Breastfeeding Education Articles

The articles contained here are provided as a service to mothers and fathers everywhere who are looking for complete, detailed information about the benefits — and how-to — for breastfeeding. Please feel free to read the articles, refer your friends, and let us know if we can help in any way.

Current Articles:

Breast Pump Borrower — Beware

Mothers simply aren't being told how to use a breast pump for breast milk collection, let alone the health risks of using a borrowed breast pump. As a health care provider and board-certified lactation consultant, it is my responsibility to point out the risks and consequences so that borrowers can — beware.

From Wrong to Right … Bra Size

It appears that so many women — pregnant and breastfeeding mothers included — wear the wrong bra because of limited size availability and lack of choice brands at many points-of-purchase. The real culprit, though, is that most women aren't measured and properly fit prior to the purchase of their bra.

Breast Milk Collection: Hygienic Insight

It's been a decade since my first. My first experience with collecting my breast milk, that is. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was my first day back to work at the hospital since maternity leave. My co-workers had offered me all the instruction and information that they thought I would need. "Plug in the pump, connect your kit, and turn on the switch", they told me. Kit in hand and filled with first time fear, I went behind closed doors to express myself. More like "relieve" myself.