The Milk Diaries – Details, episodes & analysis

Should you sleep train for your mental health?

What actually goes on in the baby's brain during sleep training?

Brittany from Good Night Moon Child

What does it look like to look at baby sleep of a neuroscience perspective?

We also share our own experiences with sleep training and the effect on breastfeeding.

Get Andrea's safe cosleeping guide here

Do you have pain breastfeeding even after your baby's tongue tie release?

Confused about whether or not to do physical therapy before and after tongue tie release?

Kelsey Baker of @bwelltots has the TRIFECTA of bodyworker and lactation knowledge as an LC, PT and CST practitioner!!!

We go over how to find a provider if options in your area are limited, if you really need to release a tongue tie even if your baby is gaining weight, and what exactly IS bodywork!

This is MUST LISTEN!!!

instagram.com/bwelltots

Does breastfeeding CAUSE maternal mental health issues?

That's what everyone on social media says, right?

Evidence says the opposite. Dozens of studies, actually. Andrea is combatting the myths about breastfeeding and mental health, what ACTUALLY causes depression and why it's not breastfeeding alone and more importantly why mothers deserve better than to believe this myth.

Join the Empowered Breastfeeding Club and get REAL ROOT CAUSE HELP instead of a band aid approach:

https://instinctualmothering.thrivecart.com/empowered-breastfeeding-academy/

YOUR BREAST SLEEP:

https://instinctualmothering.thrivecart.com/your-breast-sleep/

Look at the studies yourself:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6096620/#CR76

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/jwh.2021.0504

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26494433/

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00737-017-0805-y

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26494433/

Imagine being completely horrified when a doctor tells you your newborn needs to be "put on ice" moments after birth because of a possible lack of oxygen during birth?

That's what Molly (@mollylauf) had to deal with in her first pregnancy. What followed was a redemptive breastfeeding journey that caused her some lasting anxiety and led to decisions she later realizes were borne out of the trauma from the NICU. She then went on to make completely different choices in her next two births.

This episode is a lengthy but amazing conversation about the way motherhood changes you, regrets and the mindset shift that is so difficult but necessary to surrender to motherhood.

NICU guide:

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Toddler Night Weaning Workshop MAY 20:

https://instinctualmothering.thrivecart.com/breastfeeding-12-months-workshop/

Did you know birth interventions affect breastfeeding?

In this episode, I talk about how things like:

epidurals

pitocin inductions

forceps and vacuum delivery

suctioning

circumcision

vaXXines

can affect how a baby breastfeeds. If you're having a hospital birth you don't wanna miss it!

Get the handy PDF if you want ways to avoid these interventions PLUS what to do if you end up with them in order to optimize breastfeeding.

Boob Proof your Birth Plan

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TODDLER WEANING WORKSHOP>>

https://instinctualmothering.thrivecart.com/breastfeeding-12-months-workshop/

Jordan share her story of a 26 week birth and her fight for donor milk and also gives tips on finding a milk donor.

NICU breastfeeding guide:

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What gear do you REALLY need for breastfeeding and what is a waste of money? Andrea breaks it down as a minimalist who hates wasting money. If you don't want to spend money of useless stuff, listen to this episode. Bottle and Pacifier Guide Empowered Breastfeeding Academy

What can you do, if anything, to ensure a robust milk supply during pregnancy?

In this podcast I cover:

*prenatal colostrum expression

*when you start producing milk

*get your milk supply off to a good start

*teas, lactation cookies and other supplements

* key information you need to know in order to boost your supply

Steph Rempel

Boob Proof Your Birth Plan

Benefits of Breastfeeding go beyond just "reduced ear infections"

We talk about affects of breastfeeding in terms of:

Caner

Autoimmune Conditions

Infections

Postpartum Mood Disorders

Obesity

Cholesterol

and MORE!

Get in depth informed consent at my new class, Liquid Gold LIVE

Taylor Fisher shares her breastfeeding stories: Twins and supplementing

https://www.instagram.com/fishtaylfertility/

It's a RAD MOM takeover!

Natasha Vargas-Cooper my partner in silly-goose lactivism is here to talk about how breastfeeding brought her back from feeling out of control of her body during a c section, and how one old school IBCLC catapulted her into radical mom-hood.

*the outrageous advice a doctor gave her mom about breastfeeding.

*why she became BFFs with the anesthesiologist during her c section

*we chat weaning strategies and when to stop nursing on demand

*toddler poop battles

Night Weaning Webinar

JOIN THE RAD MOMS! https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-lKsnOHgTkGJIXqGHAMuyw?fbclid=IwAR1KSOhTMxbPt1J1UDQ26lF0x0OnvUYiyBEt10bXr0yN--KqJXjTk1L1iQo_aem_AU3Xj_bLCQqSq9BCVgAwAZ-76cxCmh2XewJkhlEdzgMXGslpMkrxEFtYZnNfcW5D3NmasbmAmtBpFZz3wM2IlEhL#/registration

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Did you know that 85% of American women want to breastfeed but only about 25% are doing it exclusively at 6 months?

What are some of the reasons about this?

I go through 3 mistakes I see women making when they are pregnant and saying they are "going to try" to breastfeed.

We are all focusing on the wrong things when it comes to thinking about preparing for breastfeeding.

How budgeting and planning for things like house cleaners and childcare for older kids is "breastfeeding prep"

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