Lo’s Lactation Lab

Were you in a different headspace for one baby than you were for another? Were you able to breastfeed one baby and not another? This week’s guest, Lindsay Valenty discusses her decision to formula feed her first child in order to fully focus on becoming a mom without adding more stress to her life, and then making a decision to breastfeed with her second. She also shares what pumping was like in a strange work environment.
On this episode you will hear:

• Choosing to formula feed from the beginning
• The physiology of milk supply without breastfeeding
• The impacts of anxiety on the baby feeding decision
• Breastfeeding a second child
• Pumping at work when it isn’t a welcoming environment

To find Lindsay’s podcast and to follow her on social media,
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To purchase books about breastfeeding, birth, or parenting that I love and help support the show, go here.
Make your voice heard on The Milk Making Community Group on Facebook!
Head to Apple Podcasts or Spotify for more Milk Making Minutes episodes!Listen to Episodes of The Milk Making Minutes on Amazon Music too!
To book a lactation consultation with me, visit my website: www.quabbinbirthservices.com. In many cases I can bill your insurance, or create a superbill for you to submit for reimbursement. I offer virtual consults for clients outside of my service area!
Follow me on IG @lonigrosh to laugh about baby feeding (so you don’t cry) and to see photos of guests. Follow me on TikTok to answer questions of the day and ponder systemic inequities together: @lonigroshibclc
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Have you ever continued to breastfeed/chestfeed or pump to the detriment of your own health? My guest Maggie discusses how focusing solely on breastfeeding, and not on her physical and emotional health in the postpartum exacerbated her postpartum mood disorders after giving birth to her first baby. After much struggle, and finding the right intensive support, she made sure to create a plan that helped her focus on her health as a whole person when she gave birth to her second.
On this episode you will hear about:

• Lack of support in a busy hospital system
• Going home on a triple feeding plan which led to little sleep and increased anxiety
• Hallucinations in the postpartum period
• Fixation on milk supply
• Lactation professionals and others missing the signs of postpartum anxiety and obsessive thoughts
• Mental health hospitalization with a newborn at home
• Finding the right supports finally and a long road to recovery

Connect with Maggie and bring support to your work community at: https://www.mindfulmamas.org/
Need support from The Motherhood Center? Find that here.
Listen to The Mediation Mama Podcast on Apple or, Spotify
Make your voice heard on The Milk Making Community Group on Facebook!
Head to Apple Podcasts or Spotify for more Milk Making Minutes episodes!
Listen to Episodes of The Milk Making Minutes on Amazon Music too!
To book a lactation consultation with me, visit my website: www.quabbinbirthservices.com. In many cases I can bill your insurance, or create a superbill for you to submit for reimbursement. I offer virtual consults for clients outside of my service area!
Follow me on IG @lonigrosh to laugh about baby feeding (so you don’t cry) and to see photos of guests. Follow me on TikTok to answer questions of the day and ponder systemic inequities together: @lonigroshibclc
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lo-s-lactation-lab--5834691/support.

Did you have to fight for your milk supply? Did you have to fight to make choices for your baby that you felt were right in the hospital and during the postpartum period? Did the stress of the postpartum period inhibit your milk supply? Think about how regularly this applies in any ordinary circumstance, and then add to that the stress of being a transgender man choosing to feed his baby his own milk in a place where even the medical professionals who were supposed to be providing healthcare often gave biased information and refused to provide evidence based lactation care.
On this episode you will hear:

• The decision to feed human milk to a human baby
• The inspiring story of Tanius’s primary supporter (hint: it was NOT a professional)
• The persistence of increasing milk supply and attempting to latch
• The impact of stress on milk supply and latching
• Feeding human milk in public
• Transgender specific difficulties with chestfeeding/breastfeeding/nursing

