Breastfeeding – Doraine Bailey's article…

“Everyone has a breastfeeding story. At parties when I mention what I do as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, women and men will tell me their experiences as parents or grandparents, as bystanders, as breastfed children. Some are still grieving or angry that their experience did not meet their expectations, that the medical profession had let them down.  Others apologize that they...

What eight years of motherhood teaches you

I’ve collected a few of the most important things I’ve learned since becoming a mom eight years ago. Don’t sweat what you can’t control, fix the things you can Breastfeeding will be much easier and more enjoyable if you prepare in advance. Read a book, take a class or both. Since many of our own mothers are from a non-nursing generation, it’s hard for us to find free help after the...

The Magic of Breastfeeding

Our friends over at Pediatric Adolescent Associates have a great blog about breastfeeding. See what Dr. Michelle Bennett has to say. “With all the wonderful advances that have been made in science, there remains one thing that science cannot now, and will likely never be able to replicate: human breastmilk.  Did you know that each mother’s breastmilk is amazingly individualized for her own baby?  For...