All About Breastfeeding Blog
All the latest breastfeeding news and point of viewsThe First Day – Getting Breastfeeding Established – Part Two
The foundation to comfortable breastfeeding is to ensure that your baby has achieved a good latch. This is a skill that is easier acquired if you have someone assist you. When your baby is latched on well, you may feel a strong, but painless tugging sensation on your...
The First Day – Getting Breastfeeding Established – Part Three
Part Three of Getting Breastfeeding Established What position you use to latch your baby on depends on your comfort level as well as the baby. If you are large breasted or had a cesarean section, it may help to begin with the football hold. This takes the pressure off...
Insurance Coverage for Breastfeeding
Most insurance companies have not contracted with IBCLCs, do not have a list of out of network providers, or provide them with a list of non-existent providers or ones that do not have lactation experience. This leaves the mother thinking she has no recourse. Your...
A Few of My Favorite Thing
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...
Breastfeeding is not supposed to hurt part 2
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...
Breastfeeding is NOT suppose to hurt Part 1
That is right! Breastfeeding is not suppose to hurt. Breastfeeding your baby can sometimes be tiring for some mothers in the early days, but it is not suppose to hurt. So, why do so many mothers spend weeks on end enduring significant pain before they either get help...
Human milk and the premature baby
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...
Common Breastfeeding Myths
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...
Common Breastfeeding Myths
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...
Questions, Comments, Concerns about Breastfeeding – from family and friends.
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...
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