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What They Are and How They Happen Let down is a term used quite often in breastfeeding. Essentially, a let down is a reflex that happens, causing ...

New mothers are suffering from this education gap and not receiving the instruction, advice, and support that could save the breastfeeding journeys of so many. 

While it might be tough now, like all things in parenting, it will get better over time. And you have a friend in BeauGen. Lean on our expertise and friendly mom advice to help make middle of the night pumping easier so that you can get back to sleep faster. 

With the pump, we have control over this demand and can pump more or less frequently, to manually control our breast milk supply. Dropping a pump session is one way to signal to your body to produce less milk.

The breast pump, the parts, the pumping bras, the extra pieces, milk storage containers -- it can all add up. There are a few ways that you can save some money on these items, including through Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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?