by Jennifer | May 4, 2020 | Breastfeeding, Parenthood, Postpartum, The First Year
It feels like ripping off the world’s largest band aid in slow motion. You know you’ll be okay, you know it has to be done, but it still hurts a little. I know in my heart this is the right choice for me. Even before the mild bout of mastitis at 10 months...
by Jennifer | Oct 8, 2019 | Breastfeeding, Postpartum, The First Year
Rule #1 of nursing and pumping: You just keep pumping. No matter how defeated you feel, and no matter how panicked you get that you’re losing your entire supply and this is the end, you just keep pumping. (Unless weaning is your goal, in which case this post is...
by Jennifer | Aug 20, 2019 | Breastfeeding, Postpartum, The First Year
I make no secret of my struggles with my first breastfeeding journey. As with anything else, it’s not the struggle itself, but what you do with the lessons you learn that makes the difference. So this time, I’ve made small changes – things I...
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...
