Kelly On Using Someone Else's MilkWomen have been sharing their milk (mainly by direct breastfeeding another baby) since time began. If mother died in childbirth or for...
Kelly Engineering Your MilkI've had moms ask me a lot this month about melatonin in milk pumped at night, and whether they should separate out (label) their day...
Kelly Can we talk about tongue ties a minute?What IS a tongue tie? You know that little string (sometimes prominent, sometimes hidden back further) under your tongue? That is called...
Kelly On Vaccinating while BreastfeedingThrough most of 2020 I was worried about carrying the Covid-19 virus, not knowing it, and then inadvertently passing it along to the...
Kelly When Your Daughter Becomes A MotherI've been busy for the last month helping my daughter, Karalyn, become a mother. She lives in North Carolina, so traveling to her during...
Kelly Breastfeeding Via ZoomWhen Covid hit the fan, many moms were sent home from the hospital with NO real plan for breastfeeding help if things weren't going well....
Kelly Will You Be a Car-Pumper?Do you drive a lot for your job? Does the thought of going back to work after maternity leave stress you out? Are you scratching your...
Kelly Getting in the Mood with Leaky BoobsI remember for my first shot at sex after having baby. I wore a gross, scratchy, white nursing bra (so I wouldn't leak all over). I...
Kelly 15th Birthday Giveaway!baby beloved has hit that fun teenager stage....yup, 15 years old on December 1st, 2019! Jamie Gortsema and I were working at a...
Kelly Choosing a Nursing BraBack in the "day" I had a lovely boutique combined with my lactation practice and we ROCKED at fitting women for nursing bras. You can't...
Kelly Swaddelini MagicOne morning this week I met with a mom because her baby (around 3 months) had suddenly gone on a nursing strike over the weekend. Then,...
Kelly On Breastfeeding in the Worst of Circumstances..I've never written about my experiences helping breastfeeding moms in Greece in 2017 (with Syrian refugees). I looked over my notes from...
Kelly Pumping the Old School WayOver my 25 years, I have seen pump models come and go, and I now stand in awe of the advances that have come for this next generation of...
Kelly Visiting the OB Ward in ViennaOn a really warm morning I took the U (subway) again to visit another one of my counterparts….a postpartum nurse at a hospital with...
Kelly Auf wiedersehen, Wien! Stillen in Austria, Part II'm writing on the long plane ride home after a lovely trip to Vienna, Austria. My husband and I attended a medical education conference...
-Try Not To Take it Personally if your Baby Won't LatchTypically, a baby who WON'T latch, CAN'T latch. My job as an IBCLC (Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant) is to figure...
Kelly Your Nips Matter.One of my most horrific memories is when my husband (trying to help) put disposable nursing pads inside my bra; the problem came when I...
Kelly Martini, mama?Many women ask (quite shyly so as not to come across as a lush) whether it’s OK to drink alcohol while breastfeeding. There is rarely a...