Megan Macy, CLC CD

02/21/2026

This viral waterless chicken soup circling the internet uses traditional Chinese cooking techniques. I think this is a great postpartum soup that hits all the marks for nourishing a postpartum woman! It’s light, flavorful, warming, nutrient dense, collagen rich, full of healing properties, easy to digest.

Have you tried it yet?

02/17/2026

They will have different patterns, habits, and self soothing abilities. They are both sweet squishy babies getting fed! However, it’s not realistic to place the same expectations on them. A lot of my time spent counseling clients is on the differences in bottle feeding babies and nursing babies. I believe a large barrier preventing many women from reaching their nursing goals, is because they have expectations of a bottle feeding baby for their nursing baby. This is to no fault of the mother. But rather the information she has access to. Medical providers, family, media, society as a whole. Nursing babies had made a resurgence within our western culture after about 100 years of primarily bottle feeding babies. Having a realistic understanding of how and why babies behave the way they do in relation to how they are fed, will absolutely help you along your motherhood journey.

To work with me, email contact@themilklady.net

02/12/2026

The US Office on Women’s Health highlights Black celebrity moms who breastfeed for a reason.

Because representation changes norms.

When people see breastfeeding modeled by women who look like them
it stops feeling rare
it stops feeling questionable
it starts feeling possible.

For generations, Black women have faced
less support
more scrutiny
and fewer visible examples of breastfeeding being protected and celebrated.

So when public figures like Serena Williams, Beyoncé, Gabrielle Union, and Keke Palmer share their breastfeeding journeys
they aren’t oversharing.
They’re shifting the narrative.
They’re showing that breastfeeding belongs everywhere
in every body
in every community.
Normalize it by showing it.

Visibility is support
and support changes outcomes 🤱

🤱 Drop this if you breastfed longer than anyone expected you to
or longer than you expected
Your story matters.

02/11/2026

PSA 📢

My favorite website to order pumps through insurance is https://aeroflowbreastpumps.com

& Doulas! Please include helping your client access a breast pump during your prenatal visits 🙏

02/05/2026

Current Availability:

March: 1 Postpartum Doula | 1 Milky Hype
April: 1 Postpartum Doula | 2 Milky Hype
May: 1 Postpartum Doula | 2 Milky Hype
June: 2 Postpartum Doula | 2 Milky Hype
July: 2 Milky Hype
August: Closed Books

Email contact@themilklady.net to schedule a free phone consultation! 🥛💕

02/05/2026

I’ve had so many nursing mothers over the years panic when the my realize their exclusively nursed baby refuses bottles! The good news is if your baby is big enough to sit up, they can try a straw cup or open cups! Typically they will be more interested in these options, as it requires completely different muscles and coordination to drink from a straw cup or open cup than a bottle. They see us drinking from our straw cups and open cups and want to mimic us! It can truly be so fun to start cups early. If you are separated from your baby who refuses bottles, if they can sit up, they can drink milk from an open cup or straw cup! All that matters is that they get milkies, doesn’t really matter how it gets in 😊

01/27/2026

💔Raising kind and empathetic people is our greatest form of activism🌎 All I can feel right now is how absolutely terrifying to be living in a time where our government has lost any sense of humanity and somehow our amendment rights have gone out the fu***ng window.

01/26/2026

What if the selflessness, the messiness, the compromises of caring for our babies, prepares us for caring for our elderly or sick family members down the road? A cycle 🔄 Our culture that relies heavily on baby products and programs that aim to make motherhood less “burdensome”- bottles, sleep devices and programs with the promise of more uninterrupted sleep, the pressure to get back to work and pay someone else to care for our babies and toddlers… is the same culture that’s made it the norm to put our elderly or sick family members into facilities and pay others to care for them while we visit at our own convenience. No middle of the night wake ups to help them to the bathroom, no remembering what medications and when, no assisted showers, brushing hair, lotioning up and getting into fresh clothes, no sitting with their fears and frustrations.

Now I’m not saying we should go any of this alone. It always takes a village. I am grateful for feeding alternatives, childcare options, and the professional caretakers who help us through difficult times with our sick and elderly (shoutout to the angel nurses in Hospice)

I think our hardest seasons are with our babies and with our elderly and sick. I also think these times are the most fulfilling. They shape us and re frame the way we look at the world around us, in the best ways. These experiences shift the way we think about our own existence. The uncomfortable and overwhelming, the stretching… it gives us wisdom and confidence. We don’t always feel it in the moment. But later we see the grand scheme of the lessons and growth it brought us.

Caring for my dying parents and grandmother, caring for my babies, have all been the most profound experiences of my life. Pillars that hold my character up. They have shaped me into someone I’m proud to be and given me wisdom I’m grateful to pass down to my own children.

Just sharing some ramblings. Motherhood won’t be the only time in our lives that requires us to carry more than we ever thought we were capable of. This life is heavy, and beautiful, and messy, and so so full of love.

01/06/2026

Some situations just touch my heart a little bit extra ❤️ If you or someone you know could benefit from this type of support, please reach out and let’s see how we can work together😌

Email: contact@themilklady.net

I have limited availability, reaching out in pregnancy is usually the best option to ensure your spot 🤰

12/30/2025

Fl**ge sizing is important. Using too big or too small of a fl**ge can cause damage to your ni***es, as well as decreased milk output, inflamed ducts, and even mastitis. Not to mention you may be spending longer during your pump session, when sessions could be more efficient with the right fl**ge size.

There’s a general way of measuring for fl**ge fit. However it’s a good idea to pump with a specialist to determine your exact size. Ni**le elasticity varies between women. Your skin elasticity impacts your fl**ge size. Ni**les that are more elastic may need a smaller fl**ge size than what a standard measuring tool recommends.

12/08/2025

Most of my favorite parts of motherhood are the things society told me not to do🤷🏼‍♀️ If I would have followed societal norms and standards I would have missed out on the stuff that means the most to me. After a long day of mothering, sometimes thinking about the moments where my patience worn thin. Nothing feels better than rubbing little backs, playing footsie, pressing my lips to their heads and breathing them in. Praying over them and asking for grace in the moments I was a frustrated mommy. They aren’t babies anymore, I never “transitioned” them. Not saying that’s the wrong choice, but it never felt aligned for me. Bed sharing feels just as right now as it did then. They have their comfy beds for whenever they want to be in them. I’ll welcome the snuggles as long as I can 🥰

11/23/2025