To connect with Tanius find him on his social media:
https://www.instagram.com/transking30
/https://www.tiktok.com/@transking30_t=8f0II1y98oN&_r=1
https://www.youtube.com/@Transking30
https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/126OFAE8XVG97
To get delicious home cooked meals delivered right to your door in Ma, CT, VT or NH go to the Feast and Fettle Website and use the code MILK for $30 off your first week!
To book a lactation consultation with me, visit my website: www.quabbinbirthservices.com. In many cases I can bill your insurance, or create a superbill for you to submit for reimbursement. I offer virtual consults for clients outside of my service area!
Make your voice heard on The Milk Making Community Group on Facebook!
To purchase other books about breastfeeding, birth, or parenting that I love and help support the show, go here.
Head to Apple Podcasts or Spotify for more Milk Making Minutes episodes!Listen to Episodes of The Milk Making Minutes on Amazon Music too!
Follow me on IG https://www.instagram.com/lonigrosh_ibclc_podcast_host/ to laugh about baby feeding (so you don’t cry) and to see photos of guests. Follow me on TikTok to answer questions of the day and ponder systemic inequities together: htttps://www.tiktok.com/@lonigroshibclc
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lo-s-lactation-lab--5834691/support.

Do you feel like around every breastfeeding corner was another difficulty? Ashley has 4 children and has faced so much while feeding them. She was able to roll with the punches and adjust as needed to do what was right for her babies and for herself.
On this episode you will hear:

• The impact of Ashley’s births on her baby feeding stories
• Biting ending body feeding and leading to exclusive pumping
• Early weaning story
• Breastfeeding Twins
• Dealing with oversupply

To connect with Ashley and get support from her:www.monadnockperinatal.comhttps://www.facebook.com/Monadnockperinatalhttps://www.instagram.com/monadnockperinatal/
https://goldenhourbirthpodcast.com/https://www.facebook.com/thegoldenhour.birthpodcast
To get delicious home cooked meals delivered right to your door in Ma, CT, VT or NH and Maine go to the Feast and Fettle Website and use the code MILK for $30 off your first week!
To book a lactation consultation with me, visit my website: www.quabbinbirthservices.com. In many cases I can bill your insurance, or create a superbill for you to submit for reimbursement. I offer virtual consults for clients outside of my service area!
Make your voice heard on The Milk Making Community Group on Facebook!
To purchase other books about breastfeeding, birth, or parenting that I love and help support the show, go here.
Head to Apple Podcasts or Spotify for more Milk Making Minutes episodes!Listen to Episodes of The Milk Making Minutes on Amazon Music too!
Follow me on IG https://www.instagram.com/lonigrosh_ibclc_podcast_host/ to laugh about baby feeding (so you don’t cry) and to see photos of guests.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lo-s-lactation-lab--5834691/support.

Did you have someone make comments about the size or shape of your breasts or nipples while breastfeeding? Have you heard the term elastic nipples? Do you think some people have “good equipment” for breastfeeding and some have “bad equipment” for breastfeeding? IBCLC Lo Nigrosh discusses the things people say to breastfeeding moms about their breasts that just aren’t helpful.
On this episode you will hear:

• How breasts need to be brought into the movement to be appreciate body shapes and sizes
• Things Lo has actually heard from postpartum professionals about mutual clients’ breasts
• Why making blanket statements about breasts or nipples can interfere with breastfeeding
• What can be said or relayed instead to provide useful information about the size and shape of nipples as it relates to breastfeeding

To get delicious home cooked meals delivered right to your door in Ma, CT, RI or NH go to the Feast and Fettle Website and use the code MILK for $30 off your first week!
To book a lactation consultation with me, visit my website: www.quabbinbirthservices.com. In many cases I can bill your insurance, or create a superbill for you to submit for reimbursement. I offer virtual consults for clients outside of my service area!
Make your voice heard on The Milk Making Community Group on Facebook!
Want to read Dr. Jack Newman’s new book in collaboration with Andrea Polokova called What Doctors Don’t Know About Breastfeeding and benefit The Milk Making Minutes? Purchase here: https://bookshop.org/a/85294/9781946665560
To purchase other books about breastfeeding, birth, or parenting that I love and help support the show, go here.
Head to Apple Podcasts or Spotify for more Milk Making Minutes episodes!Listen to Episodes of The Milk Making Minutes on Amazon Music too!
Follow me on IG https://www.instagram.com/lonigrosh_ibclc_podcast_host/ to laugh about baby feeding (so you don’t cry) and to see photos of guests. Follow me on TikTok to answer questions of the day and ponder systemic inequities together: htttps://www.tiktok.com/@lonigroshibclc
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lo-s-lactation-lab--5834691/support.