Blissed Out Mamas

07/18/2025

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07/18/2025

Did you know?

Foremilk and hindmilk aren’t two separate types of milk, but rather a gradual change in fat content during a feeding. Your baby gets everything they need from your milk.

07/17/2025

Great new study showing why that first breastfeed is so important...

Does it matter if babies do the breast crawl at their first post-birth breastfeed? Yes, according to this 2025 randomized controlled trial, which found significantly more exclusive breastfeeding in the breast-crawl group at 24 hours, Day 3, 1 month, and 6 months when compared to the standard skin-to-skin contact group. And there’s much more. Read all about it here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/mcn.70063

07/01/2025

06/10/2025

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06/10/2025

Awesome!

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.

06/10/2025

Always trust your baby to tell you what they need.

06/08/2025

Calcium and magnesium glycinate mid cycle will help keep your supply from dropping when you get your period back ❤️

After birth there is an enormous range of normal for when periods return. Exclusive breastfeeding carries the perk in that it may delay periods returning. Frequent nursing inhibits the release of hormones that cause your body to begin your monthly cycles. Some moms will have spotting around 6-8 weeks. Others have a non-ovulatory period before 6 months postpartum, but do not menstruate again for many months. Some start their periods as soon as baby starts sleeping through the night or eating solid foods. Others never get a period at all until they wean, even if they’re only occasionally breastfeeding a toddler! You are more likely to ovulate and resume regular periods if your baby is going for more than a few hours without breastfeeding (for instance, at night) and baby is more than 6 months old.

It is common to have a drop in supply around the time of your period. Breastfeeding can also be uncomfortable during this time from increase breast tenderness. This is from the hormonal changes and is only temporary. It is safe to continue breastfeeding while on your period. Your milk is just as nutritious. You may find baby wants to nurse more frequently while you’re on your period. That’s normal! They are helping regulate your milk supply during the hormonal shift. Some babies are fussier at the breast because milk during your period can be saltier and flow slower. Research from La Leche League shows “a daily dose of 500 to 1,000 mg of a calcium and magnesium supplement from the middle of your cycle through the first three days of your period may help minimize any drop in supply.” There are also certain adaptogenic herbs that help as well.

01/16/2025

Let’s get real for a second — why is the cry-it-out method still hanging around like it’s the only way to get your baby to sleep? It’s 2025, we’ve got neuroscience, child psychology, and research showing how babies' brains develop. Yet, parents are still being told to shut the door, ignore their instincts, and let their baby cry until they “figure it out.”

It’s outdated, it’s emotionally exhausting, and frankly, it doesn’t hold up against what we now know about attachment and emotional regulation. But because it’s been passed down for generations — and because sleep deprivation makes parents desperate — it still gets brought up as a “quick fix.”

The worst part? There’s so much evidence showing that babies don’t learn independence from being left to cry. Instead, they learn that no one’s coming. It’s not teaching self-soothing; it’s teaching them to give up.

So why are we still doing this? Why are parents still being told to fight their natural instincts, ignore their baby's cries, and suffer through the emotional toll?

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