by Laura Messina | Jul 10, 2018 | Breastfeeding, The First Year
Jennifer’s Note: Hello, all. I’m finally through the first trimester yuck and working to get myself back on a blogging schedule. I have also invited a few of my close mom friends to share their motherhood journeys with you. Today, I’d like to...
by Jennifer | Apr 13, 2018 | Breastfeeding, The First Year
When pumping takes over your life, and you’re more determined than anything to provide food for your baby, you do some strange things. Things like: Manually pumping at 30,000 ft. with nothing but a swaddle cloth to hide the “evidence” Pumping in the...
by Jennifer | Oct 10, 2017 | Breastfeeding, Product Recommendations, The First Year, Working Mommy
Dear EP Momma, Pumping is not easy. You do it out of love, but it drains you physically, mentally, emotionally, and literally as well. It is one of the rare times in your life when you carry on an intense, love/hate relationship with an inanimate object. Although...
by Jennifer | Oct 3, 2017 | Breastfeeding, The First Year
When I first decided to switch from direct nursing to Exclusively Pumping, I thought that I had failed at breastfeeding. That was my negative, ignorant inner voice talking. Exclusively Pumping, or EP, is breastfeeding. Never let anyone tell you otherwise. EP is...
by Jennifer | Jul 19, 2017 | Breastfeeding, The First Year
My Little Dude is almost 9 months old. Which means it has also been almost 9 months since that day in the hospital when he was snatched from my arms AS I WAS TRYING TO NURSE HIM (my perception at the time; keep in mind I was medicated and running on fumes). The doctor...
