Stories and information to help with breastfeeding.
This past week, I went over to The Strand, an awesome used bookstore in the heart of downtown Manhattan. It also helps that it is close to Ishta Yoga Studio where I am teaching prenatal yoga. They have a nice (though smallish) selection of books on pregnancy, parenting, birth, and breastfeeding. I came across “Ina [...]
Breastfeeding is hard. But someone’s got to do it. Who better than us moms? My daughter asked me today what her nipples were for. (She’s almost four) I told her that they were there so that she could feed her babies when she grows up. That answer seemed to please her. She sees me nursing [...]
In my last post, I talked about the Hormonal Blueprint of labor. This “blueprint”, if you will, guides the body into it’s natural, normal labor and birthing process. And then in turn, sets us up with a nice “cocktail” of hormones that get us to bond with our baby, to feed and care for it. [...]
Announcing our next read for my prenatal book group, “Your Amazing Newborn” by Marshall H. Klaus, and Phyllis H Klaus. This book is a very easy read, with over 100 pictures of babies just hours, days, and a few weeks old. It discusses the wondrous abilities of your brand new baby. It is divided up [...]
I recently had a Book Group discussion at Yogaworks on the topic of Breastfeeding. All the expectant mothers there needed no encouragement to breastfeed, but were understandably worried about how to actually put this information into practice. We watched a video called the “Real Deal on Breastfeeding”, which showed a little one feeding to give [...]
