First Flight Lactation

10/24/2025

10/04/2025

Reading different milk storage guidelines from different sources can be crazy making! Which guidelines are right? Why don't the experts agree? What do you really need to know? The good news is that there are logical explanations for these differences. And once you know them, you can store and use yo...

09/25/2025

Is weaning required for mothers undergoing IVF embryo transfer? No, according to this 2025 Canadian retrospective cohort study. This new information may be vital to couples using assisted reproductive technologies to conceive another baby. Read more here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40540121/

09/21/2025

A Pediatrician’s Perspective

09/21/2025

Your breast milk can save lives.

09/14/2025

Has somebody told you that your baby doesn’t need to breastfeed at night past a certain age? This age often varies by advisor. However, science tells us that in many cases, this simply isn’t true. Why? Babies and mothers are different and these differences affect baby’s need for night feedings...

08/13/2025

Is your first baby a dog???
Take this awesome Zoom Class!!

Our first baby and dog class (on how to get the dog ready for a new baby) is tomorrow!!! It’s ZOOM- so it doesn’t have to be local people.

Know someone expecting?

08/07/2025

World Breastfeeding Month 2025

06/05/2025

BREAKING: What does it take to win an ultramarathon? For Stephanie Case, it meant covering 100 kilometers over brutal terrain while stopping three times to breastfeed her 6-month-old daughter.

Yes, you read that right.

At the Ultra-Trail Snowdonia in Wales, Case wasn’t aiming for a podium. After a three-year break from competition, she just wanted to feel like an athlete again. Instead, she crossed the finish line as the first female finisher, clocking 16 hours and 53 minutes on a course with over 6,500 meters of elevation gain.

Her journey to this race wasn’t just physical it was deeply emotional.

After two miscarriages and the birth of her daughter Pepper through IVF, Case wasn’t sure if she could ever call herself an athlete again. She had questions. Doubts. Fears. But she kept moving forward. She began running again in her second trimester and carefully trained to maintain her milk supply while preparing for this demanding race.

Throughout the course, her partner met her at 20K, 50K, and 80K checkpoints so she could breastfeed Pepper a logistical challenge that required special permissions and a lot of heart.

Stephanie Case’s story is one of resilience, strength, and rewriting what motherhood and athleticism can look like.

Her next goal? To return to the Hardrock 100 the same race that once felt like the end of a chapter. Now, it marks the beginning of a bold new one.

06/03/2025

Did you know… humans are biologically designed to nurse anywhere from 2 to 7 years?

That’s called natural term breastfeeding, and while it might sound shocking in some places (hi, Western culture 👋), it’s totally normal — even expected — in many parts of the world. Some littles wean earlier, some keep going longer. It’s all within the range of what’s biologically normal

✨ Here’s what’s wild (and amazing) about human milk as baby grows:
🧠 Milk composition changes over time — becoming richer in fats, proteins, and immune-boosting components
🛡️ Lysozyme, an anti-inflammatory enzyme that fights bacteria, increases steadily after 6 months and keeps rising into toddlerhood
💪 Lactoferrin (a protein that blocks harmful bacteria, supports iron absorption, and even inhibits cancer cell growth) also goes up as breastfeeding continues
🦷 Lactoferrin also helps kill the bacteria that cause cavities (👋 strep mutans!), which is pretty amazing since it’s often misunderstood how milk supports, rather than harms, oral health

💡 Your child’s immune system doesn’t fully mature until around age 6. Providing breast milk past infancy is just one additional way to support their overall health

For parents, natural term breastfeeding can also lower risks of things like breast cancer and offer a continued emotional and biological connection that feels grounding for some families

That said… 🫶

We know not everyone gets to choose their breastfeeding journey.
We see how many families struggle to even get started — and how that struggle is often made worse by the lack of support, misinformation, or cultural judgment

💬 Whether you nurse for 3 days, 3 months, or 3+ years…
You deserve support. You deserve facts. You deserve choices.

We’re here for all of it 💛

02/13/2025

A gassy baby can be upsetting to both the baby and the parents. At times, parents may feel helpless when they are unable to soothe their baby. Here are a few tips on ways to help your baby with discomfort from gas. 💩 💨