All About Breastfeeding Blog
All the latest breastfeeding news and point of viewsUsing your milk for things other than breastfeeding
Liz Laing wrote an informative article for mothering.com When my kids were small, I used my breastmilk for rashes and to soothe owies as they healed. It was my all time favorite remedy for pink eye. I had other mothers think I was strange, quite weird in fact when...
100 Awesome things about breastfeeding that you don’t find in studies
The research is there. Information on the benefits of breastfeeding to mother and baby is in mainstream parenting magazines. You can easily find this information in many books on the shelves at your local library and book store. Many of...
The benefits of nursing a toddler
Mothering magazine has a positive article which describes extended nursing in a positive manner. There is excellent information on how extended nursing benefits the health of mother and baby....
Tips on using a breastpump
TIPS ON USING A BREAST PUMP SO YOU MAY CONTINUE TO GIVE BABY BREASTMILK, EVEN ONCE YOU RETURN TO WORK OR IF YOU ARE AWAY FROM BABY. New moms everywhere, unite in a head nod about what an amazing and wonderful thing nursing your baby can be. Breastfeeding is so...
Empower Women in Africa – Glad Rag program
I just received this timely email and really wanted to share it with my readers. I hope to inspire you to help out other women, especially young girls. Read on: What if having your period meant you couldn't go to school? For many girls in countries around the world,...
Hospitals should market HEALTH and nothing else
A majority of U.S. hospitals distribute formula sample packs to new mothers, contrary to recommendations from most major medical organizations concerned about the potential for distributing these packs to reduce breastfeeding rates, according to a report in the...
The Canadian Nurse Textbook provides a real gem
This book provides some fascinating insight to human milk banking in the 1930's. There is a picture of a mom pumping, which I think the average modern day mother will find pretty interesting. With regards to the actual breastpump, We have come a long way baby!...
Support your hospital Lactation Consultant
Hospital budget cuts are the cause of a reduction in hours of hospital lactation consultants, and/or the elimination of their full or part time position in the maternity unit of hospitals all across the United States. Most parents assume that their will be...
A Call to Action on Breastfeeding
The latest stats from the Surgeon General of the United States show that fewer than 1 in 6 mothers are exclusively breastfeeding their babies at the end of six months. This is disheartening news especially when all the health organizations are recommending exclusive...
Why many breast-feeding moms quit earlier than planned
Have you ever wondered why so many mothers who plan on breastfeeding and assume that because it is a natural thing to do.... don't actually breastfeed for as long as they had planned to do? This article offers some reasons why our breastfeeding initiation rates are...
Lori J Isenstadt IBCLC
Lori is a huge breastfeeding supporter. She has spent much of her adult life working in the maternal health field. Once she became turned on to birth and became a childbirth educator, there was no stopping her love of working with families during their childbearing years.
Lori became a Birth doula and a Postpartum doula and soon became a lactation consultant. She has been helping moms and babies with breastfeeding for over 25 years. Lori founded her private practice, All About Breastfeeding where she meets with moms one on one to help solve their breastfeeding challenges. She helps families prenatally prepare for breastfeeding. Lori also helps when the baby is here and breastfeeding challenges arise.
She is an international speaker, book author and the host of the popular itunes podcast, All About Breastfeeding, the place where the girls hang out. You can reach Lori by email at: aabreastfeeding@hotmail.com