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The days leading up to delivering your baby can be so nerve wracking!  We know this.  You are inundated with advice from everyone sharing their stories and what "they" think you should do.  Unfortunately, it doesn't get better once you get to the hospital.  Not only does it come from family and friends, but sadly, too often new parents find they get a plethora of instructions from nurses, doctors, other medical providers, and they do not know what to believe. We want to prov

This month there was a huge win for lactating moms who are pumping breast milk and traveling! In a lawsuit of Stacey Armato vs. United...

Did you know that breastfeeding can help prevent diabetes, a disease that affects 25.8 million people in the United States?! Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (formerly known as insulin dependent diabetes) is the results from an autoimmune destruction of the insulin producing cells in the pancreas. Type 2 diabetes can typically be managed with diet and exercise, and sometimes will require medications. Each year 15,600 children (under the age of 20) are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes,

You may have heard about the ”breastfeeding sibling study” and the concerning… so what does all of this mean? Could it really be that...

Have you recently been told that your baby is tongue tied but you aren’t sure if you should have it clipped? Tongue-tie (or ankyloglossia) is a complex issue that many practitioners do not understand.  In fact, there is a wide discrepancy of information out there on the web only to leave parents confused and baffled. What do you do and who do you believe?! There are many symptoms that moms or babies may have which could be related to a tongue-tie but do not necessarily .  Th

Updated: January 14, 2026 Many moms are concerned about their milk supply (even if she is making plenty!!). Moms want to know if their baby is getting enough and often worry when it seems like they don’t pump very much milk, or less than what mom feels comfortable with. This is normal to be nervous! I always reassure moms that babies are generally better at extracting milk from the breast than the pump! The way babies drink milk from the breast is very different than the

Many babies are born between 34 and 36.6 weeks gestation. While these babies stay in the hospital longer than babies born term, they...

There are many reasons to breastfeed. Reduced risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity, less diarrhea, otitis media (ear infections),...