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Creating a Breastfeeding Plan
As with everything before childbirth, learning what to expect and making breastfeeding plans before your little one arrives, will alleviate your worries or fears especially if this is…
Carolyn Bruich,RN,IBCLC
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Breastfeeding a Fussy Baby
You’re trying to breastfeed, but baby is fussy and won’t latch. Now what do you do? Hopefully this is an isolated situation, and baby has been latching during…
Carolyn Bruich,RN,IBCLC
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Dad’s Role in Mom’s Breastfeeding Success
Mom and baby are center stage at delivery and thereafter, but dad is also an integral part of the scene. YES, mom carried baby in her womb for…
Carolyn Bruich,RN,IBCLC
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IBCLC Tips for First-time Breastfeeding Moms
The initial intense excitement of delivery wanes and reality begins to set in. Time to start taking care of the tiny human you just delivered. You already decided…
Carolyn Bruich,RN,IBCLC
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Mom’s Guide to Exclusive Pumping
If nursing baby at breast is not mother’s choice, but she still wants her baby to be fed breast milk instead of formula, then exclusive pumping is certainly…
Carolyn Bruich,RN,IBCLC
4 min read
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The Nature of Breast Milk Production
The human female body is magnificently created for childbearing and feeding a baby. The woman’s breasts are just one part of the awesome human female body. When a…
Carolyn Bruich,RN,IBCLC
4 min read