Your Quick Guide to Therapeutic Breast Massage in Lactation. Have you ever been in that situation where seemingly nothing relieves the pain and swelling of…
You’ve heard of hypnosis. You may even be familiar with hypnobirthing (the topic of Marie’s June 15, 2015 episode: http://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/85954/hypnobirthing). Did you know hypnosis can…
We know that kratom is legal in most US states. We know that opioid use among pregnant women is on the rise in the United…
Are you a Tricare beneficiary? Are you aware that your Tricare policy may cover some or most of the costs of banked human milk for…
Happy World Human Milk Donation Day! It’s time to celebrate the impressive history and bright future of donor human milk banks! Like blood banks, having…
After birth became medicalized, skin-to-skin care was assumed to be optional, irrelevant, or unimportant. But in truth, the skin-to-skin contact between the newborn, the mother…
Natural disasters can happen anytime, anywhere. Around the globe, families can find themselves facing a flood … hurricane … forest fire … or another catastrophe.…
Maybe you’ve heard about sensory processing disorder (SPD). There’s no solid science to identify its exact cause, but there are plenty of myths about what…
According to research, “[B]reastfed infants ingest up to 800,000 bacteria daily.” Is that a good thing, or a bad thing? Unquestionably, there are differences in…
Okay, so you know bariatric surgery is in your future—or maybe it’s already in your past. But you’re not entirely sure how or if your…