Breastfeeding can be a wonderful and beautiful experience for both mother and baby. Sometimes, life can complicate the breastfeeding process—perhaps a baby has trouble latching (often the case with premature babies), or a mom needs to return to work before her little one is weaned. In this case, breast pumps can play a key role [...]
Mothers, like you, know the value of breast milk. That is why it is handled with utmost care and why expressed human milk is stored in special containers and has certain storage and handling guidelines to protect your baby’s “most precious food”. Because every drop of breast milk is important to the health of your [...]
For many breastfeeding families, bottles are a regular part of their feeding routine. Whether the mother has returned to work, other caregivers are participating in the feeding, or the baby has challenges that make feeding directly at the breast difficult, being aware of how to feed an infant from a bottle is an important skill. [...]
I was her…that mom that had to pump for days just to have enough milk to go out with my husband to a movie. The one who could sit for 45 minutes and get just barely enough to cover the bottom of the container attached to my pump. If I was working, I just couldn’t [...]
As we work with moms to try to navigate the insurance process to get a breast pump, one question comes up over and over. Why are some moms receiving a double electric pump from their insurance company while other insurance companies are only offering a manual pump? We asked our CEO, Decky Goodrich, to explain: [...]
I often get asked “What is the best breastfeeding book on the market?” For me, the answer is easy: The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, 8th Edition (which usually includes a reminder to look for the ORANGE version!). The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding has been around for a long time. Its first edition was published in [...]
As an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), I work with a lot of mothers for whom pumping is a major part of their breastfeeding experience. While most are incredibly thankful for the ability to pump, almost all are ready to celebrate when they realize that it is time to wean off the pump. But, [...]
In a perfect world, every baby would be born in the perfect time and in the perfect way. Unfortunately, this is not the world we live in. Everyday, families’ worlds are turned upside down when they receive the news that their little one requires a stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). With increasing [...]
Today, my kids and I moved furniture and cleared a space for our Christmas tree. I’m the type who would be willing to do the deed in July if cultural expectations and my husband would let me. Bring on the Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” while sunning at the beach? Fine by me. I’ll bow to [...]
I long ago realized that this breastfeeding thing…this thing that is supposed to be natural and perfect and make the heavens open up and the angels sing…sometimes, it really sucks (pun intended). By the time most moms contact me as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), breastfeeding has become a snowball of frustration, hopelessness, [...]
While many of us, as parents, would like to spend every waking moment with our little ones, it is necessary for most of us to leave our babies in the care of someone else for a period of time. It might be because we need to return to work and it might be because we [...]
Shhhh…don’t tell but often I check Facebook before I even get out of my bed in the morning (please tell me I’m not alone!). It has become a primary means of communication and, frankly, in this day and age, I can’t imagine what it would be like to be a breastfeeding mother without it. A [...]
I recently worked with a mother to show her how to use her hands to express breast milk. She was fresh from the delivery room and, unfortunately, her baby had some health challenges so we were using other means to let her body know that “it’s time to make the milk”! As I gently massaged [...]
Questions about whether your insurance will pay for your breast pump? You’re not alone. Many questions remain as the Affordable Care Act applies to more policies, but here’s what we know now: Under the Affordable Care Act, breast pumps are covered 100% by insurance for all healthcare plans that begin after August 1, 2012. This [...]
11/23/12: UPDATE: We have added the latest TSA Guidelines for traveling with breast milk and breast pumps to this post. They haven’t changed, but they do make it clear that you don’t have to taste your milk, etc. Still might be a good idea to print them out and take them with you. We recently [...]
With Tax Day quickly approaching, we wanted remind to you of last year’s IRS announcement that the cost of breast pumps and breastfeeding supplies are now considered tax-deductible medical expenses. In order to qualify for this deduction, your total medical expenses for the year need to be greater than 7.5% of adjusted gross income. You’ll [...]
Three years ago, filmmaker Kevin West and his wife experienced the heartbreak of losing their baby in the eighth month of pregnancy. After the tragic loss, West and his wife learned about milk banking, and his wife became a milk donor to the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA). “Your body doesn’t realize [...]
Today the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released its new policy statement on breastfeeding, making several key changes to its 2005 statement. Because the AAP’s recommendations carry significant weight with moms and health care providers, we wanted to share some of the important changes to the AAP’s recommendations as well as the shift in its [...]
ABC News recently reported on Texas mom, Donnicia Venters, who was fired from her job at a debt collection agency in 2010 after requesting time to use the bathroom to pump at work. Ms. Venters sued her employer for discrimination under title VII of the Civil Rights Act, but the judge ruled against her stating, [...]
We’re always excited to hear about creative ways to promote breastfeeding, so we loved this idea from a member of the Breastfeeding Task Force of Santa Clara asking Google to create a “Google Doodle” in support of breastfeeding. What’s a Google Doodle? Google has a team of artists, known as the Doodlers, who make changes [...]
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