Breastfeeding Facts
Bottle refusal is incredibly hard for breastfeeding parents. Learn how to help your baby take a bottle, and what to do if they won’t.
January 13, 2019 No Comments
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Breastfeeding Facts
Introducing bottles to breastfed babies doesn’t have to be complicated or stressful. Here are the simple steps, with examples of good and bad bottle latches.
January 11, 2019 No Comments
Breastfeeding Facts
Let’s say you’re breastfeeding and you really want to use bottles sometimes, too. How on earth are you supposed to pick a bottle to even start with if every company has similar claims and the boogeyman of “nipple confusion” is lurking around every corner?
January 6, 2019 2 Comments
Breastfeeding Tips
It’s been 15 years since Starbucks introduced the pumpkin spice latte, and for better to for worse, Americans are generally obsessed with the flavor- either you love it or you passionately avoid it. We’ve even started to produce foods and products that have absolutely no business being “pumpkin spiced.” For example, would you like
October 3, 2018 No Comments
Breastfeeding Tips
We, as a society, do a craptastic job of preparing families for baby’s first couple weeks of life. The families I see are often overwhelmed and confused. We make you focus on all the gear and accessories and stuff before your baby is born… when what we really need to do is talk about the
March 25, 2018 2 Comments
IBCLC
If you’ve done any research into pregnancy or breastfeeding in the United States in the past few years, it’s likely you’re aware that the Affordable Care Act expanded preventative health care services to include breastfeeding support- as of August 1, 2012, health plans in the United States were generally required to cover “breastfeeding support, supplies and
October 20, 2017 25 Comments
Breastfeeding Tips
Every single day (not an exaggeration) parents ask me about pumping. They want to know how to start pumping, how to schedule pumping for the best results, if they should be pumping every day once baby gets home from the hospital… the works. In the United States over 85% of breastfeeders have pumped their milk
July 17, 2017 9 Comments
Breastfeeding Tips
Thinking about night weaning your baby? Many older babies still nurse for comfort overnight but may not necessarily still need the calories. You, on the other hand, may truly be needing the “extra” sleep you’re “losing” when you feed the baby multiple times a night! Research shows that exclusively breastfeeding parents get MORE sleep than
June 21, 2017 2 Comments
Breastfeeding Tips
The past year has been incredibly stress-inducing for many people. When I sit down with my breastfeeding support group families or talk with parents at their home visit, I find that I’m spending much more time discussing stress and anxiety than I used to. Stress and breastfeeding have become a conversation topic during most of
January 30, 2017 3 Comments
breastfeeding research
Welcome to what will likely be the shortest section of my blog post series on low milk supply, about pediatricians and breastfeeding! If you’d like to follow along in order, please start at part 1: research and then continue to part 2: breastfeeding data before starting on this post. Pediatricians and Breastfeeding: what do they
June 22, 2016 8 Comments
breastfeeding research
I spent two years writing my Masters thesis on low milk supply, and now I’m translating that thesis into a series of blog posts. If you’d like to follow along in order, please start at low milk supply series, part 1: research. Note: If you’re not big into survey data, your eyes may glaze over
June 14, 2016 4 Comments
Breastfeeding Facts
As I’ve mentioned in the past, I did my Masters degree on U.S. mothers and low milk supply. When I started my research I thought there must be studies out there that would show exactly how many families deal with low supply. I expected to unearth some sort of perfect algorithm. My ultimate goal was
June 11, 2016 11 Comments
Hi, I'm Rachel!
I'm a lactation consultant (IBCLC) with my masters degree in human lactation. When I'm not helping breastfeeding & chestfeeding families in MetroWest Massachusetts, or writing blogs for parents AND other lactation professionals, I'm hanging with my three kids and/or indulging in my love of drag queens. Learn more about me by clicking here!
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