All About Breastfeeding Blog

Have you heard of the word galactagogue? Basically it means a food or a drug that promotes the flow of a mother’s milk. It can also be described as a substance that increases milk supply. Why would a mother need to increase her milk supply? Don’t all mothers make...

Milk banks should be a household word, just like the blood banks. All infants in need deserve to have human milk.  Our smallest and sickest of babies need to have donor milk to help them get the best start in life.  Donor milk will help dramatically reduce the risk of...

On September 21,2016 The New York Milk Bank, a nonprofit in Westchester County, NY, USA, opened as the first and only comprehensive, community based milk bank in New York State.   This venture was started by a volunteer group of lactation professionals who recognized...

 I have to honestly say that I did not start out wanting to become an IBCLC.  It is one of those things that I really did just fall into.  After the birth of my first baby, I was not thrilled at how I was treated prenatally or during the birth.  So, I purposefully set...

Lisa Hendrickson-Jack   Lisa is a mom of 2 young children.  She is the host of a podcast called Fertility Friday and enjoys helping woman understand their menstrual cycles, not only for contraception and conception,, but for their overall long term health.  As a...

What is an IBCLC?   I am going to start by telling you what all those letter stand for: An International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) is a health care professional who specializes in the clinical management of breastfeeding.   An IBCLC works in a wide...

New Beginnings:  Season 2 of The All About Breastfeeding Show begins on October 10th , 2016  Penny Simkin!  Yes, the All About Breastfeeding show hosted Penny Simkin today. She has been my idol for, well, let’s just say, a very, very long time.  We go way back.  I was...

  There's no shortage of parenting advice out there these days.  I'm an education junkie (not to mention a recovering perfectionist), so as a new mom I figured I could find everything I needed to know somewhere out there.  I went out of my way to search for other...

My daughter, Carly Lea has just turned 27 years old today.  With each passing year I become even more sentimental that I was the year before.  I do with this with all 3 kids.  I wish I could stop this bad habit.  It is annoying.  It was bad before they were married...

The 7 Founders of Le Leche League International The year was 1956.   Mothers attending church picnics would sit around at the park breastfeeding their babies.  BF moms were far and few between and the ones that did, gravitated toward each other.  Around the picnic...