Breastfeeding
Helpful Tips from your Postpartum Experts
Get evidence-based, judgment-free guidance on breastfeeding, pumping, and feeding your baby. From building a healthy milk supply to managing challenges like clogged ducts or bottle refusal, these articles help you find what works best for your body and your baby—without pressure or guilt.
What to Expect for Your First Postpartum Period
Pregnancy puts your body through major changes. In less than a year, your uterus goes from the size of a pear to a watermelon and back again. New hormones come online. Others, like estrogen, climb to six times higher than pre-pregnancy levels. It’s a lot to adjust to, but there...
Spring Foods to Boost Milk Supply
Spring is here! It’s a time of renewal, growth, and gratitude for new beginnings. Along with the longer days and warmer temps comes a bounty of healthy, fresh foods. Spring is a wonderful time to be nursing a little one. As farmers markets open up and the first garden harvests...
Finding Lactation Support
Finding Lactation Support in your area is crucial for successfully surpassing breastfeeding issues. We reached out to a local breastfeeding expert and advocate to write us a blog on how to find lactation support! August is Breastfeeding Month! Each week we have celebrated the World, Native Americans, Emergencies, and Black...
How to Navigate Nursing Twins: Expert Tips for Tandem Feeding Success
So you have two babies! [Or you are having two babies] [[Or you are just interested in how someone would manage this feat]] And you want some tips on nursing twins. Feeding one newborn can feel overwhelming; feeding two can seem impossible. Whether you’re nursing twins exclusively or combining breastfeeding...
Breast is Best? Sometimes It Isn’t — And That’s Okay
During World Breastfeeding Week [and every week of the year]. We at Well Supported Family support ALL moms, and all parents and all of their feeding decisions. "Breast is best." You’ve heard it before. "Fed is best." I bet you’ve heard that too. We live in a connected world where...
Breastfeeding 101 — How does this work anyway?
One of the biggest fears I had before my baby was born was about breastfeeding. What if it didn’t work? What if I never made any milk? What if my body just didn’t know how to do it? What helped the most (besides having a school friend working on her...
How does a new mom build her milk supply?
We get this question a lot from new parents. Let's run down a couple of tips. Cluster pumping: This is where you pump for 10 minutes, take 10 minutes off, and repeat this cycle for an hour. Cluster pumping can typically help your milk supply come in in full force or...
How do you clean your breast pump parts? [New CDC Guidelines]
Earlier this summer, a prematurely-born infant had his brain affected by poorly-cleaned breast pump parts, leading to meningitis and global development delays. In that specific situation, the mom would reportedly leave her pump parts soaking in soapy water, then rinse them off hours later. The water could have been a breeding ground...
Welcome to World Breastfeeding Week
From today through August 7th is World Breastfeeding Week (not to be confused with National Breastfeeding Month), and I think that bears a little discussion about breastfeeding (quickly, as we'll have more discussions on this blog for the next few days). The U.S. picture on breastfeeding This Chicago Tribune article is a...
When you're all tied up, getting the right help for tongue and lip ties.
If you recently had or will have your first child and plan to breastfeed, you need to know a little bit about the potential for tongue ties. It’s a somewhat complicated topic, although this article does a good job summarizing it. In short, the normal development of a fetus includes...
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