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Traveling and Pumping Breast Milk
by Mommy Care Team July 26, 2021
Summer is heating up. Families are making plans for vacations. Employers are bringing people back to the office and work travel is resuming. For breastfeeding moms, that means more planning, more logistics, and more to pack.
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The Cost of Breastfeeding
by Mommy Care Team July 19, 2021
As a naturally produced substance from a mother’s body, many people mistakenly assume that breast milk is free. Breast milk is commonly referred to as liquid gold. And while we’d like to think of all moms as magical milk making creatures, we can’t make milk from straw like Rumpelstiltskin. As part of our effort to normalize breastfeeding, we need to shed light on its hidden costs.
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Can You Grieve Breastfeeding If You Are a Pumping Mom?
by Mommy Care Team July 12, 2021
In reality, not every woman finds biological nursing easy, let alone possible. For some women, our own biology makes nursing difficult. Take inverted and elastic nipples for examples. Other women might find it uncomfortable.
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Creating and Setting Boundaries to Protect the Health of Your Family
by Mommy Care Team July 05, 2021
If we don’t set boundaries, we risk saying yes to everything, setting ourselves up for failure. In this post we’ll take a closer look at how, where, and why you can set boundaries
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Tips for Breastfeeding This Summer
by Mommy Care Team June 28, 2021
Summer often means a change in schedules. With the warm weather comes camps, gatherings, pool parties, and more. With these tips, you can enjoy events of the season without worrying about whether you can breastfeed, get proper nutrition, or safely nurse or pump.
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What is Mommy Martyrdom and How Is Its Glorification Hurting Families?
by Mommy Care Team June 21, 2021
As mothers we need to provide healthy examples for our children. We need to not only love and care for them, but we need to be able to do this sustainably, day after day.
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What Are Lip Ties and How Do They Impact Breastfeeding
by Mommy Care Team June 14, 2021
A lip tie is when this frenulum, or connective tissue between the lip and gum connects to the gums instead of higher up in the mouth. It doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it can limit the mobility of the upper lip.
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Is Your Baby Tongue Tied?
by Mommy Care Team June 08, 2021
When babies have an overly tight lingual frenulum it can inhibit their ability to extend their tongue. This means that babies with tongue ties might have trouble both latching, and then maintaining that latch.
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Involving Your Older Children in Your Breastfeeding Journey
by Mommy Care Team May 31, 2021
No matter our children’s assigned genders, the things we normalize in our homes, will be the way they see the world when they’re older. In this way, we can normalize breastfeeding once and for all.
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Eating for Two: How to Eat In Order to Maintain a Consistent Breast Milk Supply
by Mommy Care Team May 24, 2021
Focusing on healthy nutrition is so important for consistent milk supply. As a nursing mama our bodies need enough energy to keep our bodies fueled and to create milk for our babies to keep them healthy and growing! So, how do we do this?
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Help Building Your Healthcare Team for a Better Delivery
by Mommy Care Team May 17, 2021
This post is a bit of a roster for your medical and support staff during your labor and delivery. Here we break down the difference between doulas, midwives, and OBs. Which one you will choose for your team when it comes time to push is a very personal decision. This decision looks differently for every mom, and there is no one right or wrong option.
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Reasons Moms Love Manual Breast Pumps
by Mommy Care Team May 10, 2021
It’s no secret that we love electric breast pumps. They can save a lot of time and manual labor when it comes to pumping. But that doesn’t mean that we solely recommend them. There are reasons that moms love manual breast pumps as well.
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