Lactation Consultant

Women don’t technically need a partner to breastfeed because all the equipment necessary comes standard with the female form.  However, the role of your partner in breastfeeding is inextricably crucial to your success.  Without the support of my husband, Darren, I wouldn’t have made it through the pain of a thrush infection and would have [...]

I had heard that breastfeeding would be painful at first but never realized that the letting down of milk would actually sting a bit. When my milk eventually came in, my nipples would sting like they were having strong contractions. This caught me off guard but became the norm during feeding sessions. [...]

A friend of mine has been struggling to establish breast feeding with her newborn. While composing an email of encouragement to her, I warned about people who would tell her that it shouldn’t hurt. People that say, “If it hurts, then you’re doing it wrong”. I told her that some mom/baby duos [...]

I have three friends that are pregnant and I’ve been racking my brain to come up with a list of products that helped me with breastfeeding. Items that won’t necessarily be on their registries but that they will appreciate in those first few, sleep deprived months! Please give feedback on your favorites not [...]

Before my son was born, I knew I wanted to breast feed but was clueless about what it would entail. I imagined that he would start suckling seconds after leaving the womb and off we’d go, feeding with ease. Reality had a different story that started with induction, 20 hours of labor, 2 hours [...]

One thing I wish I had known before I had my baby was that breastfeeding could be painful and challenging. I know this is not the case for some women. For me personally, I thought that breastfeeding would be a blissful bonding experience between my daughter and me. Instead, I suffered from boughts of thrush [...]