Prince Lactation Support

06/03/2024

Still looking for volunteers...this location is just 20 minutes from Hartford...if you or someone you know is pumping milk, this is a great opportunity!
Please be in touch very soon!

11/12/2023

Now accepting United Healthcare! See my website for further info

10/11/2023

In person Mom Support group
Wethersfield library Oct 13th 10am
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08/24/2023

After a class of flame retardants called PBDEs was phased out due to links with developmental health issues, manufacturers started using another, similar group of compounds.

07/08/2023

Moms meetup scheduled on July 21 12-2pm at the Wethersfield Library!

07/02/2023

UConn Health is offering an in-person breastfeeding support group every 2nd and 4th Wednesday from 1-3pm!

Breastfeeding and Lactation Consultation UConn Health is proud to offer around the clock breastfeeding support. We have a full time, internationally board certified lactation consultant on staff, as well as nurses trained in lactation support and certified as lactation counselors who are dedicat ...

05/11/2023

An app to rate your hospital experience, is your state participating?

Birth, but we dropped the for bias. The only app where you can find prenatal, birthing, postpartum and pediatric reviews of care from other Black and brown women. The #1 “Yelp-like” platform for the pregnancy and new motherhood journey, made by and for people of color. Search doctor and hospital...

03/31/2023

Now accepting payment for lactation services with Health Savings Account funds (HSA)!!

03/19/2023

Breastfeeding is a team effort! 🤝Make sure your partner and support system know how to help you when you need it.

Whether it's bringing you water, cleaning pump parts, or taking care of household chores.💖 Tag your support team below to let them know you appreciate them! 👇🏼

Feeling like you need a little more support? You’re not alone. I can help! 💪🏼

03/09/2023

Most babies, especially breastmilk fed babies under 6 months old, NEED to eat overnight. 😮

I KNOW how hard it is. I was a full-time working mom with all of my kids, and none of them were “good” sleepers👼. I would honestly have done anything to get a little more sleep at night. 😴

BUT… a 2015 study showed that 79% of babies 6-12 months old were still waking at least once overnight and 61% had at least one overnight feed.🤓

If babies were really supposed to be sleeping 12 hours by 12 weeks, they all would be. “Sleeping through the night” at this age should be the exception, not the rule. 🤱

There are tons of products and “programs” out there on the market right now that can actually cause babies to sleep through their hunger cues. Often (but not always) these babies are not making up the calories during the day. Around month 4, their weight gain drops or even slows entirely.😢

And honestly, a lot of babies just can’t sleep long stretches period, no matter what “method” you use.🤷‍♀️ There are babies who sleep long stretches and babies who don’t and neither of these is a bad baby. Everyone is different. Every baby is different.👩‍🍼

So what do you do? Instead of focusing on stretching out the time between feeds and trying to make a baby stop eating overnight, focus on getting yourself back to sleep as soon as possible when baby wakes up. 😴Two or three overnight feedings aren’t terrible if your baby goes right back to sleep (and so do you).

Read more here 👇🏼
https://www.rachelobrienibclc.com/blog/sleep-training-and-breastfeeding/ ❤️

(P.S. this is the reference for the study info above https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25973527/)✅

02/20/2023

Next Zoom Breastfeeding support group
Friday March 3rd
11-11:45 am (EST)
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