More Milk, Please! - A Baby-Feeding Stories Podcast

Many of us have heard of triple feeding, but have you ever heard of quadruple feeding? Quadruple feeding is doing four things to try to feed your baby every day, and it’s exhausting! Danielle Kawlewski's baby was born with Down syndrome and a heart defect. In today’s episode, she shares the struggles of feeding, losing the sucking reflex, and then going straight from tube feeding to thickened brea...

Today, I was really honored to interview the incredible Lynan Saperstein. Not only is she a new, older mom (she gave birth at 39. and she's breastfeeding at 40), but she is a soulful, heart-driven entrepreneur with a passion for energetic clearing. She offers group energy programs as well as private sessions. You can check her out at ElementalSphere.com. Lynan's milk came in very fast. She describ...

Today, I am really honored to interview an incredible woman, Barb Higgins. I’ve known Barb since I was in 4th grade and ran track and field with the local Parks and Rec community. In high school, she was my cross-country coach, and she led us to win our local Division, then State, and then The New England Championship. I have such incredible memories with this woman. Barb is now 60 and on the show...

Today, I’m interviewing a very dear friend and fellow mama, Andrea Purjue. She was a huge support to me during my pregnancy and first year with my daughter. In fact, Andrea, came down from Seattle to join me on my first cross-country flight with Luna when Luna was only 3 months old. She was and is amazing. In this Episode, Andrea shares about the joys and challenges of being a single mom while pre...

Today, I’m interviewing, Kelila Green Siciliano. She is a mom, a surrogate, a pregnancy loss survivor, a speaker, the founder of OursAndYRS, and the host of the podcast, “Pushing Through Loss” where Kelila speaks about her experience with surrogacy, pregnancy loss, and creating a survival toolkit in order to help her audience feel empowered to use their own struggles to work with them and not push...

In today’s episode, I interviewed Lily Kendall Wood, the one woman who absolutely transformed my baby-feeding story. She believed in me when I didn’t believe in myself. She offered me her own baby-feeding stories so I felt normal and seen. In episode one, I talk about her endlessly because she shows up all over my baby-feeding journey. Outside of supporting me, this fantastic woman, Lily Kendall W...

In today's episode, I interviewed a good friend and fellow mama, Laika Ottinot. Laika had her daughter, Erica, at the height of COVID-19, and in her story, she shares the pure joy of meeting her daughter after three miscarriages. She also shared why she advocated for 24 weeks of Maternity Leave for herself and was granted the opportunity. Laika works in a NYC hospital's open heart surgery departme...

In today's episode, I interviewed one of my best friends and fellow mamas, Cora Poage. She and I have known each other since we worked together at a summer job in college, and we’ve been really fortunate that our growth trajectory has mirrored each other's in many ways. So much so that we both had our first babies in 2022, almost twenty years after we initially met. My daughter is seven months old...

TRIGGER WARNING: In this episode, Chloe shares how a resident assaulted her during her first birth. Fortunately, Chloe. later sought help and reported it to both the police and the hospital. The resident was thankfully dismissed from her residency.  I am so excited to share the episode with you. Midland Doula, Chloe Adams, has an incredible story of knowing nothing before the birth of her fir...

In today’s episode, I interview, Dr. Andrea Wadley. The owner of 127 Pediatrics in Colleyville, TX. As a pediatrician and lactation consultant she also provides lactation medical care in the comfort of her patients home, as well as online breastfeeding education. You can find 127Pediatrics on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Youtube.  I am excited today to have Dr. Andrea Wadley share her o...

In today’s episode, I interview Cecilia Tse, a Mum of 2, an IVF warrior, and recently the Co-founder, CFO, and COO of hey freya a health supplements company for women. hey freya is a women’s wellness brand providing clean, evidence-backed solutions that give women the rest and energy necessary for collective liberation . I am also excited to share that Cecilia and hey freya are offering listeners...

Canada may seem like "just" our sweet, friendly neighbors to the north, but in reality, the Canadian Government supports moms on their postpartum journeys far more than the US Government. Today, I am so excited to introduce you to our incredible guest, Colette Hamon, from Alberta Canada. Colette is also the founder and CEO of BraTopia! As Colette shares her three baby-feeding stories, we learn: Ca...

Hi Molly, In today's episode , I interviewed a very dear friend and fellow mama, Carla Barnes. She and I met way back, during our freshman year in College. We lived in the same dorm. Being first-time moms together now is so exciting, especially since we’re older mamas. Today, Carla opens up about the placental abruption she had at 34 weeks. She shares how she spent almost a week in the hospital be...

This first episode will be a little different, as I’m kicking things off by sharing my own baby-feeding story. Why? If I’m asking moms+ to come on and share some of their most vulnerable and honest moments, it’s only fair that I go first and give you the dirt on my baby-feeding experience. So, in this episode, you will hear how my daughter was born with a tongue tie that left bruises on my areola....

Hi Everyone! I’m your host, Molly Rider. Welcome to the trailer for my new podcast, More Milk, Please! Baby-feeding stories from Moms+ like me and you! This podcast is designed to be a safe space for women+ to come together and share baby-feeding stories. Whether you are expecting, thinking about having kids, adopting, a mom, non-binary, an Aunt, Grandma, or caregiver, you are welcome because we h...