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What a beautiful sense of community.
Lactation consultants offer their best tips for reaching your extended breastfeeding goals.
"Before becoming a mother, I thought motherhood was unconditional love, sacrifice and unwavering support. While all of that is still true, since becoming a mother, I have learned that motherhood also requires a commitment to self-compassion."
4. Find your community
An updated clinical protocol from the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine offers new recommendations on dealing with everything from oversupply to plugged ducts—including common tactics that they say hurt more than help.
Over time, I started to realize that I wasn’t failing at all—just taking a different route.
"I may not know much about a woman’s body or breastfeeding, but I was super proud and grateful that she was able to go that long trying to breastfeed and pumping."
"I cried in the airport. I was embarrassed about having to explain breastfeeding to 3 grown men."
Insurance covered breast pumps: What you need to know By Emily Glover…
Normalize breastfeeding, formula, bottle feeding and pumping. Or a combo of all. And most importantly: Normalize not shaming yourself for how you feed your baby.
Plus how to know when it's time to ask for help.
Babies are not at risk of getting Covid from breast milk, new research shows.