Happy Mama, Healthy Baby

Happy Mama, Healthy Baby I'm a mom of 3, Registered Nurse, and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).

🌊Overcoming motherhood challenges to become the woman God created you to be hallelujah 🌊——🧜🏼‍♀️ I LOVE encouraging moms ...
04/24/2026

🌊Overcoming motherhood challenges to become the woman God created you to be hallelujah 🌊

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🧜🏼‍♀️ I LOVE encouraging moms on this journey, and there’s always an ebb and flow of pouring into other moms and making sure I stay grounded in my own role as mother.

🧜🏼‍♀️ I’ll be on Instagram less this summer, but my clients will continue to have the SAME ACCESS to my support and assistance!

🧜🏼‍♀️ My 1:1 clients are able to text me for clarification and support after our first appointment, and my Earbud IBCLC students have access to support via comments on specific modules or messages within Patreon!

⬇️ Here’s a quick reminder of where you can find me even if I’m on Instagram less:

🎧 Earbud IBCLC —> A monthly membership to my audio/video lactation library — my way of handing breastfeeding wisdom back to as many women as I can. The lessons walk you through prenatal education, what to expect the first days and weeks, going back to work, physiologic infant sleep, eating to support recovery, postpartum mood disorders, and troubleshooting dozens of common breastfeeding issues. It’s like having an IBCLC in your pocket.

🥣 Nourished Mothers PDF Cookbook —> Feeding a baby is a full-time job. Don’t forget to feed yourself too! These recipes help you stock your freezer and continue making nourishing but minimally hands-on meals in the early postpartum days.

🥣 Nourished with Nuance PDF Cookbook —> Are you a fan of real, whole food, but realizing that your baby is reacting to something you’re eating? This cookbook is free from the top 12 infant allergens to make dinnertime less debilitating while you get to the root cause of baby’s reactivity.

🎙️ Milk & Motherhood Podcast —> Honest conversations on the finer points of milk-making, postpartum, and the motherhood journey. (I’ve been a guest on some other AMAZING podcasts as well.)

🤲🏽 In-Person Support —> Local to Washington County, Nebraska? I’d love to help you and your baby in a 1:1 consult!

All the links are in my profile here or on my website at ✨happymamahealthybaby.co✨

After working with moms and babies for 18 years — and being a mom myself for 12 of those years — I believe I’ve come up ...
04/24/2026

After working with moms and babies for 18 years — and being a mom myself for 12 of those years — I believe I’ve come up with a truly revolutionary way to equip moms for their breastfeeding journeys.

Earbud IBCLC is podcast-style education: no course platform or complicated login. Just earbuds and you and me, an IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant).

You can purchase a pertinent collection of episodes and have access for life, or you can have access to every single episode for $14/month as long as you need it.

Comment EARBUD to learn more, or check out the links in my profile!

Serious question, though. Have you noticed this social media?How long did you hope to breastfeed for and when did you st...
04/20/2026

Serious question, though. Have you noticed this social media?

How long did you hope to breastfeed for and when did you stop? For my first: 1 year / 26 months. For my second: 2 years / 28 months. For my third: 2 years / 3.5 years. (Wasn’t expecting my third to take so long to self-wean and not positive I’d do that again. Between 2-2.5 was a good spot for me.)

THEN: Baby was always near mom (held, worn, or playing on the ground nearby) and the whole family worked out of the home...
04/09/2026

THEN: Baby was always near mom (held, worn, or playing on the ground nearby) and the whole family worked out of the home

NOW: Swaddles, pacifiers, shushing machines, cribs, baby swings, daycare or moms at home alone with all the kids all day

TRUTH: Proximity naturally increases early responses to hunger cues and a more robust hormonal responses to infant’s needs

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THEN: Mothers watched their babies and responded accordingly

NOW: Mothers watch the clock, the scale, their friends… anything but their individual baby

TRUTH: Intuition will get you farther than textbook expectations will

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THEN: Breastfeeding = nourishment + comfort + regulation + connection

NOW: Breastmilk = one of several options that checks the box for calories, protein, carbs, fat, and vitamins

TRUTH: Breastfeeding meets multiple needs, not just nutritional ones

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THEN: Cultures had ancestral postpartum practices for recovery

NOW: “Bounce back” culture + early productivity + under-nourishment

TRUTH: Stress and depletion can disrupt the hormones of milk production and affect long-term supply

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THEN: Weaning was gradual and often child-led

NOW: Time-based milestones and external expectations

TRUTH: Relationship-led > rule-led

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THEN: Feedback loop between baby + breast

NOW: Artificial interruptions like pumps, apps, ni**le shields, trackers, supplements that draw attention away from learning your baby’s cues

TRUTH: Modern advancements can be life-saving, but they can also distract us from the human element of breastfeeding and make it needlessly complicated

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Of course the past wasn’t all sunshine and roses, but sometimes making things simpler instead of more complex is the shift we need. The basics of breastfeeding haven’t changed, but how we approach it has. Keep baby close, feed on demand, and pay attention to feedback loops before adding more things into the equation.

