Happy Mama, Healthy Baby

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

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!

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

I can’t wait for you to listen on your commute or while you’re making dinner and thinking about meeting your baby! Take the guesswork out of the early days of breastfeeding by preparing ahead of time.

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

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
🤍subjective (intuitive) and objective (informational) ways to know your baby is getting enough milk
🤍hand expression

03/14/2026

When my first was a toddler and I was pregnant with my second, I saw post that said,”it doesn’t get easier, you just get stronger.”

All I heard was, “It doesn’t get easier.” 🤪

File that right up there with “big kids, big problems,” as one of the most discouraging things you can say to someone in the early years of motherhood.

My kids are elementary-aged now. Sure, middle motherhood has its own challenges with character formation and juggling extra-curriculars and losing those nap times and early bed times.

But I am not so tired. Not sleep deprived. Not so depleted. Not so new to the role of motherhood.

My energy is divided in different ways, but I have more control over my days (and nights) and, yes, practice has shown me I can also show up differently in hard seasons than I did at first.

Of course you get stronger as you go through matrescence. But it gets easier too.

💃🏻Every lactation consultant has been there. We give someone a bespoke care plan and then don’t follow a word of it. But...
03/10/2026

💃🏻Every lactation consultant has been there. We give someone a bespoke care plan and then don’t follow a word of it. But there can be two very different reasons why:

1.) One mom doesn’t follow my plan becuase she immediately makes it her own. She tweaks it, she starts intuitively with the thing that feels most right versus the thing at the top of the list, and she goes from there.

2.) The other mom immediately intellectualizes all of it and has a logical argument against every single recommendation and why that won’t work for her.

(I’ve been both of these moms and different points.)

💃🏻We learn new things and rewire our brain when we embody new information. That means NOT intellectually deciding something will or won’t work or is it isn’t for you. If you don’t like the way something is going, FAFO, Mama! Continuing to do the same thing will continue to get you the same results, so what do you have to lose?

💃🏻When we are stressed, depleted, or traumatized black and white surface level info feels safest. But if you can step just outside your comfort zone while still staying in your safe zone? That’s where the magic happens.

💃🏻Dealing with something chronic postpartum like low milk supply, clogged ducts, joint pain, anxiety, fatigue?
Swap out your morning smoothie for warm breakfast. Or if you’re “too busy” for breakfast, make something ahead of time that you can eat with one hand like quiche or baked oatmeal (I have a recipes for both of these in my cookbook).

Other things to try that might shift your breastfeeding experience:

🌅 morning sunlight (my current FAFO experiment)

📱no phone in the bedroom

💡red light for nighttime wakeups

👶🏼 skin-to-skin naps

🏋🏼‍♀️ finding a form of movement that feels joyful and not obligatory

Let it be simple, let it be fun. Your posture toward literally affects how you view it: as an overcomer or as a victim.

👇🏽Tell me, what are you going to FAFO about today?

🤗 I’m Therese, mom of three and holistic lactation consultant. Earbud IBCLC is a monthly membership giving you access to...
03/09/2026

🤗 I’m Therese, mom of three and holistic lactation consultant. Earbud IBCLC is a monthly membership giving you access to my 8 years of NICU nursing expertise, 10+ years as an IBCLC (international board certified lactation consultant), and 11 years of personal pregnancy and breastfeeding experience. I’ve been there, either personally or professionally, and I want to pass my breastfeeding wisdom down to the newest mothers rising in the ranks.

I’ve helped over 2,000 breastfeeding dyads in my 1:1 practice and I’m excited for this membership to support even more breastfeeding moms and babies!

🤲🏽 Here, my expertise as a lactation consultant meshes with your intuition as a mom to help you create a solid framework for your breastfeeding experience.

These educational episodes are divided into four categories:

​🎧breastfeeding foundations
​🎧postpartum self-care
​🎧breastfeeding lifestyle
​🎧troubleshooting common breastfeeding issues

With over 90 audio/video episodes that are 5-15 minutes long, my hope is that you can log in when you have a breastfeeding or postpartum question and find answers at your fingertips.

