Milk & Cookies-Bangor's Postpartum & Breastfeeding Support Group

08/09/2025

💞 Oxytocin: The Love Hormone Between Mom & Baby

Every time you hold, breastfeed, or look at your baby — your body releases oxytocin.

✨ It strengthens your bond
🧠 Reduces stress for both mom and baby
🍼 Helps with milk let-down
💗 Makes you feel deeply connected

Oxytocin = nature’s way of saying “You belong to each other.” 👩‍👧‍👦

08/08/2025

💗 Today we had 14 mamas, 10 returning & 4 new)! 💗 We had new friendships beginning, mamas sharing lived and learned tips & tricks with each other, and hand-me-downs free for the taking! 💗 Breastfeeding expectations as well as how to’s were discussed, with applicable handouts given. 💗 We absolutely love meeting new mamas, and we absolutely love seeing how our seasoned mamas have grown and eagerly seek to help new mamas around them. ♥️ ♥️ ♥️
We 🥰 Fridays!!!

08/08/2025

Breastfeeding can feel complicated, and honestly, sometimes is. ❤️ At M&C, we look forward to deep-diving into things with you and answering questions you may have. ❤️ At M&C, there are 2 RN's with lactation certification and in-patient, hospital experience working with new mamas & their babies. ❤️ At M&C, mamas come for help feeding their baby and find solutions, and compassion, and friendly faces, and other mamas just like them, and they find a village, ...they find community. ❤️
❤️ Every Friday
❤️ @ Bangor Public Library
❤️ 12-1pm
❤️ 3rd floor/Children's Dept.
❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

08/07/2025

WIC Breastfeeding Fair success today! 💗 We met lots of new mamas & babies and saw some M&C mamas!! 🙌 We cannot wait to add these new mamas to Group and hope they come soon. 🥰 We also cannot wait to see you all:
🍪Tomorrow, Friday 8/8
🍪Bangor Public Library
🍪 12-1pm
🍪 Children’s dept/3rd floor
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08/06/2025

👋 The Sarah’s will have a table and a drawing for a mama-themed gift basket at this event!!Come see us! 🥰 👇 👏

08/06/2025

Milk & Cookies is proud to be a source of support during this vulnerable and transitional time, when a new mama is navigating her footing in search of the solid ground we affectionately call motherhood. 🫶 At M&C you are not alone. 🫶 At M&C we have 2 Lactation Certified RNs ready, willing & able to problem solve the feeding challenges that come with breastfeeding. We've got you, and we can't wait to see you:
🫶 Every Friday
🫶 @ Bangor Public Library
🫶 12-1pm
🫶 Children's Dept/3rd floor
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08/05/2025

08/04/2025

08/04/2025

Let’s start the week with reminding every mama out there that you are amazing! 🤩 Breast-feeding is hard, time consuming, sacrificial of self… and it is one of the most unique bonding experiences a mama can have! It is rewarding, heart-filling, soul-satisfying, confidence-building, and 💯 empowering. 💪 … often times mamas find they need a little assistance and have questions. 🤷‍♀️ This is where M&C comes in… your no-cost community lactation support  that occurs weekly! And, offers opportunity to create friendships with other local mamas and laugh and cry over cookies. 🍪🍪
🍪Every Friday
🍪Bangor Public Library
🍪12-1pm
🍪Children’s Dept/3rd floor
See you soon! 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪

08/02/2025

It’s World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7), and the celebration continues all month long! Why? Sooooo many reasons...  breast milk is a constantly changing recipe of protective factors and body-building nutrients that are perfectly added to the milk for each stage of development. 🙌

🧬 THE SCIENCE OF BREASTMILK

🥛 It’s not just milk—it’s living medicine!
🦠 Contains antibodies that fight infections
🧠 Supports brain and gut development
🌡 Changes based on baby’s needs
💗 Even adapts if baby is sick!

Breastmilk is your baby’s first superfood. 💪

08/01/2025

💜💕 Today we had 17 mamas with their babies, (16 returning, 1 new)! We had 3 pregnant mamas and babies ranging in ages from 1 month old to 2 years old. 🥰 In all the ages & stages and mama-growth we experience at M&C, the most significant and cup-filling happenings are when we hear about our mamas supporting each other. ♥️ Some of our mamas are going through hard things right now, but share they feel they have fellow group mamas to call on if needed. “I know if I reach out, they will be there for me.” ♥️ Mamas that met at Group. Mamas that empower each other, mamas that lift one another up, mamas that are one text away… this is what M&C is all about. ♥️ This is community. 💗 We are so incredibly proud of our mamas and are humbled by their generosity and acts of service toward each other. ♥️ If you are pregnant or postpartum and are looking for a mom-village, you will find them Friday’s at M&C. 💗🙌👏🥰

08/01/2025

It's finally here, our day, the very best day of the week....Milk & Cookies day!! 🥰 See you soon, new & returning mamas & babies at:
😍 Today, Friday, 8/1
😍 @ Bangor Public Library
😍 12-1pm
😍 Children's Dept/3rd Floor
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