Lactation Educators/Consultants

As a pregnant or new mother, you might be concerned about making enough milk for your babe. The following 10 nursing pitfalls are among the most common reasons for milk supply difficulties. Knowing what they are and how to avoid them will help you lay a strong foundation for a successful breastfeeding experience.

Pitfall #1: Latch Problems

How to keep yourself and baby well using homeopathic medicines

Everything you need to know about helping your body recover from mastitis, blocked milk ducts, cracked nipples, breast abcesses, variable milk production and more.

How Homeopathy can help you keep doing what's best for you and your baby

Did you know that there is a simple, safe and effective way to help your body recover quickly and easily from a range of potentially nasty and disruptive complaints that can occur during breastfeeding?

Mothers are increasingly turning to alternative sources to find breast milk.
 

After San Diego mother Sarah McNeill researched the health properties of breast milk, she wanted those benefits for her baby. “Just because he was adopted, my little one should not have to miss out on the antibodies and the health that breast milk provides,” she said. But McNeill wasn’t producing her own milk, so two months before her adopted baby was born she began searching for an alternate supply.

by Laurie Haessly, MA, RD, IBCLC

Contrary to popular belief it is NOT necessary for a woman to have been pregnant to breastfeed.

During pregnancy a woman's body produces increasing amounts of progesterone, estrogen (via the placenta), and prolactin (via the pituitary). These hormones prepare the woman's breasts for breastfeeding. Once her baby is delivered, progesterone and estrogen levels drop and prolactin levels increase and this results in the woman's milk production or lactation.