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Feel informed and empowered with this thoroughly updated, full-color pregnancy guide, which recognizes that “one size fits all” doesn’t apply to maternity care. Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn provides the comprehensive guidance you need to make informed decisions about having a...

Early motherhood is a time of great joy. It can also be filled with new stressors - chief among them: breastfeeding. In Latch: A Handbook for Breastfeeding with Confidence at Every Stage, certified International Board of Lactation Consultant Robin Kaplan addresses specific breastfeeding concerns, allowing you to feel empowered while breastfeeding and overcome challenges as they arise.

Carole Kramer Arsenault has spent the last two decades helping parents through pregnancy, labor, and all of their new responsibilities once baby comes home - both as a longtime pediatric nurse and as the founder of the most highly regarded baby care service in New England. From the first trimester to the fourth (baby’s crucial first three months), Arsenault and her team of professional nurses have seen it all.

Getting a baby fed is one of the most important tasks for a new parent. With straightforward advice and evidence-based reasoning, lactation consultant Victoria Facelli introduces her modern approach in Feed the Baby. Both bottle and breast are welcomed as equally valuable tools. Based on her years of experience in the field, Facelli understands what families and babies need to thrive.

A much-needed antidote to our modern, assembly-line approach to childbirth, this new book is designed as a guide for all who wish to participate in the wondrous process of bringing new life into the world. Its ideas derive from two sources: the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, with its emphasis on body, mind, and spirit; and the latest Western scientific prenatal research.

This second edition of Breastfeeding Made Simple is an essential guide to breastfeeding that every new and expectant mom should own - a comprehensive resource that takes the mystery out of basic breastfeeding dynamics. Understanding the seven natural laws of breastfeeding will help you avoid and overcome challenges such as low milk production, breast refusal, weaning difficulties, and every other obstacle that can keep you from enjoying breastfeeding your baby.

For babies, like for all living things, being fed is best. But the current stringent focus on exclusive breastfeeding is putting some babies at risk by depriving parents of a full understanding of how to tell when breastfeeding alone doesn't provide enough—and what to do about it. Fed Is Best provides a clear-eyed look at the current messaging and latest scientific research around breastfeeding and formula feeding, to help parents make informed choices about how to best feed their baby based on their individual circumstances.

I am a Registered Homeopath and Lactation Consultant who loves Jesus and believes in the power of prayer in healing and restoration. God designed our bodies to heal themselves. We interfere with the body’s abilities by introducing medications which stop the action our bodies were made to do - heal! Homeopathy comes in and stimulates the immune system to help the body remember how to heal itself. ALL people are welcomed here, no matter your beliefs! I discuss mostly homeopathy here, but also I bring an encouraging word from the Lord and touch on the topics of parenting, homeschooling, ...

A much-needed antidote to our modern, assembly-line approach to childbirth, this new book is designed as a guide for all who wish to participate in the wondrous process of bringing new life into the world. Its ideas derive from two sources: the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, with its emphasis on body, mind, and spirit, and the latest Western scientific prenatal research.

Have you been wondering how you can find more peace in your life with PMDD or PME? I’m Diane and I’m a dietitian, lactation consultant, mindfulness teacher and mom, living with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder and helping other PMDD Warriors find management and acceptance of PMDD through mindfulness. Twice a month, I’ll discuss how mindfulness and meditation can help with the debilitating symptoms of PMDD and PME (premenstrual exacerbation of an existing condition). I’ll also explore parenting, career, nutrition, starting a business–and more–through the lens of Mindfulness for PMDD...

This book explores the realities of considering sleep training a breastfed baby. Before making this decision, it is important to know how it might impact lactation. The book serves to educate and empower parents to go into the decision-making process fully informed. This includes exploring all the other ways to facilitate rest outside of sleep training options. Laying out data and options without judgement, this book can be a tool to help parents make the best personalized decisions for their family around lactation and sleep.

Breastfeeding is a great choice for you and your baby. Learn effective and reliable ways to latch and feed well. Integrated techniques come from select areas within lactation, nutrition, and advanced practice nursing. Each chapter reveals key skills that work for both mom and baby. Delve into this book to learn the secrets of making your experience a success. Loaded with practical advice, real-life examples, and important questions that mothers ask, this book is for you!

This book will get you off to a good start and save you from sifting through a ton of other information. There is a lot to do when you are getting ready for a new baby and your schedule may not allow time for an in person weekend breastfeeding class. This is a quick listen that you can pick up when it's convenient and be ready to get nursing started as if you had gone to an all-day class on breastfeeding.

Lisa Paladino discusses topics related to tongue tie and breastfeeding, from her unique perspective as a Midwife and Lactation Consultant with over 30 years of experience. If you are a parent looking for information beyond what google is telling you, or a professional who is curious to learn more than what you learned in school on this topic, this podcast is for you. A gentle disclaimer. Please do not consider anything discussed on this podcast, by myself or any guest of the podcast, to be medical advice. The information is provided for educational purposes only and does not take the place of ...

This tongue-in-cheek book has the educational material modern parents are craving. Tired of hearing parents felt unprepared for the realities of breastfeeding (or infant feeding, in general), this author seeks to change the conversations we have around lactation. As a family nurse practitioner and board-certified lactation consultant with an additional degree in psychology, she has a lot to add to the dialogue

This book serves to empower parents to go into combo feeding with all the knowledge they need to succeed. With a majority of parents combo-feeding, it's about time education reflected how to do that. Rather than learning "on-the-job," parents can be prepared before baby arrives. Rather than focusing on breastfeeding only or formula feeding only, this book teaches you how to balance both.

If you are a mother who wants to end generational cycles of diet culture to rewrite your feeding legacy, this show is for you! Mama, it's possible for you to mother free from food guilt and body shame, confidently raise intuitive eaters and enjoy food freedom as a family. Join your guide and mother-of-5 intuitive eating family dietitian, Crystal Karges, each week as she offers simple strategies and sanity savers for navigating motherhood successfully in our present day diet culture. Connect with Crystal on Substack crystalkarges.substack.com and Instagram @crystalkarges.

Evolve Lactation Podcast was created to inspire, inform, and engage current and aspiring lactation care providers. So glad you’re here! I’m Christine, an IBCLC and trained childbirth educator based in the US. I created Evolve Lactation after years of practicing clinical lactation care and providing professional lactation training to other health care providers to serve as a resource for learning and connecting over all things lactation-related. Whether you’re seasoned or studying, I hope this show will make you think and inspire you to act. ibclcinca.substack.com

Allison is a lactation consultant, breast pump expert, and mom of 3 boys who talks with real moms and experts about breastfeeding & pumping. New Little Life has an exclusive program called Pumping for Working Moms, which is designed to help working moms pump easily and efficiently to combine breastfeeding & pumping while going back to work! This podcast is designed to help you feel supported by other moms doing exactly what you're doing, get tips and tricks on breastfeeding, and learn to navigate pumping and going back to work. You can find more helpful information on the YouTube channel or ...

Welcome to the Pregnancy & Postnatal Entrepreneur's Collective podcast, hosted by Niamh Cassidy, the founder of the Collective.Niamh is a childbirth educator and lactation consultant. She initially started her childbirth education business as a side hustle alongside working full time in social care.Starting her own business wasn't easy for Niamh, as she found it hard to fill her classes and get lactation clients, even when she quit her fulltime job. She worried about 'the competition' and wanted to learn how to stand out. This led her to consume all the 'business' content she could find, from ...