Episode 18: "Help! I'm in severe pain, but my lactation consultant said my latch looks great!"

06/30/22 • 10 min

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Have you ever been in toe curling pain while feeding your baby from your body? Did you seek out help for the pain only to be told “the latch looks fine.” So many people feeding babies from their bodies have encountered toe curling pain while feeding. This can lead to doubts in your ability to trust yourself, and a long road of ignoring your own pain signals, or a feeling of failing once you decide to make a different plan for your baby.In this episode IBCLC and host Lo Nigrosh discusses:

Potential causes of severe pain
How you can help yourself at home
What to do if your attempts to help yourself don’t work
How to get support for the pain

Head to Apple Podcasts or Spotify for more Milk Making Minutes episodes!Listen to Episode 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!To buy books about pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and parenting, and to support the show while doing it, go to my bookshop!My music was composed by Nela Ruiz. You can get her to make music for your project by visiting her website: https://www.nelaruizcomposer.com/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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Potential causes of severe pain
How you can help yourself at home
What to do if your attempts to help yourself don’t work
How to get support for the pain

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Episode 17: What Happens When Excruciating Pain During Breastfeeding Leads to Severe Postpartum Depression With Jess, a Mental Health Profes

Jess is a mental health counselor who focused perinatal mental health for women trying to conceive even before she herself had children. Hear what happens when she herself struggled to breastfeed her first and ended up exclusively pumping for three months, until one day, her baby was able to latch. It was a friend and fellow counselor who told her the symptoms she was experiencing were beyond typical postpartum blues, and she should get help. Listen to hear how the fog finally lifted, as a breastfeeding advocate it was shocking (in a good way) even to me!In this episode Jess discusses:

severe pain and how she dealth with it
how a friend helped her see she was suffering from postpartum depression
tongue ties
sidelying position
triple feeding
the impact of not latching on her mental health

If you are experiencing symptoms of postpartum depression or anxiety, you can find help and resources by visiting Postpartum Support International. If you want to reach out to Jess you can reach her at: [email protected] be among the first to join our growing group of people talking about the podcast and supporting one another's baby feeding journeys, join our FB group. And to get personalized lactation help, reach out to me, I would love to make breastfeeding easier for you.
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Episode 19 When Low Milk Supply Has an Underlying Cause with Vicki

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Vicki was a NICU Nurse helping people learn to breastfeed for 5 years before she had her own breastfeeding experience. She thought with all of her knowledge of breastfeeding and milk supply that it would go easily for her. Her heart broke when that was not the case and she struggled with low milk supply. She was doing everything right, feeding on demand, pumping to increase supply, and her milk only decreased over time. She felt defeated. It was so hard for her to return to work, but to her surprise, she found healing in helping others feed their babies. It was two years after her youngest was done breastfeeding that she learned the underlying cause of her low milk supply.To join The Milk Making Minutes Facebook Group to reduce breastfeeding anxiety and build your confidence and be apart of a community that gets it, click here.To get individualized lactation support from me, Lo-- go here!Follow me on IG @milkmakingminutespodcast
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