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Your Tips for Soothing Teething Pain

Teething can be a trying experience - for both your baby and you! The fussiness, drooling, and s...

Depression at Weaning?

Feeling sad, even depressed, during or after weaning? You’re probably not alone. Hormonal chang...

Suddenly Up All Night Nursing? Welcome to Reverse Cycling.

Have a consistently sleeping baby who suddenly wants to nurse all night? It’s a common scenario f...

Herbal Poultices for Engorgement

There are many remedies for breast engorgement, ranging from massage, to cold packs, to cabbage. ...

African American moms and breastfeeding: A podcast interview with Kathi Barber

African American women have the lowest breastfeeding rates in the U.S. But it wasn’t always that...

Common breastfeeding concerns? There's an app for that.

Pain. Milk supply worries. Sleep (and lack thereof). A fussy baby. Pumping. These are common...

10 Ways Partners Can Support Breastfeeding Moms

Support from partners can make breastfeeding go much more smoothly for nursing moms. But some p...

Birth and Breastfeeding in Prison - The Prison Birth Project

Ever wonder what it’s like to be pregnant while in prison? What it’s like to give birth and bre...

Your Tips for Distracted Nurslings

The cat. Noise from a passing car. A toy just out of reach. Your nose. They’re all sources ...

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome During Pregnancy or Breastfeeding

Have you had pain or numbness in your wrists, fingers, or arms pain during pregnancy or breastfee...

What is Tandem Nursing? Learn Here!

Are you pregnant and nursing? Expecting to be nursing a newborn and a toddler? Expecting twins...

How the herbs in More Milk Plus complement each other

When you look at the label of our popular galactagogue More Milk Plus you might think that we sim...

Baby refusing to nurse? Laid back and baby-led breastfeeding may help.

Finding that your baby won’t latch on - either from birth or after some time nursing - can be a f...

Your Tips for Exclusive Pumping Moms

Are you an exclusively pumping mom? We asked fans on our Facebook page for their best tips on exc...

Mom-to-mom: Breastfeeding Support Online

We’re very pleased to share an abridged excerpt from the new book, The Virtual Breastfeeding Cult...

Power Pumping: What You Need to Know

Ever heard of power pumping? Some moms swear by it for increasing milk supply. Power pumping (...

Power Pumping

HAVE YOU HEARD OF POWER PUMPING? Some moms swear by it for increasing milk supply. Click here for...

Nettle Leaf: A Friend to your Breast Milk Supply

While stinging nettle can be painful to touch, it’s a plant that is very friendly to a mother’s m...

Breast massage: What is it, why do it, and is it necessary?

WHAT IS BREAST MASSAGE? Breast massage can takes multiple forms and are performed by the mother. ...

2012 breastfeeding research brings answers, questions, and yet more reasons to breastfeed!

2012 brought a wealth of new research findings on breastfeeding! Check out our links below for a ...

Oh, my aching… What nursing moms should know about ergonomics and breastfeeding

If you’ve had shoulder, wrist, back or other muscle pain while breastfeeding, you’re not alone. B...

Herbal Care for Plugged or Clogged Ducts

Have you had a plugged or clogged duct? If so, you know that they can be painful and frustrating....

Using Fennel to Help Support Milk Production

From time to time we like to turn the spotlight on one of the herbs that we use in our products, ...

Fight Breast Cancer by Donating Your Breast Milk!

Could your breastmilk hold the keys to the prevention and treatment of breast cancer? This Breas...

Sending your breastfed baby to child care? Check out these resources

For those of us who have others care for our breastfed children, whether it’s at a child care ce...

Having surgery while breastfeeding? Here are our tips to help you prepare!

Having surgery is scary enough without worries about your breastfeeding relationship. Here are a...

Could that Green Smoothie be Reducing Your Milk Supply?

You may have heard of some of the herbs which increase milk supply - herbs like the ones included...

Achoo! Will that allergy medication hurt your milk supply?

For those of us suffering from allergies this season (and there seem to be many!), we wanted to o...

How Long Can You Store Breast Milk?

We know that many of you pump your milk, either for work or for occasional times away from your ...

What is a Baby Friendly Hospital?

At Motherlove, we strongly support the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative. We think that every ex...

Do Breastfeeding Moms Get More - Or Less - Sleep?

Ever wonder who gets more sleep, breastfeeding or formula feeding moms? We’re very pleased to sh...

Traveling with Breast Milk? Check out Our Tips

Are you traveling for the holidays and planning to transport some of your pumped milk? Whether yo...

How can Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Cranio-sacral Help with Breastfeeding?

We’re very pleased to share an interview with Nikki Lee, author of Complementary and Alternative ...

Top 10 Things to Do When You’re up for a 2:15 am Feeding

We’re so tickled to share some original art created by Adrienne Hedger, artist and co-author of ...

Myth: Breastfeeding After Breast Implant Surgery Causes Sagging

A recent study from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons has found that mothers who have had...

Here comes The Milk Truck!

Starting this month, residents of Pittsburgh may see a converted ice cream truck with a five foot...

Returning to Work? Yes, You CAN Continue to Exclusively Breastfeed!

We’re pleased to share a guest post from Wendy Armbruster Bell is the Founder & Creative Dire...

Favorite Online Breastfeeding Resources for Support

With all of the breastfeeding information available online, it can be tricky to find a trusted, r...

10 Organic Facts You Need to Know

By Jennifer Rose, the media manager and staff writer for the Organic Trade Association. The Organ...

Choosing and Fitting the Right Nursing Bra

If you’re planning to breastfeed, at least two or three nursing bras should be on your essentials...

PCOS & Breastfeeding

Written By: Lisa Marasco, MA, IBCLC, FILCA, a board certified lactation consultant both in privat...

Mom's Back-to-Work Breastfeeding Guide

ABC News - Good Morning AmericaMom’s Back-to-Work Breastfeeding Guide Motherlove’s More Milk Pl...

Benefits of Breastfeeding

Breast milk is the most important food a child can receive in the first months of life. Decades ...

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