decorations up yet?
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12/03/2025

This is what change and advocacy look like.
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Well done! Now we have legislative protection for parents travelingwith breastmilk—

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11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving friends!
This is an excellent gathering of tips for the Holiday. It’s really easy to get busy and skip a feeding, push a pumping session, stay up late, and milk supply can take a hit- passing the baby can expose them to all kinds of yuck, baby wearing for the win!
If you’re struggling with supply (or think you are), let us help and come for a visit 🔜 🦃🍁🍽❤️🙏🏽

Managing your breastfeeding schedule during the holidays can be stressful. Although it can be a joyous time together with family and friends, keeping up with a nursing or pumping schedule while you make meals and cater to your company can be quite overwhelming!
We have some useful tips to help make the holidays as stress free as possible, and keep your breastfeeding journey right on track!
• PLAN AHEAD. If you’ll be away from your baby, plan to nurse or pump right before you leave them and as soon as you return. It’s important not to skip feedings so that you do not develop mastitis
Bring a hand pump with you, if possible!
• MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE. If it makes you feel better to nurse with a cover, do so. If you prefer to nurse in a separate room, that’s okay too! And if you prefer to nurse right where you are with no cover, do what works best for you.
• ITS OKAY TO SAY NO! If you would rather not pass your baby around, it’s okay to say no.

Text and Photo📸 Credit Virginia Breastfeeding

11/25/2025

Whaaaattttt??!!
Yes.
Some insurances will cover the popular Ceres Chiller under milk storage.
Holy milk, Batman.

How?
Come in or see us in person, or virtually for a visit, and we’ll work with our practice association, LCA, through a partnership with Ceres.

You can even choose your preferred color!
The Chill is like, the coolest milk thermos, keeping milk cold and portable all day.
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Who wouldn’t want one through insurance?? Leave it off your baby shower registry, and get the one you want…
Reach out for more information!

11/22/2025

Getting it girllll!
(Makes this more fun that this was my nieces first before baby hand expression attempt!!) Go Jackie!🫶🏽🫶🏽

Sooooo much discussion about prenatal milk expression or “Colostrum Harvesting”.
I have thoughts.🤓

✅Why do it ?
To stimulate colostrum to move in the breast, to possibly collect some before baby arrives, to use in the early days around the time of birth.

✅When to do it? Mostly, after 37 weeks, talk with your care provider.

✅How to do it?
Wash hands, then massage warm hands or a towel out of the dryer, around the breasts, up, down, circles. Hold your hand in a semicircle at the ar**la, push back just a little, and bring your fingers together towards the ni**le. Do one side, then the other. Back and forth, scoop up the honey like colostrum if it is “gettable”.
STORE IN THE FREEZER, write with a sharpie for the date expressed.

🤷🏻‍♀️Will you use the milk in the hospital? For home? Are you a mom with diabetes in pregnancy? How should you store it? (Important) What does it mean to not get much milk (don’t worry!!)

We get into all this and way more during our PRENATAL BREASTFEEDING PREP visits! In person AND virtually from everywhere.
Come learn about your body, about the hot sone changes at birth and how to get breastmilk production off to the best start.
I can’t tell you how many people wished they’d had this support before baby, reach out!

11/22/2025

Yessss!
I hear this all the time!
“They say”, or the “Classes said…”
Get evidenced based info if you need it; but follow your heart and be careful of the internet and socials.
If you need a consult to check in for clarity, we’re here💙🩷

THEY SAID I NEEDED TO….
They said I need a stash of milk even though I’m not really leaving the baby with anyone
They said breastfeed your baby, but not past a year🧐
They said pump overnight to maintain supply, but don’t breastfeed your baby if they wake up🧐
They said breast milk is the most nutritious food you can give to your baby, but it loses its nutrition after 1🧐
They said baby can sleep 12 hours at night, so where’s my milk supply gone?🧐
They said I needed to pump every feeding, now what do I do with all this milk?🧐
My ni***es are in pain and damaged but they said baby is gaining weight fine so there’s nothing to be done🧐
They said to schedule feedings for only every three hours, but my baby is waking up fussy and hungry🧐
They said offer each breast for 15 minutes, but my baby won’t stay latched that long🧐
They said offer each breast for only 15 minutes, but my baby still acts hungry🧐

Who are “they” and why are you listening to them? I frequently have families say “They said...” but when I ask who “they” actually is the family has no idea. Or it’s some unreliable source like the internet from a desperate 2am search 🧐 Some times it’s a family member, a post from a social media mom group, or occasionally a misinformed health care provider who is trying to be seen as helpful but really has no clue what they’re talking about. Internet information around breastfeed usually caters to “average” or “typical” feeding experiences. But what’s “typical” may not be your story, and what you’re experiencing may still be normal, just different than the majority. Don’t let others get in your head and make you question yourself and your abilities to feed and parent your baby. If you have questions or need help, set up a consultation today.

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