Tag Archives: pumping

Booby Traps Series: Lawmakers have expanded our rights to pump at work. Now the hard part.

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on January 1, 2013

This is the 68th post in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. Pumping at work isn’t easy.  I remember how much time and commitment it took when I did it, nearly … Continue reading →

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Booby Traps Series: Six breastfeeding myths you might hear at the doctor’s office

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on September 19, 2012

This is the 56th post in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. Why there so many myths about breastfeeding, I don’t know.  But I do know that our health care providers, … Continue reading →

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Science You Can Use: Can music make you make more – and fattier – milk?

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on June 22, 2012

Music is food for the soul, they say.  But what it if also made food for babies? A recent study found that mothers of babies in the NICU pumped more milk – and fattier milk – when listening to recorded … Continue reading →

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Booby Traps Series: How to beat the Booby Traps in the NICU. An interview with Diane Spatz.

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on June 7, 2012

This post is the 43rd in a series on the Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. In a prior post I discussed a number of barriers to breastfeeding many moms encounter in the NICU.  … Continue reading →

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A Babe’s Guide to Pumping

By Fleur Bickford, BSc., RN, IBCLC | Posted on November 30, 2011

Whether pumping at work, pumping at home for the occasional night out, or pumping to protect milk production while managing breastfeeding challenges, many mothers these days use a breast pump at some point during their nursing relationship. Regardless of the … Continue reading →

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The Babe’s Guide to Bottle Feeding

By Fleur Bickford, BSc., RN, IBCLC | Posted on July 6, 2011

Unlike breastfeeding, we’ve all seen bottle feeding, and we all know how to do it. We’ve been surrounded by it growing up. If someone handed you a baby and a bottle you would know what to do right? Of course … Continue reading →

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Reasonable Break Time for Nursing Mothers

By Kori Martin, JD, LLLL | Posted on June 27, 2011

As most of you have probably heard by now, the new federal healthcare legislation (The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) includes a provision creating new baseline protections for working and pumping moms.  Since there is still a great deal … Continue reading →

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Wall Street Journal: Pumping Breast Milk on the Job Still Carries Costs

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on May 7, 2009

The Wall Street Journal Online posted a good article, “Pumping Breast Milk on The Job Still Carries Costs.”  I think the “carrying costs” part is a little confusing, though.   The truth is that not helping moms to succeed at breastfeeding … Continue reading →

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