A Lactogenic Lifestyle: What it is, how to begin –
A Lactogenic Lifestyle holds the potential to change lives. This series will explore the relationship between our daily habits, food choices, and health, and provide concrete steps that can improve not only milk supply but also overall wellness for ourselves and our families
Low Milk Supply and a Breastfeeding Diet
Relics of postpartum practices might yet be gifted across generations. They are kept safely in the old wives’ tales that are shared between mothers. They are sometimes found written on a crinkled, yellow page, stashed away between the forgotten pages of vintage health books.
Green Superfoods for Milk Supply: Amaranth and Sweet Potato Leaves
we will explore two incredible plants that have been cherished for centuries by breastfeeding mothers across Asia, Africa, and South America. Amaranth and sweet potato leaves are packed with essential nutrients and renowned for their ability to support lactation and enhance milk supply.
Beta-Glucans and the Dual Role of Prolactin: a detective story
Beta-glucan increases the milk-making hormone prolactin as well as bringing about changes in a mother’s physiology that promote good lactation. Yet, a clear mechanism of action eluded us for decades. In fact we were told it was impossible.
Anti-Lactogenics – Herbs, Meds, Vitamins, and Foods that can undermine milk production
You may find that your supply is better protected if you avoid the following as herbs, spices, in food or beverages, and as extracts or flavorings in candy, breath mints, toothpaste, medicine, foods and beverages.
The Postpartum Dance of Estrogen, Insulin, and Cortisol, for Milk Production
“The dance” between hormones in the postpartum is key to understand common lactation difficulties. In this article, we’ll look at how humans and primates “function” as far as choreographing this dance.
ESL Posts: English as Second Language
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BLOGS – en espaniol
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Writing: Poems, Lyrics, Books
Writing the book “Healing Breastfeeding Grief”
For ten years, I listened each day to mothers as they vented their profound feelings of loss, grief and failure--feelings I also had with my first baby when I could not build a milk supply. I wished with all my heart that I could do more than just commiserate. I...
Writing the book “Mother Food”
A Slow Gestation The idea for this book was conceived and then took hold of me, a little more each time, with the births of my four children. With each child, I learned a little more about overcoming my low milk supply issues by using traditional herbs and foods — an...
Complimentary Meds for Seasonal, Respiratory Viral Diseases that are compatible with nursing
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