Bottle Nipples: How's a Breastfeeding Mama to Choose?
Many breastfeeding mothers also bottle-feed. You may be transitioning your baby from bottle to breast. Or, you may be supplementing breastfeeding with bottle-feeding. Your baby may also be receiving...
View ArticleMy Protocol for Inducing Lactation
In Breastfeeding Without Birthing, I present several excellent approaches, or protocols, for inducing lactation. I encourage my readers, with the help of an International Board Certified Lactation...
View ArticleA birth control pill for inducing lactation
The concept of using a birth control pill (BCP) for inducing lactation was introduced by Dr. Jack Newman and Dr. Lenore Goldfarb in their protocols for inducing lactation. The BCP is used when...
View ArticleRethinking the Pacifier
Most mothers who induce lactation need to supplement breastfeeding, because they won't make enough milk to meet all of their baby's nutritional needs with the milk they produce. Many will use an...
View ArticlePump flange fitting for beginners, part 1
A breast pump is commonly used to help induce lactation. Many mothers will pump while awaiting their baby's arrival, and some will continue pumping once their baby has arrived to further boost their...
View ArticlePump flange fitting for beginners, part 2
In part 1 of Pump flange fitting for beginners, I discussed what it means to fit mothers with breast pump flanges and why we might wish to do so. I also encouraged you to see your local lactation...
View ArticleUpdates to the Newman-Goldfarb Protocol
Ten years ago, as I was researching all of my options for inducing lactation for my baby-to-be via adoption, I was thrilled to come across an extremely helpful website called www.asklenore.info. This...
View ArticlePredicting Milk Production
True confessions: I used to be a mathematician/statistician/engineer. Old habits die hard. What does this have to do with breastfeeding-without-birthing? I have this fantasy about creating a...
View ArticleBreastfeeding in a Same-Sex (Female) Relationship
I like to think Breastfeeding Without Birthing has begun to break down some notions about who can breastfeed a baby. Many people have been quite surprised to learn that adoptive and intended mothers...
View ArticleChoosing a Lactation Consultant
Congratulations on your decision to pursue breastfeeding-without-birthing! It is an amazing journey - but not a well-traveled one (at least in modern day Western cultures). So, it can make a real...
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