✨If you want to be informed, present, and autonomous in your decision making without feeling isolated, Earbud IBCLC is the resource for you.✨

If you’re wondering if we cover what you’re struggling with, let me know in the comments! If there’s not an episode covering your breastfeeding issue, I’ll add one 🥰

Your milk composition changes over time, baby’s needs change over time, so it stands to reason yours do as well. Here’s ...
03/08/2026

Your milk composition changes over time, baby’s needs change over time, so it stands to reason yours do as well.

Here’s a quick summary of each postpartum stage and what to prioritize.

For the full details + a PDF with a recipe for each stage and my favorite quick nervous system resets, come join us in my Earbud IBCLC membership! It’s $9/month and there’s no minimum commitment, but I can guarantee you’ll find something useful inside.

We planted fruit trees a few years ago and my 4 year old keeps asking when we will have peaches. In explaining the cycle...
03/07/2026

We planted fruit trees a few years ago and my 4 year old keeps asking when we will have peaches. In explaining the cycles of growth to him, I learned that trees are not just dry sticks in the winter.

Once they drop their leaves, they’re conserving energy and constantly monitoring the environment to decide when it’s safe to bud again.

If a fruit tree doesn’t go through a period of dormancy, you will see delayed or uneven blooming, poor fruit set, or weak growth. Dormancy is when growers plant, graft, or prune fruit trees so they are more fruitful down the road.

What if, in early postpartum, you’re not “just” feeding your baby or “just” recovering or “just” too tired? What if this is a sacred time set aside to prune you for the fruitful work of raising tiny humans?

🍎”I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful… Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
‭‭John 15: 1-2, 4-5

🍎”But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23

🍎”Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9

>>> swipe to see what the latch looks like on different pacifiers >>>What’s the best pacifier? The b()()b. The second be...
03/04/2026

>>> swipe to see what the latch looks like on different pacifiers >>>

What’s the best pacifier? The b()()b.

The second best is one that encourages a wide latch and requires baby to work to keep it in, curling their tongue and tugging instead of chomping or chewing.

Pacifiers can reduce the risk of SIDS when used at bedtime. They can also encourage a tonic bite or a high palate when used incorrectly.

Look at each of these pacifiers and decide how you feel about your ni**le looking that way at the end of a feeding, because function affects form.

When baby is asleep and paci falls out, gently close their mouth so they’re still breathing through their nose.

🎙️Did you know Earbud IBCLC isn’t just a “here’s how to latch your baby” resource? Module 3 is actually full of audio and video lessons on breasteeeding-adjacent things like infant sleep, going back to work, pacifiers, bottles, and so much more.

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I mean every word 🙏
03/03/2026

I mean every word 🙏

🥛LET’S NORMALIZE NORMAL MILK SUPPLIESThe last time I pumped, my third baby had just turned 2. I was nursing on demand 3-...
03/02/2026

🥛

LET’S NORMALIZE NORMAL MILK SUPPLIES

The last time I pumped, my third baby had just turned 2. I was nursing on demand 3-5 times in 24 hours and he’d never had anything to supplement my milk except for solid foods, which started around 6 months. He still didn’t sleep through the night 🫠

I didn’t usually pump at work by that point, but I had worked 16 hours and was feeling a little uncomfortable, so I pumped because I knew all the kids would be asleep when I got home.

This barely-an-ounce is what I got and I was 0% concerned. Here’s why:

🫶🏽He’d been on the same growth curve his entire life, never dropping percentiles.

🫶🏽Every diaper was wet and he had at least one soft p**p per day.

🫶🏽He nursed on demand except for my rare hospital shifts, he ate 3 meals and 1-2 snacks per day, and had easy access to his water bottle.

🫶🏽I tested my milk at 20 months for kicks and it was 37 CALORIES per ounce (formula is 20 calories/oz).

🫶🏽I still felt full with this volume because functional mammary tissue declines as supply and demand goes down.

➡️ swipe to see the normal progression of supply form birth through weaning

🎙️check out Milk and Motherhood podcast episode 27 to learn more about how our milk changes when we are nursing toddlers

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