Gulf Coast Breastfeeding Center

10/28/2025

Breastfeeding during spooky season? We’ve got tricks AND treats.

Cluster-feeding may feel like a trick… but hear us out!

👻 Trick: Your baby may nurse more during growth spurts.
🎃 Treat: That’s how they tell your body to make more milk!

Don’t be spooked by cluster feeding or late-night wakeups. It’s all part of the magic!! Claiming a spooky good supply for all our cluster-feeding duos this fall!

10/28/2025

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10/22/2025

10/22/2025

Ever feel like your pump parts are plotting against you?
Tangled tubing, cracked valves, haunted suction levels... 👻
Mama, it might not be a ghost—it might just be time to swap your parts.

🔄 Replacing your pump parts regularly helps:
✔️ Maintain suction
✔️ Protect your milk supply
✔️ Prevent contamination
✔️ Keep your sanity when you’re already running on caffeine and baby snuggles

GCBC Tip:
Valves + membranes: every 2–4 weeks
Tubing + flanges: every 3 months (or sooner if damaged)
Backflow protectors: every 3 months

🪄 Don’t let worn-out parts sabotage your spooky milk magic.

We’ve got the spell book and the backup flanges—because lactation doesn’t have to be scary.

10/21/2025

Next week at MILC league! Come party with us!👻

10/17/2025

🍂 Fall Photo Shoot with Hancock County MILC League! 🍁

Join us Tuesday, October 21st from 12:00–1:30 PM at the Bay Saint Louis Library for a cozy autumn afternoon of free lactation support and a free fall-themed baby photo shoot with photographer Gavin Landry! 📸

Bring your little pumpkins for adorable seasonal photos and connect with other local moms in a relaxed, supportive setting.

✨ Free • Fun • Community-Focused ✨

10/16/2025

Today, we celebrate the most powerful first food in the world—breastmilk.
Breastmilk isn’t just nourishment. It’s protection. It’s connection. It’s medicine. It’s magic.

The World Health Organization and American Academy of Pediatrics recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life—and continued breastfeeding alongside other foods through at least the first year, and beyond as desired.

Why? Because breastmilk is the ultimate superfood. 💪

Here are just a few reasons why:

•Perfectly Tailored Nutrition – Every drop adjusts to your baby’s needs in real time

•Immune Protection – Contains antibodies that fight infections and boost immunity

•Easy to Digest – Gentle on tiny tummies and reduces the risk of constipation

•Brain Boosting – Rich in DHA and other essential fatty acids for brain development

•Bond Building – Supports emotional connection and secure attachment

•Always Sterile, Always Ready – No prep required—perfect temperature, anytime

•Reduces Risk of SIDS, Diabetes, and Obesity

✨ Here’s to nature’s perfect food.
Here’s to the mamas.
Here’s to every ounce of love.

10/15/2025

I had the privilege to meet Dr. Ruth Lawrence
years ago. She was so kind. She thank me for the work I was doing for moms and babies. I thanked her for laying the ground work in the Lactation Community and breastfeeding medicine community. She definitely was a beacon in the Lactation Community! Rest in peace ❤️

10/15/2025

Tonight at 7:00 PM, we light a candle for the babies we never got to hold long enough—and for the mothers who gave everything anyway.

To the mamas who carried life with love, only to leave the hospital with empty arms…

To those who pumped through tears, stored milk that was never fed, or whose bodies bore the marks of a motherhood the world didn’t get to see…

We see you. We honor you.

Your journey is one of courage, heartbreak, and fierce love.

You gave your body, your heart, and your soul—for a life that may have never cried, but was so deeply loved.

Tonight, we light a candle for the little ones gone too soon.

And we hold space for the mothers whose love didn’t end with loss.

You are not alone. You are remembered. You are forever a mother. 💔

10/15/2025

Check out this new research from the Infantry Center.

🌟 New Publication Alert! 🌟

We’re excited to share that our article, “Anesthesia Care of Lactating Patients,” by Sarah E. Dodd, MD and Kaytlin E. Krutsch, PhD, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, has been officially published in Advances in Anesthesia!

This publication provides evidence-based recommendations to help healthcare professionals safely manage anesthesia and surgical procedures in breastfeeding mothers—supporting both maternal recovery and infant well-being.

We’re proud to contribute to advancing safe, informed care for nursing families everywhere.

📖 Read the full article here: https://www.clinicalkey.com/?adobe_mc=MCMID%3D31879044485968398583311936067104810382%7CMCORGID%3D4D6368F454EC41940A4C98A6%2540AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1760469473 #!/content/journal/1-s2.0-S0737614625000024

10/14/2025

Hattiesburg! Don’t forget to register for our October prenatal lactation class!🎃

10/14/2025

This October, we're honoring every kind of loss. To the moms who’ve walked this road — you’re seen, you’re loved, and your loss matters. 💗