Leigh Anne O'Connor, IBCLC, LCCE

02/23/2026

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02/09/2026

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💗 Public breastfeeding shouldn’t be controversial. Even though public breastfeeding is legal in many places (including all 50 states in the US), many people still experience shame and stigma when trying to breastfeed publicly.

No one should have to hide in a public bathroom in order to feed their hungry baby. Parents and their children have the right to feed and be fed anywhere, anytime. ✨

I want to be clear here that there should also be NO moral judgment given to how people choose to feed their children. Formula and breastfeeding are both valid. You have to do what’s best for you, your baby and your life 💗

Image description: Digital illustration of a Black mother breastfeeding an infant. She appears as a goddess, and is shirtless aside from a sheer cape with constellations. The text reads, ‘normalize public breastfeeding.’

02/09/2026

Human milk is so cool!

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02/09/2026

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02/06/2026

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01/11/2026

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12/11/2025

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12/01/2025

Research tells us that babies who co-sleep in infancy, especially in those early years get around 13,000 extra hours of touch.

Thirteen thousand.

Because when you keep your baby close, day and night, they’re getting 10 to 12 extra hours a day of your skin, your warmth, your presence.

That’s not spoiling.
That’s wiring.

Touch is brain food.
It releases oxytocin, serotonin…
It lowers cortisol.

It teaches your baby’s body how to feel safe.
How to come back to calm.

We actually have studies showing
co -sleeping babies have lower stress reactivity meaning their little bodies bounce back from stress faster.

That’s not dependence.
That’s coregulation.
That’s safety being built from the inside out.

So the next time you’re contact napping,
bed sharing, doing whatever gets you both some rest and someone tells you you’re creating bad habits, remember this ~

You’re not creating a clingy baby.
You’re creating a resilient one 🖤

The Breastmilk Queen - Amy McGlade 🥰

11/20/2025

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11/08/2025

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New Publication Alert!

We’re excited to announce our latest article: “Balancing Mental Health and Breastfeeding: Evaluating the Transfer of Lurasidone into Human Milk” published in the The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry by Levi S. Campbell, PharmD; Palika Datta, PhD; Kaytlin Krutsch, PhD, PharmD, MBA.

🔍 Why it matters:
• First-ever quantitative data on how the antipsychotic Lurasidone transfers into breast milk.
• Relative infant dose (RID) found to be only ~1.16% at the standard 40 mg/day maternal dose — well below the 10 % safety threshold.
• No adverse effects reported in exposed infants in the study sample.

Check out our study here:
https://www.psychiatrist.com/jcp/mental-health-breastfeeding-transfer-of-lurasidone-human-milk/

11/04/2025

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10/21/2025