Finding your breast pump flange size with an IBCLC
As a breastfeeding parent, pumping can be a critical part of your feeding routine. Our number one recommendation for pumping success? Make sure you...
How to Book a Lactation Consultation Through Insurance
More than 70 percent of new parents experience difficulties during breastfeeding. Working with a lactation specialist can help ease those difficult...
Your Rights as a Nursing Parent in the Workplace
More than 83 percent of parents initiate breastfeeding, but less than 25 percent of babies are exclusively breastfed at the CDC-recommended six-mon...
Four Common Breastfeeding Challenges (And How to Overcome Them)
Sixty percent of parents don’t breastfeed for as long as they intend to, often due to unexpected (but surmountable) complications throughout their ...
How to Order a Breast Pump Through Insurance
Whether you’re planning to return to work or you simply want more flexibility around feedings, a breast pump can be an invaluable tool for lactatin...
The Six Most Common Breastfeeding Positions
Breastfeeding is like any other skill–you (and your baby) have to learn how to do it together. While nursing may come easy for some, it usually tak...
Preparing Your Family and Friends for Your Breastfeeding Journey
When it comes to breastfeeding, having a support system of loved ones to help you can make a big difference in meeting your feeding goals. Your IBC...
Breastfeeding a Baby with Special Needs
Caring for any newborn is rewarding but can be challenging, and the same is true of babies with special needs. “Special needs” refers to a wide var...
How to Return to Work After Parental Leave
For new or expecting parents who plan to breastfeed, it’s never too early to start preparing for your return to work. We interviewed TLN IBCLC Leah...
How To Support Nursing Parents
Breastfeeding can be many things—challenging, exhausting, deeply gratifying—but it shouldn’t feel solitary. Every parent deserves a support system ...
Relactation and Induced Lactation
No matter who you are, feeding your baby is no small feat: The practice requires patience, support, and commitment—and that is especially true of p...
What to Expect When Breastfeeding Twins
You will produce enough milk Many parents breastfeeding twins worry that they won’t be able to keep their breast milk supply up, or that they won’t...