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Interwebz to the Rescue

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After reading my pumping post, a kind Facebook friend connected me with his godsend of a wife, who is a pediatrician and lactation consultant. This angel helped me understand that the reason Miles is nursing so poorly is that he’s a slow grower who is very flow dependent, which means that he’s low on energy from being tiny and conserves… Read more »

The Part Where Pumping Sucks the Life Out of You

Yeah, that part was not covered in my childbirth preparation. No one told me about the part where one of my babies would be unable (or, as I’m convinced when I’m particularly tired, unwilling) to feed effectively at the breast and I would have to spend a huge portion of every day feeding the equivalent of four babies instead of… Read more »