Planning for Postpartum Success: A Mini-Series
When you find out that you are pregnant, the planning begins right away! Maternity clothes, nursery décor, showers, and birth plans monopolize your every waking hour – and that is GREAT! Allowing...
View ArticleMore Than Milk
Happy World Breastfeeding Week, Canada! It’s World Breastfeeding Week here in Canada (Oct 1-7, 2015) and, although I take great pleasure in celebrating all those “milky mamas” for their time, energy,...
View ArticleMake Pumping Pleasurable
We see and hear a lot about the “Mommy Wars” online so when I was asked to attend a “Mommy & Me” style group to speak about something as personal and potentially emotional as making and pumping...
View ArticleLactation Balls with Bite!
If you’re breastfeeding, you have 100% wondered how you could make more milk and I’d bet that in your search you have come across a wide variety of recipes for Lactation Cookies. Do they work? They...
View Article3 Steps to Breastfeeding Success
Earlier in December, I attended a training to help women in my community provide more effective peer support for breastfeeding women. This wonderful FREE training was organized by a variety of amazing...
View ArticleHangin’ With The Girls
I guess I’ve been hanging with the girls my whole life. At first, when we were just getting to know each other, we didn’t like to make a show of our growing relationship; we kind of kept things under...
View ArticleTop 5 Ways to Help Your Partner “Pump Positive”
I will be honest. When I heard that not one but THREE husbands/partners were going to be attending my most recent workshop Back to Basics: Creating a Positive Pumping Routine, I was… well, for lack...
View Article3 Easy Fixes to 3 “Other” Breastfeeding Problems
Feeding our babies takes a toll on our bodies. When we talk about breastfeeding problems we immediately think of cracked nipples, low milk supply, and plugged ducts. These are all very common and...
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