Prairie Baby Lactation

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Prairie Baby Lactation

Support for pre and postnatal infant feeding and human lactation.

07/06/2025

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05/26/2025

Infant feeding is not always straightforward and sunny, but you don’t have to do it alone. 🌞

There are many different factors that come into play with infant feeding, and it can feel SO overwhelming to navigate options for yourself and your newborn.

Seeking support to optimize feeding with an LC can make the best out of your fourth trimester. I always tell moms that I meet: you may not ever need my help, but it’s okay if you do! 🫶🏼

It is always my goal to make you feel seen, heard, understood, and acknowledged. In addition to supporting you and your infant directly with feeding. It is my responsibility to provide you with other practitioners who can work in collaboration with myself in order to provide a well rounded care plan that helps to optimize your feeding experience with your newborn. 👶🏻

03/31/2025

Does your baby seem to be tense? Are feedings an uphill battle or a fight? Your infant may require some extra support to work through tension! 💪🏻
Tension can begin in utero depending on the position of your baby, and can be perpetuated by the action of birth itself. Post-birth recovery is not only a feat for mom, but also for baby. This doesn’t mean that your baby was injured or hurt from birth, but rather that they are just needing some extra support for their womb-to-world transition.
Tense infants often have difficulty with feedings, as their range of motion, comfort, and ability to coordinate feeding is impacted.
Finding a support team to recognize and provide appropriate solutions and interventions can be an excellent way to work through tension, and make feedings enjoyable for both mom and baby! 👶🏻🌾🫶🏼

03/27/2025

Alright mamas! I see this all the time on social media, company pages, advertisements, you name it. There are a lot of items/foods/pills/tinctures marketed as lactation boosters. But do these actually work? 🍪
•There is not a lot of evidence supporting any of these items ACTUALLY increasing milk supply. Yes it is important to ensure you’re hydrated, eating well, and nourishing your body. But there is no magic food or supplement that is going to increase your supply. Furthermore, these items can be expensive!!💰
•The best way to maintain or increase supply is still regularly emptying the breast, ensuring your pump fits you properly and is used properly, ensuring your infant has a deep pain free latch and they EFFECTIVELY remove milk from the breast, practicing skin-to-skin and hand expression, and seeking out support when things aren’t feeling good.
•If you are concerned about supply, a comprehensive assessment of both you & your baby by an IBCLC can be the most helpful to understand the entire situation, root causes of supply problems, and provide you real, evidence based solutions or interventions to help you feel confident and supported with infant feeding. 👶🏻🌾

03/24/2025

Sending love to all families working through premature birth/postpartum. It can be quite the ride, but you don’t have to do it alone 🫶🏼

02/15/2025

Let’s talk about pumps baby 🎵🎶

Did you know that the price of the pump doesn’t always equate a better and more effective session??

Certain pumps are pricier and serve a specific function. For example- pumps in hospital (the Medela’s) are considered multi-user pumps and can be rented. These pumps are ideal for families with infants in the NICU, families who are struggling with oral aversion, ties, oral dysfunction, low supply etc..

Hand pumps can be effective (and inexpensive) especially for those who are not wanting to pump/needing to pump more than the odd time here and there.

Electric pumps come in a variety of price ranges, and while some may have more settings/functions, finding the best to suit YOUR needs is the goal.
It’s not all about the brand or the price!

If you are planning to pump, but aren’t sure where to even start, chat with an IBCLC! Identifying your needs/ your infants needs can start you on the path to finding a pump that will be best for you 🫶🏼

01/19/2025

This is a great reminder of what feeding may be perceived as vs what it will likely look like. Newborns will feed a minimum of 10-12 times per 24 hour period, and while generally this may be spaced out between every 2-3 hours, it could look more like larger gaps after longer feeds, or short bursts of quick feedings. The best thing you can do for your new baby is provide skin-to-skin, hand express if you have a very sleepy baby who is not eager to latch, and offer the breast when you notice your infant cuing to feed. Thank you .dietitian 🫐

12/31/2024

2024 was such a wonderful year of growth, connection, education, support, and gratitude! I couldn’t do this work without the support from my community and fellow practitioners, and I still pinch myself everyday knowing I’m able to do this! Thank you to all my clients this past year, and the year before. It’s through you that I learn, grow, and continue to find ways to better support feeding families. Cheers to 2025! 🥂🎉

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Stony Plain, AB

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http://prairiebabylactation.ca/

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