Not breastfeeding when you go back to work?
"I've thought about breastfeeding. I have to go back to work 6 weeks after my baby is born. It just doesn't seem worth all the...
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Donna Bruschi, IBCLC
- Jan 11, 2022
- 4 min
Build your Breastfeeding Support Network
Are you a fourth-time breastfeeding pro or a first-time breastfeeder in a bottle feeding family? No matter what your skill level in...
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Donna Bruschi, IBCLC
- Dec 1, 2021
- 4 min
The 5 warning signs you NEED breastfeeding help now.
“I don't want to give my baby formula…my friends say I just have to tough it out for two weeks...the nurses in the hospital told me I...
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Donna Bruschi, IBCLC
- Nov 1, 2021
- 5 min
Birth and breastfeeding go together like a wedding and a honeymoon.
"I spent most of my pregnancy studying pregnancy, labor and birthing. There was a page on latching your baby for breastfeeding, but I...
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Donna Bruschi, IBCLC
- Aug 1, 2021
- 4 min
A Five Step Cure For Breastfeeding Innocence
"I thought breastfeeding would be easy because it's how our species has survived for like, forever. How hard could it be if a baby's...
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Donna Bruschi, IBCLC
- Dec 28, 2020
- 3 min
Something Has To Give.
 Simply being the mother of a breastfeeding infant is overwhelming. Your day to day list of things to do is already long. Feed the baby...
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Donna Bruschi, IBCLC
- Apr 2, 2020
- 4 min
So-called Breastfeeding Fail
Moms can’t believe how quickly the first 2 months go by, but that only happens after the first two months are over. Make a long term...
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Donna Bruschi, IBCLC
- Mar 1, 2020
- 5 min
Three astonishing facts about breastfeeding!
 1. Your body already knows what to do. Your breasts will learn how big your baby is and how much milk they need. Your breasts will...
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Donna Bruschi, IBCLC
- Jan 30, 2020
- 4 min
Your Baby Is Using You As A Pacifier
A pacifier by any other name is 'a dummy' -- a fake. Pacifiers are generic, easily lost, and easily replaced.
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Donna Bruschi, IBCLC
- Feb 17, 2017
- 3 min
Why do women fail at breastfeeding?
"I gave birth on Friday. There was no lactation help over the weekend. A pediatrician would only discharge us, if we fed our baby 4 oz....
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Donna Bruschi, IBCLC
- Sep 27, 2011
- 5 min
Why “Self-Soothing” is a Bad Idea.
Long ago, in the time of the sabertooth tiger, we developed a survival tool -- the “fight, flight and freeze” responses. And we still use...
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