For the Love of Milk

Send us Fan Mail Anna and Amanda chat with guest Nina Simmons, a certified postpartum doula, on the value of having a postpartum doula on your postpartum support team. They discuss what is a postpartum doula (4:00), what kinds of tasks postpartum doulas take on (5:00), when to bring in a postpartum doula (7:00), common objections to hiring a postpartum doula (8:00), how a postpartum doula can supp...

Send us Fan Mail Anna and Amanda discuss how to encourage your breastfed baby to take a bottle. Listen for tips and tricks!

Send us Fan Mail Anna and Amanda discuss common breastfeeding tools and gear, when you may need them, and when you may not! They discuss breast pads (3:20), leaky breasts (4:00), nipple shields (7:00), hakka (11:00), silverettes (15:40), wearable breast pumps (20:00), breastfeeding bras (23:50), breast shells (27:40), nipple cream (30:00), and breastfeeding pillows (31:00). 

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna take on common breastfeeding concerns. They discuss combination feeding (1:30), downregulating milk supply (5:00), meeting mothers where they are (7:30), clogged ducts (10:00), when babies wont latch (18:00), and the football position for nursing (28:50).

Send us Fan Mail Anna and Amanda discuss common breastfeeding questions. They discuss whether breastfeeding pain is ever normal (1:00), foremilk and hindmilk imbalance (9:20), block feeding (11:20), and the challenge of lactation support in hospital settings (16:00). 

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna discuss understanding your babies cues! They discuss baby cues that are often misinterpreted and how to make sense of what your baby is telling you! They discuss when are babies asking for diaper changes (3:00), elimination communication (7:00), tiredness (14:40), gassiness (18:00), and the importance of mentors and role models (22:00). 

Send us Fan Mail Anna and Amanda chat with a guest, Ashley, about her use of a supplemental nursing system (SNS) on her way to exclusive breastfeeding! This is an uplifting story of finding a redemptive breastfeeding experience with the second baby after struggling to breastfeed the first. They discuss breast surgery (2:15), preparing to breastfeed a second time (8:50), low milk supply (12:20), us...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna discuss common breastfeeding concerns. They discuss a sudden drop in milk supply (2:20), the impact of hormonal birth control on milk supply (3:50), infrequent milk removal leading to breast refusal and blocked ducts (6:30), unconventional uses of breastmilk (10:00), moving from cup feeds to breastfeeding (14:00), the impact of your period on milk supply (19:00), r...

Send us Fan Mail Anna and guest Elizabeth Ortiz discuss how to foster secure attachment through infancy, beginning with breastfeeding. They discuss what is secure attachment (3:15), how secure attachment develops (4:20), what is the impact of secure attachment on our relationships with our children (5:00), a summary of baby's nervous system (7:40), establishing secure attachment with our chil...

Send us Fan Mail Anna and Amanda discuss breastfeeding affirmations for the new year. They discuss their problems with new years resolutions (2:00), the power and limitations of positive affirmations (6:00), and suggested affirmations for the breastfeeding person (10:00). 

Send us Fan Mail Holiday reflections on the gift that is breastfeeding.  Happy holidays! 

Send us Fan Mail Anna and Amanda have created the only Christmas list you'll ever need for the mother-to-be in your life! They discuss all the "must have" gifts as well as the "don't bother" ones.  Start here if you are looking to treat yourself as a soon-to-be mom, or if you're hoping to treat a loved one who is loving on a little one.

Send us Fan Mail Anna and Amanda answer breastfeeding questions from the internet! They discuss how to recover milk supply after having the flu (2:20), ovulation and pregnancy's impact on nipple sensation (7:20), sudden breast refusal and bottle preference (10:30), and whether to pump when separated from baby (17:00). 

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna talk about pregnancy loss with their repeat guest, Grace. They discuss the "best" way to grieve (3:20), unmedicated miscarriage (4:00), continuing pregnancy without a fetal heartbeat (6:00), dilation and curettage (D&C) (6:40), breaking with hospital policy (7:00), honoring a life gone too soon (8:20), leaking milk after miscarriage (9:40), grieving w...

Send us Fan Mail Anna and Amanda discuss holiday travel with babies and young children. They discuss car travel (2:30), the secret to holiday travel with kids (6:00), the value of an umbrella stroller (8:30), putting your kids on a leash (10:00), being the last on a plane (12:20), breastfeeding on a plane (13:20), avoiding clogged ducts while traveling (15:30), what to do when everyone wants to ho...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna chat again with Carly and discuss all things tandem breastfeeding. 

Send us Fan Mail Trigger warning: this episode contains discussions of miscarriage and pregnancy loss. Amanda and Anna chat with Grace about honoring her intuition while navigating our medical system. They discuss conscious conception (5:00), miscarriage (5:30), planning a home birth (7:00), concurrent care with an obstetrician (9:00), pressure for cesearan section (12:00), psychedelic experiences...

Send us Fan Mail Anna and Amanda discuss what to expect when breastfeeding older babies and toddlers. They discuss sleeping through the night (1:40), biting (4:00), breastfeeding as a relationship (6:00), nursing a toddler in public (7:00), the many uses of breastmilk (8:30), sadness after weaning (9:00), parenting without the breast (9:30), cultural norms versus biological norms (10:25), immune b...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna chat with Carly about how we evolve as parents. They discuss newborn rash and spitting up, (6:00), blood in infant stools (6:00), extended breastfeeding (10:00), viral arthritis (14:00), nursing through medical complications (16:00), taking time off work to care for children (20:20), the challenge of adding children to the family (26:00), breastfeeding in public (2...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna discuss what to expect in the first six months of breastfeeding. They discuss the identity shift into parenthood (1:15), finding a new normal (4:30), the challenge of finding reliable childcare (9:10), introducing a bottle (15:00), breastfeeding norms at six months (16:30), distracted babies (18:30), returning to work (19:40), paced bottle feeding (21:00), returnin...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna answer questions from the internet! They discuss whether to wake a sleeping baby overnight (2:00), the importance of overnight milk removal (3:30), tips for waking a sleeping baby (4:40), when and how to stop using a nipple shield (7:00), slow infant weight gain (13:00), whether to add rice cereal to baby's bottle (13:30), when to start solid foods (14:00), an...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna discuss what to expect in the first month of breastfeeding.  They discuss the new baby smell (4:00), a typical newborn feeding pattern (6:50), signs that breastfeeding is going well (9:50), cluster feeding (11:30), normal infant weight gain (16:20), infant sleep (17:45), night feedings (22:00), clogged ducts (24:10), mastitis (27:00), gassiness and spitting up (29:...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna chat with Amanda's daughter Sam about easy breastfeeding.  They discuss preparing to breastfeed as a daughter of a lactation consultant (1:30), home birth (2:30), bearing witness to birth (11:00), the pushing phase of labor (18:00), nuchal cord (20:00), the breast crawl (22:30), knowing whether baby is getting enough milk (25:00), finding your maternal instinc...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna discuss what to expect in the first week of breastfeeding. They discuss cluster feeding (1:10), managing early breastfeeding in the hospital (6:45), normal infant behavior in the first week (18:15), infant sleep in the first week (19:45), how often a newborn will feed (21:30), infant weight loss (22:00), infant stools (24:45), what it's like to care for a newb...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna chat with Kelly about her experience learning to breastfeed her 34 week premature baby. They discuss preterm labor (2:30), hospital bedrest (5:00), making the most of preterm birth (8:00), preterm delivery (9:00), preparing for a NICU stay (14:20), the golden hour with a premature baby (16:20), lactation support in the hospital for a premature baby (17:30), initiat...