Search results for: “Milking It”
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Milking It: Power Pumping
I had never heard of “Power Pumping” when I began my breastfeeding journey. The concept behind “Power Pumping” is to simulate your little one going through a growth spurt. You know, that time every few months where it feels like they are attached to you 24/7. When you Power Pump, you make your body believe…
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Milking It: Cookies!
Yes, you read that right! You can actually JUSTIFY cookies! Well, like an nursing mother CAN’T justify them. But seriously, these can help with milk production – and my friends say they are quite yummy to boot! (Remember: me = overproduction … me + a dozen of these would probably = engorgement) Why cookies? Well,…
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Milking It: Fenugreek
If you have done any googling, you have no doubt come across “fenugreek” as a way of upping your milk supply. But why? And how? And what are your options? Read on fellow milkies, read on! Fenugreek is a plant grown in Europe and the Middle East. It mainly comes from India, but is also…
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Milking It: Drying Up
After last week (World Breastfeeding Week), my brain is still stuck on the topic. So I wanted to discuss a topic many mommies have questions about – how to encourage milk production. This is a topic I didn’t look much into before having Liam. I wish I had! Thankfully I had read about certain items…
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[the] Fam’s 5 Faves: Breastfeeding
This episode of the “Fam’s 5 Faves” is focusing on breastfeeding. I figured it was a great segue off of last month’s series focusing on Milking It. Here is a break down of our favorites… Nursing Covers My two “go to” covers right now are the Motherhood Nursing Scarf and my Simple by…
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WBW: For Those Who Couldn’t
Today is the final day of World Breastfeeding Week. I want to hit on a topic that comes up a LOT … The mom who WANTED to breastfeed but her life took another path. I want to say that by celebrating World Breastfeeding Week, I was in no way saying “I’m better than…
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WBW: My view
When nursing, your view is sometimes pretty limited. Since learning how to breastfeed Liam in the baby carrier (read: STEEP learning curve) my view has improved. But with a bad back, sometimes I just need to sit and rest myself. Here are some of my views … 99% of the time, when I nurse at…
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WBW: A Day of Nursing
Today, for World Breastfeeding Week, I documented my nursing relationship with Liam. I can’t really capture all of the warm fuzzies, but I can show you how *our* day looks. Everyone’s nursing relationship with their child is different. It’s different because you are unique, and your child is/will be unique. I am writing this to…
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World Breastfeeding Week 2013
This week is World Breastfeeding Week (#WBW). This week is used to raise awareness of breastfeeding and its benefits. The generations before us did a LOT of damage to breastfeeding culture. It has been seen as “offensive”, “unnecessary” and more. Women who were completely capable of breastfeeding were told they could not feed their…