All About Breastfeeding Blog

Here are a few of my favorite things: My Brest friend pillow: Yes, there are lots of breastfeeding pillows on the market. Not all pillows work well for all mothers. I find that My Brest Friend works well for a nice amount of woman. Selling points: The adjustable strap...

So, while pain during childbirth is expected and we can work through it, pain during breastfeeding signals us that something is wrong and we should not have to use techniques to help us get through the pain each and every time you breastfeed. So, what do we do as new...

Premature babies arrive earlier than the expected 38 weeks gestation. Thanks to medical advances, babies weighing slightly less than 2 pounds are more likely to survive today. However, because a premature baby's organs are often not fully developed, they are at a...

Yes! Breastfeeding Myths! This means that not all you have read or been told about breastfeeding is true. This means that you are not alone in having to wonder if some of the things you have been told about breastfeeding is the truth or not. So, yes, here are some...

When you are born into and/or brought up in an environment where breastfeeding is the norm, you may never have to deal with criticism about your decision to begin breastfeeding or your decision to continue breastfeeding past the first year. For the parents who are in...

The First Two Weeks The information in the last few posts were focused on information that is helpful to know for the first few days of breastfeeding. Here is a checklist to help you decide if breastfeeding is going well with your exclusively breastfed baby: 1. Your...

  I am very, very happy now to realize that I am going to be reading this book, not because I have to, but because I want to! Breastfeeding Made Simple has 267 pages of great information for the breastfeeding mother. Learning that the "laws" were not exactly...

Well, the good news is that your body has already begun to prepare for nourishing your baby, months before your baby is even born. Very cool you say! How does that happen. Well by the fourth month of pregnancy the breast has already made big changes in its preparation...