WellPregnancy Prenatal Education, Lactation Support, Doula and CBE Training

03/26/2025

Pleased to be quoted in this Consumer Reports piece highlighting the dangers of very slow-flow bottles.

https://www.consumerreports.org/babies-kids/baby-bottles/how-to-find-the-right-baby-bottle-nipple-flow-a1201013149/

Feeding issues? It might not be the baby, but the bottle. Parents and experts report wide variations in flow rates for some baby bottles.

03/15/2025

New education option for midwives in New England:

https://www.facebook.com/share/1ABGqo6d6M/?mibextid=wwXIfr

The Connell School of Nursing's new program aims to address the crisis of maternal mortality and the shortage of maternal health care workers

01/12/2025

“We look to rhythmic movement a lot for babies,” says Julie Brill, an international board-certified lactation consultant (IBCLC). “So just sitting in the glider and doing that movement, any rhythmic movement, could be front to back or side-to-side, I really think that’s parent preference, is good for babies.”

A rocker or glider offers parents a comfortable place to sit and snuggle with their baby—and it can make late-night feedings easier. See our best nursery glider picks.

09/16/2024

Fascinating!

Scientists have taken the most detailed picture yet of the dynamic brain changes that unfold over the course of a human pregnancy and early infancy.

09/01/2024

Thanks Shelli for your kind review! Nothing more rewarding than helping parents reach their breastfeeding goals.

08/06/2024

Yes please to summer in-home lactation consults with clients who live near the beach!

06/18/2024

I'm always appreciative when folks take the time to leave a kind review!

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05/01/2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/health/penny-simkin-dead.html?referringSource=articleShare

As a childbirth educator and maternal advocate, she promoted a profession that provides comfort to women giving birth and offers postpartum care as well.

04/03/2024

Fl**ge size matters.

Jeanette Mesite Frem MHS, IBCLC, CCE is an internationally recognized speaker on pumping, feeding gear, and especially, updated fl**ge fitting. She is the co-investigator for a soon-to-be-released research study, the first ever done looking at fl**ge sizing. It compares "standard" fl**ge fitting ....

03/11/2024

Fun to talk with doula Madison Fugere about what parents want to know about breastfeeding!

03/02/2024

Babies born during lockdown also had lower than expected rates of allergic conditions, such as food allergies.

The findings highlighted gut health benefits for 'pandemic babies' arising from the unique environment of lockdown including lower rates of infection and consequent antibiotic use, and increased duration of breastfeeding.

Lockdowns imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on the gut microbiome development of babies born during these periods according to new research. Our gut microbiome, an ecosystem of microbes that live in our digestive tract, plays an essential role in human health. The study reveals sign...