023 Adoptive Breastfeeding with Sally Parrott, IBCLC

12/14/16 • 35 min

Sally is an adoptive mom gone lactation consultant, and she uses her personal experiences to guide her professional role with abundant wisdom and compassion. In this interview, Sally does a beautiful job helping adoptive parents and the professionals who support them to navigate through the particular emotional and logistical challenges adoptive parents may face with breastfeeding.

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022: #22: Alyssa talks with Kristin Cavuto, IBCLC, about Low Milk Production and Insulin Resistance

Last time we talked with Kristin on the podcast, she briefly mentioned a condition called "insulin resistance" that could cause low milk production. This was new to us! We wanted to learn more, and thought you would, too. On this week's podcast episode we ask Kristin a ton of tough questions about IR. It is a pretty complex topic, with still so many unknowns, but Kristin does an amazing job breaking it down for us. Once again, we are so thankful for Kristin's lactation expertise, as well as her caring, sensitive approach to new families.

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024 Adoptive Breastfeeding Choices with Courtney Eckelberry

We have interviewed several adoptive mothers on the podcast, but Courtney is the first to have actually produced a surplus of milk. Whereas most mothers who induce lactation need to supplement their milk production, Courtney was able to donate 3000 ounces of the milk she produced by inducing lactation to anther adoptive mom! Breastfeeding has been such a positive and healing experience for Courtney that she is spreading information and support for adoptive breastfeeding through her new website. You'll hear more about Courtney's personal experience and her brand new website in this episode.