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Ep. 153- Skin Care Products and Breastfeeding: What’s with all the “Warnings”?!

Have you ever turned over a hair or skin care product and seen that warning tucked onto the bottom of the label in fine print? How can you tell when it’s based on evidence or a worry over liability? Today on the Milk Minute Maureen and Heather chat about actual risks to consider when making purchases.

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Ep. 147- Baby Slept Through the Night: How to Manage Your Boobs

So, your baby started sleeping through the night…but your boobs didn’t! Should you wake to pump? Should you sleep when baby sleeps? How can you prevent mastitis or maintain your milk supply?Join Maureen and Heather today on the Milk Minute to answer all of these questions and more! Listen to your favorite LCs chat about managing your milk production when baby isn’t moderating it for you.

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Ep. 145- Crossover Episode: Night weaning- A consult with Laura from BFP

Today your faithful hosts do things a little differently! Join Laura Birek from the Big Fat Positive podcast to have an informal night weaning consult on the Milk Minute. A lot of parents struggle with breastfeeding at night and today Maureen and Heather go over several strategies you can use to change things for the better!

Tune into the Big Fat Positive podcast next week to hear us chat with Laura and Shanna about the results of Laura’s night weaning.

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Ep. 143- Breastfeeding in Appalachia in 1930-1950: Interview with Alpha Ellison Cook

Today the Milk Minute brings you a very special interview. Travel with Heather down to Logan county WV to meet with Alpha Ellison Cook. Grandma Alphie tells us all about raising children in very different circumstances than we do now. This interview recalls so much of what we’ve learned in many of our history episodes and shows us just how those things impacted real people. Our elders have such valuable insight, and your hosts at the Milk Minute feel honored to document some of that with you today!

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Ep. 122- Hacking Your Letdown

Join the us today as Maureen and Heather decode the breastmilk “letdown”. Learn more about how the milk ejection reflex works and how we can use knowledge about physiology to our advantage! We can be smarter than our boobs, right? Learn to hack the letdown, only on the Milk Minute.

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Ep. 118 – Bedsharing & Breast Sleeping Part 2

Common practices and safety recommendations for safe infant sleep vary across the world, and from one health organization to another. In this episode your cohosts begin to unravel the complicated studies, statistics, and recommendations surrounding bedsharing with your infant. Who actually bedshares? What are the real risks of doing so? Are there any benefits? Join the Milk Minute to find out.

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Ep. 117 – Bedsharing & Breast Sleeping Part 1

Common practices and safety recommendations for safe infant sleep vary across the world, and from one health organization to another. In this episode your cohosts begin to unravel the complicated studies, statistics, and recommendations surrounding bedsharing with your infant. Who actually bedshares? What are the real risks of doing so? Are there any benefits? Join the Milk Minute to find out.

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Ep. 101- Breastfeeding as a Pro-Athlete: Interview with Sonya Looney

Show Notes: Getting back to exercise after pregnancy and while breastfeeding can feel very daunting. This week, Heather and Maureen welcome special guest, Sonya Looney. Sonya is a world champion professional athlete, a health and performance coach and the host of the Sonya Looney Show podcast. Pregnancy and postpartum is a time when everything about the body […]

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Ep. 81- Busted! Breastfeeding Myths, Part 2

  Show Notes: Arm yourself with the answers to 5 common breastfeeding myths and keep the bad advice far away from you and your nursing journey. When your mother-in-law passive aggressively tells you that you need to drink more milk to make more milk… you will be ready to debunk her theory! Join Heather and […]

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Ep. 73- High Lipase Milk: Appreciate Your Breastmilk Again

  Show Notes: M&H tackle a topic that you may have heard of before… lipase. Ever wondered if your milk was “bad” because of the way it smelled when defrosted? Maybe it smelled like soap or metal – even vomit! Is high lipase a worry to you? Join M&H to dig into the evidence surrounding […]