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Lactation Consultant Tips to Get Breastfeeding to a Good Start
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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Interesting Facts About Breast Milk
Here are some good breastfeeding books to check into for more information: Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers by Nancy Mohrbacher and Kathleen Kendall Tackett:…
Carolyn Bruich,RN,IBCLC
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Tips & Tricks to Latch 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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Lactation Tools to Help Mom Breastfeed
Every mother and baby dyad will have their personal breastfeeding story. The experiences and challenges will be different for everyone. Lactation support is available and recommended for all…
Carolyn Bruich,RN,IBCLC
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How Birth & Breastfeeding Affect the Infant Microbiome
Having grown for nine months in mother’s nearly sterile womb, a baby is born with essentially no microbiome and an immature immune system. Most newborns get their first…
Carolyn Bruich,RN,IBCLC
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The Benefits of Skin to Skin and Newborn’s Nine Instinctive Stages
Placing baby skin to skin on mom may be a simple act to do with the newborn after delivery and the days following, but it is developmentally important.…
Carolyn Bruich,RN,IBCLC
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