Face it: You are not in love with your pump. Hooking yourself up to a machine that literally sucks the milk out of you isn’t…
You feel sure that your insurance plan will cover the purchase of a breast pump. But beyond that, what can you be sure of? You…
Are your nipples tender, painful, sore, cracked, bleeding, dry, or infected? Have your friends—or even health care professionals—urged you to put some cream, ointment, oil…
It’s true: love what you do, and you’ll never work a day in your life. If you love breastfeeding—if it has been a life-changing event…
Three of four people who set New Year resolutions keep them through the first week. But fewer than 1 in 10 goal-setters actually achieve them.…
It seems inevitable. For many of us, the holidays bring joy and festivity, but also stress and an overfull to-do list. New parents are often…
Pregnancy and/or infant loss brings tremendous and life-altering sorrow to expectant families. In particular, the death of a child upends the imagined trajectory of the…
New parents often hear that they should let the baby “cry it out” lest they “spoil” the baby. Many parents take such advice to heart…
You might have heard the term “cue-based” feeding or “on-demand” feeding. Do you know the difference between the early cues, and the late cues? Or,…
Many mothers start out with the goal of breastfeeding exclusively for 6 months. But often things don’t go as the mother had hoped. Perhaps she…