✨✨Comment PRENATAL if you want to prepare for breastfeeding in a way that combines maternal intuition + modern evidence for the best of both worlds✨✨

➡️ Plus, if you purchase in April, you get my postpartum cookbook for FREE 🙌🏽

I know how deeply sensitive birth and breastfeeding can be! But matrescence is the ability to learn, pivot, and adapt as...
04/08/2026

I know how deeply sensitive birth and breastfeeding can be! But matrescence is the ability to learn, pivot, and adapt as a mother. Each baby teaches us something new about God, the world, and ourselves as we get to know them.

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If you like these kinds of conversations, make sure you FOLLOW me here Therese Dansby, RN, IBCLC | holistic lactation consultant or comment BLOG for a link to my free Substack!

Let me state the obvious: feeding a baby is always better than not feeding a baby. Of course formula has a place. My poi...
04/02/2026

Let me state the obvious: feeding a baby is always better than not feeding a baby. Of course formula has a place. My point is that the basics of breastfeeding success are not confusing or surprising.

But introducing formula when your goal is to breastfeed is a vicious cycle. If you introduce it and don’t understand why or how, you risk further complicating your milk supply, baby’s latch, etc.

Reasons to have formula at home —> You are choosing to formula feed. You live in the middle of nowhere. You have risk factors for low milk supply, birth complications, or baby considerations that make supplementation more likely. You want to combo feed and you understand how to do so while still protecting the milk supply you do have. That’s it.

But I don’t care what decisions you ultimately make about infant feeding. I DO care that you had informed consent before you did so.

Comment PRENATAL for a link to the no-brainer podcast-style prenatal breastfeeding education I recommend.

03/30/2026

Interested in breastfeeding? Yay! If you’re here, you already know you might want help from a lactation consultant (IBCLC) along the way.

Here are some ways to make your breastfeeding journey smoother before baby even arrives ⤵️

5.) Order a pump now, and not through Aeroflow. Even if you don’t plan on pumping. When you need a pump, you really need it. And you need a good one.

4.) Start researching lactation consultants in your area and do some sleuthing. Do they mesh with your values? How much experience do they have? How far in advance do you need to book a consult? Do they take your insurance?

3.) Make some freezer meals. Seriously. Feeding a newborn is a full-time job. Don’t forget to feed yourself in the process. (I have a cookbook specifically for this if you need help!)

2.) Make a plan now to prioritize skin to skin and first latch in the golden hour after birth before any interventions.

1.) Take a breastfeeding class while you’re still pregnant! Prenatal education has been proven to improve maternal sense of efficacy, decrease ni**le pain, and increase duration of breastfeeding. A postpartum consult will be much more helpful if you already have the basics under your belt.

This is why I offer breastfeeding and postpartum education through Earbud IBCLC… to put the power in your hands 🤲🏼

Comment EARBUD for a link to my new podcast-style learning platform!

Of course some babies have a harder time feeding than others, but meeting your breastfeeding goals is almost never luck....
03/26/2026

Of course some babies have a harder time feeding than others, but meeting your breastfeeding goals is almost never luck.

After working with 2,000+ dyads and breastfeeding my own children through tongue ties and food allergies, I know that moms who meet their breastfeeding goals have a few things in common:
➡️they educate themselves,
➡️they translate information into action, and
➡️they aren’t afraid to pivot when something isn’t working for them.

Earbud IBCLC gives you my framework for working through breastfeeding issues as well as 12 years of personal wisdom as a mom and 10 years of professional wisdom as an IBCLC.

This audio/visual lactation library walks you through breastfeeding basics, infant sleep, tongue ties, and everything in between. Like the most in-depth breastfeeding class, in podcast form.

You can have access to all 90+ audio/video episode for $9/month, or you can purchase one of four collections of episodes for lifetime access:
breastfeeding foundations,
postpartum self-care,
breastfeeding lifestyle,
and troubleshooting breastfeeding issues.

🎧Comment EARBUD for more info

…or drop your question in the comments if your baby is already here and you’re curious if this resource can still help you!

