At the Breast Podcast

In the final episode of season 1 your hosts come together to discuss the success of completing the first season and the team work that made it possible. Claire and Caitlin discuss the realities of creating this podcast while also mothering as well as what they have learned from the women and their stories. The At the Breast Podcast will return for season 2 in the fall of 2024.  We are always looki...

The final story for Season 1 is Rio’s story. Rio tells us about her pain free homebirth and unfortunately how her immediate postpartum was sabotaged by impatient midwives. Rio had a lot of fear and traumatic stories around breastfeeding so when it was a struggle to latch and breastfeed she needed support from an IBCLC and nipple shields. Her story is ultimately triumphant and an incredible example...

This week’s episode brings us Jessyl sharing the stories of free birthing 4 out of 5 children and breastfeeding all of them. This episode had a few technical difficulties in recording but the wealth of knowledge and dynamics in these stories should make up for it! Jessyl tells us how she navigated bottle preference with her first son, and how raising birds helped her design her path through weanin...

This week Amanda tells us the stories of breastfeeding her 3 children. We talk about how birth and postpartum impact breastfeeding relationships and how easeful weaning can turn out to be. Her stories are all positive and full of wild woman intuition.  https://behervillage.com/ https://www.auspiciousbeginningsdoula.com/ We are always looking for women who want to share their breastfeeding stories....

Elissa tells us the story of her traumatic hospital birth that miraculously did not interfere with breastfeeding her son. We talk about pumping, going back to work full time, and boundaries for breastfeeding and life.  We are always looking for women who want to share their breastfeeding stories. If you would like to share your story on the podcast please email us at atthebreastpodcast@gmail.com a...

Sammy tells us the story of birthing her daughter at home and breastfeeding successfully with no end in sight. She had to navigate persistent reflux and discovering her daughter's fiery temperament. Sammy’s own fierce energy comes through making this episode really engaging.  If you would like to share your story on the podcast please email us at atthebreastpodcast@gmail.com and we will send y...

Rachel’s episode is a fantastic look at one mother’s journey through 3 distinct breastfeeding experiences with different challenges, successes, and expectations. From birthing and breastfeeding her first child at 19 years old to having two children close together in the 2020s Rachel shares so much about learning and growing into the mother she is today.  If you would like to share your story on th...

This week on At The Breast with Claire and Caitlin, Sophie tells the story of free birthing her son and needing support from her women and an IBCLC to navigate some breastfeeding struggles. Her and her son did find a way through and are still breastfeeding today.  If you would like to share your story on the podcast please email us at atthebreastpodcast@gmail.com and we will send you our interview...

Listen in to Michaela’s story of easy breastfeeding and grieving the maiden. We also discuss the desire for mothering in postpartum. This story has an amazing example of how breastfeeding can be simple and straightforward and also labor intensive.  If you would like to share your story on the podcast please email us at atthebreastpodcast@gmail.com and we will send you our interview questionnaire. ...

In this week’s episode Leslie shares her story of breastfeeding easily from the beginning and sticking to her convictions when her baby’s father became unsupportive. She also talks about returning to work and learning how to pump in a supportive way. This episode is packed with wisdom and joy.  If you would like to share your story on the podcast please email us at atthebreastpodcast@gmail.com and...

Welcome back for the rest of Claire’s Story! She shares how she free birthed her second daughter, navigated a new set of challenges in breastfeeding and postpartum, and ultimately triumphed by exclusively breastfeeding!   If you would like to share your story on the podcast please email us at atthebreastpodcast@gmail.com and we will send you our interview questionnaire.  You can find us on instagr...

In this episode Claire shares her story of free birthing her first daughter and then navigating the New York medical system in her immediate postpartum to get support when breastfeeding was not working as expected. This episode contains an unsupportive partner, medical rape, and breastfeeding trauma.  If you would like to share your story on the podcast please email us at atthebreastpodcast@gmail....

Welcome to the first episode of At The Breast Podcast! In this episode Claire and Caitlin introduce themselves and discuss how At The Breast Podcast came to be. Then Caitlin tells the tale of her breastfeeding story. This story contains a traumatic c-section, the NICU, and breastfeeding trauma.  If you would like to share your story on this podcast please email us at atthebreastpodcast@gmail.com a...

In this podcast you will hear mother centered stories from wild women about their own unique breastfeeding experiences. It’s through sharing these stories that we hope to demystify physiological breast feeding in the modern world: a world that is generally unsupportive to breastfeeding, with obstacles like sabotaged birth, separation of mother and baby, and devaluation of the postpartum time. Let’...