Gulf Coast Breastfeeding Center

05/27/2026

Such a sweet message 🥹

So proud of all the breastfeeding and pumping mamma's 🥰👏👏👏

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8pcukSE/

05/27/2026

“How dare you feed your baby by a pond? You are asking for attention! Could you have picked a location away from all the ducks? That’s so unsanitary.
That poor child is probably sweating. Can he even breathe in there?
Why are you smiling? Are you proud of yourself for suffocating your baby?
Back in my day….”

From our previous post, you know there was A LOT of controversy regarding where and how a mother should feed her baby…. So to that conversation we ask- does mom being covered really save you from “hard” conversations or make you more comfortable with a nursing mom?

Comparing this photo to our last, it’s obvious either way momma is nursing her baby 🥰let’s keep normalizing this💪

05/26/2026

Hattiesburg mammas! Please join us for our Grand Opening of MILC!

🎉💛 We're so excited for our upcoming Grand Opening of the new Pine Belt MILC League Breastfeeding Support Group! 💛🎉

We are so eager to officially open the doors to a new gathering space for breastfeeding moms, babies, and families here in the Pine Belt! 🫶

This group was created to be a place for encouragement, friendship, support, and real-life motherhood — where moms can come exactly as they are. Whether you’re nursing, pumping, combo feeding, formula feeding, pregnant, postpartum, or just looking for community, you are welcome here. 🤱✨

📅 June 16th
⏰ 10:00–11:30 AM
📍 Heritage Church

Join us for a fun and relaxed morning featuring:

🧀 String cheese (because how could we not!)
📸 A cozy photo setup with quilts as the backdrop
🤰 Maternity photos
👶 Newborn photos
👩‍👧 Mommy & me/family pictures
🍪 Snacks & fellowship
💛 Support, encouragement, and community

Bring your babies, bring your toddlers, bring your friends, and come celebrate this exciting new chapter with us! We can’t wait to meet local moms and grow this community together. 🫶

05/25/2026

✨📸 MILC League Photo Shoot Day 📸✨

Join us this Wednesday from 10:00–11:30 for a sweet little photo shoot setup at our GCBC MILC League meeting! 💕

We’ll have this beautiful vintage quilt backdrop all ready to go — just bring your sweet kiddos, dress up if you’d like, and snap some precious photos together. 🧺🪡🌸

Whether it’s maternity photos, breastfeeding moments, baby snuggles, or just a sweet picture with your little ones, we would love to see you there!

Come make memories, connect with other moms, and enjoy a cozy morning together. 💛

05/25/2026

1 Week from today! Come join us and learn all you need to know about pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding. This class includes the new "Birth Vibes" by Jen Hamilton, Rebozo, rice sock and comb. If you are thinking "why a comb?" this is the class for you!

05/25/2026

Is it the baby blues, PPD, or PPA? 💭

Maternal mental health doesn’t look just one way, and symptoms can show up anytime during pregnancy or postpartum.

What you’re feeling might be:
• Baby Blues
• Depression
• Anxiety
✳️ Perinatal Mental Health Disorders also include OCD, bipolar mood disorders, PTSD, and psychosis. ✳️

The Baby Blues are short-term dips in mood caused by the changes of having a baby, and typically dissipate on their own. Depression and anxiety are common, temporary, and treatable, but they do require support.

Too often, parents experience symptoms like: irritability, racing thoughts, guilt, sadness, intrusive thoughts, or constant worry… and don’t realize there’s a name for it.

When we connect the dots, we make maternal mental health visible.
And when it’s visible, it becomes treatable, supportable, and understood.

💙 If you see yourself in this, you are not alone
💙 If you recognize this in someone else, check in

🔵 Visit Postpartum.net/bluedot to donate, support our MMH Month campaign, or get help today.

📞 PSI HelpLine: 800-944-4773
📞 National Maternal Mental Health Hotline: 1-833-852-6262
📲 Download the Connect by PSI App
🔗 Visit Postpartum.net for programs and resources
🔗 Donate here: https://loom.ly/d6pRLec

05/25/2026

Normalizing breastfeeding one hater at a time 🤰🥰🫶

05/23/2026

While traveling this summer, remember this: you can nurse your baby ANYWHERE you are allowed to be. 🤍

Yes, there are some fabulous nursing rooms at popular travel destinations (one of my FAVORITES is the Baby Care Center at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World), but let’s be honest… sometimes Minnie can’t wait to make it all the way to the front of the park. 😂 So we find a shady bench, a quiet corner, or right on Main Street in Disney World while the parade rolls by. ✨🏰

And mamas, that matters more than you realize. 💛

Research shows that one of the biggest factors in normalizing breastfeeding is simply SEEING breastfeeding. When women and children regularly see babies being fed at the breast, breastfeeding becomes more familiar, accepted, and attainable. Exposure helps remove fear, embarrassment, and stigma for future moms.

The more breastfeeding is seen in public:
• The more likely moms are to feel confident nursing outside the home
• The more likely other women are to attempt and continue breastfeeding
• The more children grow up understanding breastfeeding as normal infant feeding
• The more supportive communities become for mothers and babies

Breastfeeding in public is protected by law in all 50 states, and you never need permission to feed your baby. 🫶

So whether you choose a beautiful nursing suite, Main Street with Cinderella Castle in the background, an airport rocking chair, or a random park bench… feed that baby proudly. You may be nourishing more than your own child -you may be encouraging another mama watching nearby.

05/22/2026

If you have a soon to be new grandparent in your life and you'd like them to have updated info along with great communication skills this is the class for them!

I'm so excited to teach this class!

https://gulfcoastbreastfeedingcenter.com/grandparent-class-checkout

05/21/2026

This week has been more about building relationships than fixing problems. Monday Dr. Cathie Donald came to observe me at my Coast location. She was able to put some pieces together on how and why I say and do the things I do. We got to see the most perfect mom, dad and baby.

When I showed mom how to optimize her holding position while breastfeeding as soon as she latched baby she said "oh my gosh it doesn't hurt!"

Today I got to take a field trip to Jocelyln Mayfield MPT office and see how she's been helping baby's I've been sending her way.

That baby girl had not had a p**p in a few days. Jocelyn worked her magic and p**p was everywhere! It took all 3 of us to clear her up lol

I've officially finished the grandparent class. Y'all I'm so excited to teach this class! If you are feeling stressed about your parents or in-laws after baby is born PLEASE have them sign up for this class! It's going to be fun and empowering!