Today I read a heart-wrenching piece on Kveller.com written by a mom of new baby twins who is trying very, very hard to breastfeed…
Author: Tipper Gallagher, BA, IBCLC
Being a jerk doesn’t help
These ladies look pleasant and really, really well dressed. (Image courtesy dailycloudt via Flickr Creative Commons.) Last week Facebook exploded (by which I mean…
Guest Post Anxiety Intuition And Distinguishing Between The
Today's guest post comes from someone I'm lucky to have met through Pregnancy & Postpartum Support Minnesota, Crystal Clancy. I asked her if she…
Breastfeeding and sanity are not mutually exclusive
Venn diagrams are useful. If I had a dime for every time I heard someone say that someone should stop breastfeeding to save their sanity, I…
Putting scope under the scope
It is probably outside of my scope to help this dyad. Photo credit: vic_206 via Flickr Creative Commons I admit it: I like rules.…
5 ways you can help breastfeeding parents (part 2)
Photo by Rita & Tomek via Flickr Creative Commons Part 1 of this series talked about ways you can help breastfeeding parents on a…
Guest post: My wife’s biggest supporter
The author and his wife on their first son’s birthday. Today’s guest post comes from my husband, Matt Gallagher, who is indeed my biggest…
5 ways you can help breastfeeding parents (part 1)
Audrey Rowe, USDA Deputy Administrator of Special Nutrition Programs, chats with the Shenandoah Valley Community Breastfeeding support group August 6 in Martinsburg, West Virginia.…
Guest post: Rebecca’s breastfeeding story
Rebecca and her son. If you would have told a younger version of myself that I would be a passionate breastfeeding mom who plans…
My self as research subject: Observations on increasing pumping output
Pumping and I have never really been great friends. I’ve always wanted to produce enough milk to donate, whether to a milk bank or…