By Ali Weatherford in consultation with Jimi Francis, MS, PhD, IBCLC, RDN, LD What does fortifying breast milk even mean? And isn’t breast milk already a perfect food for human babies? We talk about that all the time. There is [...]
By Ali Weatherford For anyone who doesn’t work in the field of maternal health, it might be hard to understand why and how there are disparities in outcomes for black families, but it’s a very real crisis. The start of [...]
By Ali Weatherford The class of medications known as GLP-1 drugs are a newer medical weight loss option that are gaining popularity at a very fast pace. They are injectable medications that work to help people lose weight in a [...]
By Ali Weatherford This is World Breastfeeding Week. This is one week within the larger National Breastfeeding Awareness Month. It might seem redundant to have a separate and special week to think about World Breastfeeding though. Doesn’t it work the [...]
By Ali Weatherford in consultation with Jimi Francis, MS, PhD, IBCLC, RDN, LD Where Do You Get Your Information? This question might seem like it has a simple answer, but it does not. When you’re pregnant or new to parenting, [...]
By Ali Weatherford The physiology of lactation is fascinating. Most people don’t know that their body is capable of providing milk early in the second trimester of pregnancy, once all of the hormones have done their work and the breast [...]
By Ali Weatherford I live in central Texas which is also Breastfeeding Success headquarters. It’s July here now, and in central Texas that means scorching heat. I, and many of us living here, avoid getting cars with leather seats or [...]
By Ali Weatherford in consultation with Andrea Carrasco, RN, ICCE Most people don’t know what to expect when they’re in the hospital after giving birth for the first time. You might expect to be cared for by nurses, but there’s [...]
By Ali Weatherford in consultation with Kristen Rosin, BS, IBCLC, RLC For some families, a breast pump is an absolutely necessity. But even when it’s not, most families end up benefiting from having a breast pump at least occasionally. Either [...]
By Ali Weatherford in consultation with Cassie Terrillion, IBCLC Last week’s article was all about power pumping, a very trendy technique, mainly used to maintain a good milk supply by people who are exclusively or primarily pumping to bottle feed [...]
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