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Overcoming Breastfeeding Difficulties In The Early Weeks
Mothers are often surprised after birth when the hardest part of caring for their newborn is breastfeeding. They have been told...
Cleo Marchese
Feb 23 min read
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5 Signs That Your Newborn is Ready to feed - A Mother's Guide
Contact us! We can help! As a new mom, understanding your newborn's needs can seem overwhelming at first. However, recognizing when your...

Diana Chavez-Gifford
Jan 283 min read
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Private Birth Classes: They’re Worth It for Your Birth Experience
Why Independant classes are worth the cost

Sharon Mattes
Jan 243 min read
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Breastfeeding: Building a Culture of Support and Success
Breastfeeding is so much more than just feeding your baby. It’s about connection, love, and being part of a tradition

Diana Chavez-Gifford
Jan 213 min read


Breastfeeding Red Flags....when to get help
As a new mother, you are exposed to lots of conflicting advice about everything from which diapers are “best” to the “right way” to...
Cleo Marchese
Nov 5, 20244 min read
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Holiday Mastitis: How to avoid it and keep the your holidays fun.
Every year around the Holidays, lactation consultants see a spike in mastitis. Usually it starts around mid-November and peaks at the end...
Cleo Marchese
Nov 1, 20244 min read
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Help! My Breasts Are Engorged and My Baby Won't Latch
Contact us we can help!! Home visits, most insurance accepted! The change from colostrum to mature milk is usually smooth but sometimes...
Cleo Marchese
Aug 10, 20244 min read
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'Crying is Good for Babies'... Truth or Myth?
I was in an office the other day getting some PT (carrying all the lactation stuff to clients is hard work!), and I overheard a new...

Diana Chavez-Gifford
Jul 2, 20242 min read
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Nursing In Public: Stop Hiding In Your Home
Most people would be surprised to find nursing in public is usually the 2nd common worry for breastfeeding mothers, behind not producing...
Cleo Marchese
Jun 25, 20244 min read
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Forgotten Baby Syndrome: Summertime Car Safety for Parents
While no parent believes it could happen to them, hot car deaths are a persistent problem in our modern society. This year 28 children...
Cleo Marchese
May 20, 20244 min read
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Visiting a Mom with a newborn? Her support needs are important.
Over the years I have often heard horror stories about friends, and the family members of new mothers who came to visit them once the...
Cleo Marchese
Jan 12, 20244 min read
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Poor Infant Weight Gain in Newborn - What to Do
You have been eagerly awaiting the birth of your new baby. The nursery is ready. You and your partner have taken childbirth and...
Cleo Marchese
Jan 10, 20245 min read
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Why Natural Beginnings' Birth Classes?
We focus on learning how women's bodies work, on empowering women and their partners to understand their options and to look forward to...

Sharon Mattes
Jan 3, 20242 min read
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Why is relaxation important in labor?
What's the big deal about relaxation? Is this a help with a physical or mental process? Is it helpful during pregnancy or birth - or...

Sharon Mattes
Dec 30, 20232 min read
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Is Your Baby Tongue Tied?
Most people have heard of being “tongue tied” but few know that it is real medical condition. Being tongue tie or “ankyloglossia” is when...
Cleo Marchese
Nov 30, 20233 min read
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Why scheduled feedings are not compatible with breastfeeding.
As a lactation consultant, I am always surprised when new parents believe they need to schedule feedings for their newborns. Some parents...
Cleo Marchese
Oct 13, 20233 min read
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Primitive Babies, Modern Parents: How to better understand your baby.
I always find it amusing as I’m describing the difference between active nursing and non-nutritive nursing, a new mom has an epiphany. ...
Cleo Marchese
Jun 30, 20233 min read
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Post frenectomy - did it work?
It is very frustrating to new mothers to have a baby still not nurse well after a frenotomy. Sometimes a tongue tie is diagnosed in the...
Cleo Marchese
Mar 15, 20234 min read
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The Triple Path: Breastfeed, Pump, and Bottlefeed.
The 'triple path' feeding routine is often used in the first few days or weeks of breastfeeding when those babies who may have lost 10%...
Cleo Marchese
Feb 15, 20234 min read
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What is an IBCLC?
Our focus this article defines differences between various Lactation-related training certifications, starting with the 'IBCLC'. Many...
Cleo Marchese
Feb 1, 20234 min read
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