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Your Doula is Worth Every Dime
June 19, 2025 • 4 min read
Couples may like the idea of labor support but have sticker shock when they see the cost. When all is accounted for, however, it’s obvious that being a doula is a labor of love. In Wilmington, Delaware, private doula services average $1,200 to $1,500. Expecting parents tend to estimate how many hours they might be […]
Breastfeeding and Maternal Mental Health
June 2, 2025 • 6 min read
You’ve heard breastfeeding will leave you a train wreck, but you’ve also heard the hormones are supposed to help with mental health. The truth, as usual, lies somewhere in between. During prenatal visits, I ask expecting parents what their vision is for feeding their baby. What would an ideal scenario look like for them? The […]
Wilmington’s network for you and baby
May 20, 2025 • 5 min read
Feeding difficulties can be rooted in disciplines outside an IBCLC’s scope, or you may simply want support in another area–for you or for baby. Here’s a list of wonderful providers dedicated to helping you along your way. Body people It may seem surprising, but newborns often have areas of tension in their bodies that can […]
Heroines of Modern Breastfeeding Care: The Lactation Network
April 29, 2025 • 5 min read
It’s hard to believe, but insurance coverage for breastfeeding support is the best around. It’s changing the game for families and for lactation consultants.
Twenty Reasons You’ll Love Your Lactation Consultant
April 13, 2025 • 5 min read
What is a lactation consultant, and how important is it to have one? Do you wait until you have a reason to go? Is it only for nursing at the breast? Can’t your OB or pediatrician help you?
Why is breastfeeding so hard?
March 7, 2025 • 5 min read
You’ve heard the horror stories. What gives? How can something natural be so overwhelming? Here’s how: yes, nursing is natural. But nursing is a human behavior, which is learned. And how do humans learn human behavior? By mimicking other humans in the act of that behavior.
Is My Baby Moving Milk?
March 6, 2025 • 3 min read
There will be diaper trackers and feeding logs, but how can you know during a feed if your baby is actually eating? The number one comment I heard in postpartum units went like this: “She had it in her mouth, but I couldn’t tell if she was doing anything.” Despite the feeds tallied in their books, new moms felt unsure their babies were nourished.
Where do partners and fathers fit?
January 21, 2025 • 6 min read
Successful breastfeeding takes a lot more than breasts, people. Partners play an essential role. Only one of you has the mammaries up and running, but how to feed is a co-parenting decision and learning to breastfeed takes a team. Just because you won’t be making the milk doesn’t mean you won’t have a critical part in keeping this critter alive and thriving.
Where can I see nursing?
January 6, 2025 • 2 min read
Since nursing openly is still rare, where can an expecting mom find human boobie behavior to mimic? What an excellent question! You must know that breastfeeding is a learned behavior. If you don’t have friends nursing babies who would like to model for you, here are a few other options.
When not to latch at the breast
December 20, 2024 • 5 min read
The world of lactation holds exclusive nursing as the gold standard of breastfeeding, and for many excellent, evidence-based reasons I won’t elaborate here. Is it beautiful? Yes. Is it amazing? Yes. Is it realistic for all couplets? No.