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Breastfeeding Expectations: The Third Month

Episode 19 | September 7th, 2012

We all have certain expectations as we begin our breastfeeding journeys. Sometimes those expectations are met and sometimes they are exceeded- it’s all part of your developing role has a new mom. Today we’re continuing our series where we follow three moms and their newborns as they explore breastfeeding for the first year of life. Have common issues such as vasospasms and colic been resolved yet? How are the moms dealing with breastfeeding in public and returning back to work? Plus, more on pumping and getting support from family and friends. (more…)

The Hippie Super Mom

July 2nd, 2012 by Nathalie Arruda

What an experience it is to become a breastfeeding mother to a newborn baby. Most pregnant women plan to breastfeed their babies for some amount of time, so this process of figuring out nursing together is a very unifying part of the journey through motherhood. No matter what other choices we each make from there, or how our circumstances change along the way, three-quarters of us have experienced or will experience holding our own newborn baby and nourishing them with our breasts. (more…)