For the Love of Milk

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna discuss what to expect in the first 24 hours of breastfeeding. They discuss breastfeeding after hospital birth (3:30), the golden hour (4:30), the breast crawl (5:25), the importance of feeding within the first hour (8:30), skin-to-skin (11:30), newborn bathing (13:50), signs that baby is feeding well (16:15), the nipple sensations of breastfeeding (17:15), getting...

Send us Fan Mail Anna and Amanda host their first guest, Claire! They discuss working with a lactation consultant (3:00), infant weight loss (6:50), early nipple pain (11:00), tongue tie (12:00), perceptions of breastfeeding (13:00), prenatal breastfeeding education (14:40), tongue tie release (17:30), using donor milk (30:00), the importance of infant body work (31:00), the value of parenting in...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna discuss Anna's third breastfeeding experience in which Amanda served as Anna's lactation consultant! They discuss being a lactation consultant intern (3:20), the decision to have a homebirth (11:30), the desire to birth alone (14:30), the homebirth experience (21:00), the golden hour (25:00), using donor milk (28:30), triple feeding (30:00), low milk supp...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna discuss Anna's first two breastfeeding stories. They discuss planning for an unmedicated birth (4:40), middle child syndrome (7:00), late-term change in birth location (11:30), an unmedicated delivery (13:00), discomfort with nursing (19:30), utilizing hospital lactation support (20:30), early supplementation with formula (23:20), cluster feeding (25:00), the...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna discuss Amanda's last three breastfeeding stories. They discuss using an enema to advance labor (10:00), laboring with pitocin (12:45), comfort measures in labor (14:30), breastfeeding after breast implants (17:30), an easy breastfeeding relationship (20:00), single parenting (22:50), moving to Mexico (26:00), international travel with small children (28:00),...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Anna discuss Amanda's first two breastfeeding stories. They discuss teenage pregnancy (2:30), religious upbringing (7:30), leaving her childhood home (13:00), preparing to breastfeed (20:00), finishing school as a pregnant teen (21:20), a medicated labor and delivery (23:00), engorgement remedies (28:30), pyloric stenosis (33:20), preparing a newborn for surgery (3...

Send us Fan Mail In For the Love of Milk’s first episode, get to know your hosts! Amanda and Anna will share who they are, why they are so passionate about helping moms and babies breastfeed, and what you can expect from the show.