Just about every lactation consultant I've come across agrees that nipple pain beyond this is not normal and indicates there is a problem that needs fixing.
I kept trying to get him to latch and had
just about every lactation consultant and nurse helping too.
Not exact matches
It is heartbreaking when I hear of the terrible advice given in hospitals by people that are not
lactation consultants, by paediatricians who know barely anything
about human
lactation, and by well - meaning family and friends who
just don't have the correct information.
I had my
lactation consultant write me a note
just in case I was questioned
about all I was bringing in, but surprisingly, I was barely searched.
They do have some videos that talk
about latch and kind of show you how to do things well and perhaps some of the more interesting, what I found at least more interesting
about the app was it does use GPS technology to find comfortable places to breast feed or pump when you are out and
about and basically it
just uses the tracker on your to say where you are at and then you can also find
lactation consultant s in your area as well as pediatricians that support breast feeding.
If he is feedings more than eight to 12 times a day and anything else
about his behavior is worrying you I feel like the best cause of action is to see an experienced International Board Certified
Lactation Consultant to help determine what is going on and whether it's
just a variation of normal.
As a International Board Certified
Lactation Consultant I of course receive a lot of questions
about breastfeeding, yet I also receive
just as many questions around sleep and «spoiling babies».
The AAP recommendations, and
just about everything else that is known
about drugs and breastfeeding, is included in the Drugs and
Lactation Database.
I
just finished my CLC (Certified
Lactation Counselor) and they spoke
about this and provided the same research with the same conclusion: fenugreek doesn't have enough evidence to support the claim that it help milk supply!
I did not know that, and it's a free thing and I went in this room and a
lactation consultant runs it, but there's a bunch of moms sitting there and they're all
just chit - chatting, and my baby got the best feeding that day, because I was so busy talking to these new moms
about everything, because we had things in common, so he got the best feeding»cause we were
just sitting there for an hour or so and
just chatting.
Everything I'd read and heard leading up until the birth was
about how important breastmilk was for you baby («Breast is best»), and then all of a sudden all the health professionals I saw (GP, midwife,
lactation consultant etc.) were saying «don't worry
about it,
just give him formula».
Talked to
lactation consultants and
just now I stumble across this condition after being still depressed
about the inability to bf alot due now because I couldent find out why.
AMANDA DICKEY: You know, I did some
lactation consulting type stuff,
just learning
about latching, trying to see if my anatomy was going to be the right kind.
Amber McCann: Hello, boob group listeners I am Amber McCann an International Board Certified
Lactation consultant and owner of Nourish Breast Feeding Support
just outside of Washington D.C. I am here to answer some of your common questions when it comes for finding quality breastfeeding resources online such as what
about Pinterest?
So I thought I would talk
about it
just to see what you guys thought
about it especially as
lactation consultants.
Honestly, I wish I had seen a doctor,
lactation consultant, or
just someone that would have helped me instead of giving me the same lines
about everyone being able to nurse.
I read a lot
about this: some women use thermometers to make sure they got it hot enough, but my
lactation consultant told me
just scald it until bubbles start to form around the edge of the pan.
And, many of us find a specialty — something within the
lactation field that
just hooks us and we need to learn as much as we can
about that aspect and we become specialists.
But what is neat
about this is the video aspect for
lactation consulting because
just for someone to
just take a quick look can make all the difference in the world for moms.
RACHEL JACKSON:
Lactation room issue, I know you said that you have a problem with it but it's not
just about women going in and nursing privately even though some women do prefer to do that and it is not necessarily because of what other people are thinking.
During those three weeks I was told by everyone (except for the hospital
lactation consultants, they were very supportive and repeatedly told me that I was doing a great job and that feeding my son was more important than breastfeeding him) who knew
about my supply issues that I should be pumping more, that I
just needed to put him to the breast more often, that it was because I gave him a paci, that it was because I had an epidural, that whatever I do, I should NOT supplement.
Mommas welcome so much to The Boob Group we a red so excited to have you, let's
just dive in and talk
about some legislation here, I think that's the easiest way to talk
about of something that is currently on the floor in New York and so Mikael I know that you have introduced a bill and you are also the prime sponsor of a bill and it's
about getting
lactation rooms in the airports and this is for, is it for the whole state of New York or is it more like the new York city area?
As the mother of eight children and a certified
lactation counselor, Robin Elise Weiss knows
just about everything there is to know
about breastfeeding.
To have to worry
about lactation is
just something you shouldn't have to deal with.