Drippy noses and itchy eyes with the change of seasons? There are plenty of breastfeeding-friendly supports out there! (...
03/25/2026

Drippy noses and itchy eyes with the change of seasons? There are plenty of breastfeeding-friendly supports out there! (And a discount for you if you comment ALLERGIES) 🫶🏽

FOUNDATIONAL

🌸Probiota HistaminX
If you have gut issues + food sensitivities + seasonal allergies these probiotic strains help repair your gut lining without producing more histamine like some probiotics do.

🌸WeNatal Egg Quality+
NAC helps stabilize mast cells, ALA recycles glutathione and compliments NAC, CoQ10 reduces oxidative stress and supports mitochondrial function, PQQ supports cell resilience over time and may reduce hypersensitive mast cell signaling, Acetyl L-Carnitine moves fatty acids into the mitochondria for energy.

🌸Beef kidney
A natural source of DAO that breaks down histamine in the digestive tract. Won’t reduce circulating histamine per se, but will help with overall histamine load.

ACUTE

🌸Dried nettle
Some studies suggest it could be just as helpful as OTC antihistamines. It calms mast cells, lowers cytokines, reduces histamine release, and provides some magnesium, calcium, iron, and vitamin C.

🌸AllergyCalm homeopathy
Can help quickly with acute seasonal allergy symptoms like runny nose, itchy/watery eyes, sneezing.

🌸Xlear nose spray
Spray and blow your nose after being outdoors and after your evening shower can greatly reduce your exposure (and therefore reaction to) airborne allergens.

🌸OTC antihistamines
Claritin and Zyrtec are breastfeeding safe when taken as directed. Benadryl can be more drying and can theoretically affect milk supply when taken regularly.

🙅🏼‍♀️ AVOID antihistamines with “D” added on or Sudafed. These can affect milk supply in some women.

➡️➡️➡️Comment ALLERGIES and I’ll DM you the link to save 20% on all these supplements!

Earbud IBCLC is an audio/video library of 5-15 minute lessons on all things breastfeeding and postpartum, borne out of m...
03/20/2026

Earbud IBCLC is an audio/video library of 5-15 minute lessons on all things breastfeeding and postpartum, borne out of my 11 years of personal experience and 19 years of professional experience.

For $9/month, you can have access to all 90+ episodes so you can listen immediately when needed.

Or you can purchase each of the 4 collections of episodes Ă  la carte for a one-time price.

The Postpartum Self-Care collection contains 11 episodes covering:

🤍The Fourth Trimester
🤍Postpartum Body Mechanics
🤍Postpartum Hydration and Nutrition
🤍Nervous System Support
🤍Postpartum Support Systems
🤍Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders

…all for $17! Whether you’re still pregnant or you’re postpartum but not exactly sure what to expect as your body, hormones, and emotions adjust, this is for you!

How do you act in any given circumstance as a parent? In accordance with who you are, not with how the parenting books s...
03/18/2026

How do you act in any given circumstance as a parent? In accordance with who you are, not with how the parenting books say to be.

“A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart… For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” Luke 6:45

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23

When I don’t like what I’m saying or how I’m reacting to my kids, the person who needs to change is always, always me.

(Yes I am a nerd, yes this is , yes is a genius in her portrayal of motherhood, birth, and breastfeeding throughout the outlander books.)

You prepare for birth so you can advocate for yourself and your child— don’t forget to do the same for your breastfeedin...
03/16/2026

You prepare for birth so you can advocate for yourself and your child— don’t forget to do the same for your breastfeeding experience!

You can become a monthly member of Earbud IBCLC and have access to ALL of the lessons at any time for $9/month…

OR you can purchase one of four collections of episodes à la carte with one payment for lifetime access! 🎉

BREASTFEEDING FOUNDATIONS is $27 and it’s all straight from my prenatal class— tangibly equipping you for the first latch and first few weeks of breastfeeding.

Here are some of the 31 lessons included in this collection of video and audio episodes:

🤍breast development and anatomy
🤍hormones of milk production
🤍breastmilk composition
🤍how milk changes over time
🤍maternal risk factors for breastfeeding issues
🤍infant risk factors for breastfeeding issues
🤍when to feed your baby
🤍how to latch your baby
🤍first latch and golden hour
🤍what to expect the second night
🤍milk coming in
🤍engorgement
🤍hand expression
🤍subjective (intuitive) and objective (informational) ways to know your baby is getting enough milk

➡️ Comment FOUNDATIONS and I’ll send a link straight to your DMs!

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