Mary Marine Lactation Services

01/17/2023

10/31/2022

09/08/2022

Moms need lots of water in the heat but breastfeed babies just need their mom’s milk!

Exclusively breastfed babies do not require additional water *even when it's very hot outside* as long as baby is allowed to nurse as needed.
Even in extremely hot, dry weather your baby can get all the liquids they need from your milk. A number of studies investigating the need for water in exclusively breastfed babies were done in various locations (both humid and dry) at temperatures ranging from 71.6-105.8°F and 9-96% relative humidity; these studies concluded that exclusive breastfeeding provides all the fluids needed.
Find more info here: https://kellymom.com/nutrition/starting-solids/baby-water/
[Image: Photo of a baby nursing. Text: Remember your baby may nurse more in hot weather.]

05/17/2022

Safe tips for mothers needing to navigate the formula shortage from my professional associationhttps://uslca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Navigating-the-US-Formula-Shortage.pdf

03/21/2020

This is a link to information about breastfeeding and COVID-19.
Continuing to breastfeed is still the best way to protect your babies health!

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a virus (more specifically, a coronavirus) identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China.

03/21/2020

Preparing now can help keep you and your loved ones safe.

03/07/2019

Just as breastfeeding is the biological norm for feeding baby, touch is the biological norm for mother and baby communication.

MELISSA CLARK VICKERS, HUNTINGDON, TENNESSEE, USA Originally published August 2016, republished here with the express permission of the author. Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language, and the last, and it always tells the truth.—Margaret Atwood How are you feeling today?...

03/07/2019

Happy IBCLC Day
We really are blessed to work with the mommies and babies every day!
Thank you for all you do!

01/24/2019

While it has been standard practice for decades to whisk newborns off to a bath within the first few hours of their birth, a new Cleveland Clinic study found that waiting to bathe a healthy newborn 12 or more hours after birth increased the rate of breastfeeding exclusivity during the newborn hospit...

12/30/2018

New research shows a six-fold increase in sales of infant formula prescribed for babies with cows' milk protein allergy in the UK, despite no evidence of an increase in the incidence of the allergy.

10/25/2018

04/07/2015

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/27/im-not-a-nipple-nazi-im-a-breastfeeding-counsellor

My role is to support women who want to breastfeed, and respecting a woman’s choice not to. Because they’re her breasts