050 Stephanie Wagner, IBCLC, on chestfeeding and supporting the LGBTQIA community

04/18/18 • 57 min

As it turns out, breastfeeding is not just "A Womanly Art." Steph shares an incredible story about a same-sex male couple she worked with who both nursed their baby, exclusively providing human milk for baby's first 6 months. How does this work? Creativity, support, milk expressed by baby's gestational carrier, and a tiny feeding tube at the father's nipple. Steph gives us the details of this amazing nursing relationship and how to support any LGBTQIA family interested in breastfeeding/chestfeeding/nursing.

Check out the full show notes here:

http://sweetpeabreastfeeding.com/podcast/50-stephanie-wagner-ibclc-on-chestfeeding-and-supporting-the-lgbtqia-community

Check out the full show notes here:

http://sweetpeabreastfeeding.com/podcast/50-stephanie-wagner-ibclc-on-chestfeeding-and-supporting-the-lgbtqia-community

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#49: Ditching the Dom - Inducing Lactation or Relactating without Domperidone

With the FDA warning against domperidone, we have noticed an increasing number of U.S. parents who choose to induce lactation or relactate without using the pharmaceutical medication domperidone. While we have spent many episodes discussing the safety and effectiveness of domperidone, our ultimate goal is to meet each parent with a plan for inducing lactation or relactation that is consistent with their preferences. In this episode Alyssa and Hope discuss alternatives to domperidone and how milk production may be impacted by a lactation plan that does not include dom. Full Shownotes available at: http://sweetpeabreastfeeding.com/podcast/49-ditching-the-dom-inducing-lactation-or-relactating-without-domperidone

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#51: Ask Dr. Nice: A Case Study on the Impact of Parent's Medications on Milk Production when Inducing Lactation

It's a case study! Something a little bit different in our discussion with Dr. Nice, our pharmacist expert. Alyssa had connected with a mom-to-be Courtni who was inducing lactation with very quick and abundant milk production. She wanted to figure out what Courtni was doing so that she could learn from Courtni's experience to help other parents. (We at Sweet Pea are always trying to learn more about how to support the nursing success of non-birthing parents!) ... but Alyssa could not find anything in Courtni's approach that was different than other parents she had worked with. She did observe, however, that Courtni was taking several medications for her own health issues. Alyssa wondered if these medications or the health conditions underlying them could be the secret to Courtni's outcomes. She went to her friend, Dr. Nice for the answers...

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http://sweetpeabreastfeeding.com/podcast/51-ask-dr-nice-a-case-study-on-the-impact-of-parents-medications-on-milk-production-when-inducing-lactation