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01/12/2025

Resharing this amazing information.

“When a baby suckles at its mother's breast, a vacuum is created. Within that vacuum, the infant's saliva is sucked back into the mother's ni**le, where receptors in her mammary gland read its signals. This "baby spit backwash," as she delightfully describes it, contains information about the baby's immune status. Everything scientists know about physiology indicates that baby spit backwash is one of the ways that breast milk adjusts its immunological composition. If the mammary gland receptors detect the presence of pathogens, they compel the mother's body to produce antibodies to fight it, and those antibodies travel through breast milk back into the baby's body, where they target the infection.”
credit: The Natural Parent Magazine

03/23/2024

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03/22/2024

I've been following this foal's story since his very premature birth. He was supposed to be a miscarriage. It's amazing how many parallels there are with NICU premature neonates and premature horses as well as many similarities in lactation.

We try to have human babies hold off on bottle feedings the first month because of babies developing what we call "a bottle preference". This baby horse isn't nursing very well bc he had to be fed via a nasogastric tube (at first bc he was too premature and then he was aspirating). He eventually graduated to lapping up milk out of a pan. So he isn't as interested in nursing.

Breastfeeding is a lot more work for the baby horse (same with humans) than lapping it up from a tub or being fed by a tube. This is why human babies and this baby horse develop a preference to get feeds from a bottle or tub. Exactly why we hold off on bottles while babies establish good breastfeeding form. Just like in human lactation, mom's milk production will decrease if the baby horse doesn't exclusively breastfeed, or if the latch isn't correct. This mama horse doesn't have a lot of milk because her teats were not stimulated to produce hormones that make breastmilk.

I've been cheering this little one in since its birth.

03/11/2024

This mama's decision made me so happy!!! Good choice mama. Never EVER be afraid to nurse in public!!!!!

"I wouldn’t normally do this but while looking through so many pics from Tristan’s younger days with his birthday fast approaching this one really tugged at my heartstrings!⁣
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When my husband took this pic I was slightly embarrassed for some reason!⁣
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We were with our friend in an Uber in NYC and Tristan was so fussy and hungry so I figured I’d nurse him while we were in stand still traffic in the car. Next thing you know we actually get to the last street the driver can drive down and we have to get out. ⁣
I’m like ok I have two choices:⁣
1. 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 AND 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 or⁣
2. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯⁣
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I remember telling myself it’s ok you can do this! So we got out and I was so scared someone would see me! Or take a pic! When Jon showed me the pic I’m like, 'Ew OMG why did you take that?? I look crazy!'
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I may not have understood the significance of this pic and why it was taken but HOLY WOW! Walking the streets of New York City while breastfeeding?!?! 👏🏽 Go Me! Go Us!🤩⁣
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I see this pic now and see ONE AWESOME MOM!!!"

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12/26/2023

The USA needs to get on board wit this:

11/15/2023

YES, YES & YES!!!!

If you've ever held an adorable baby in your arms and felt like you never, ever wanted to put him or her down, you're not alone. And there's actually

11/03/2023

Has somebody told you that your baby doesn’t need to breastfeed at night past a certain age?  This age often varies by advisor. However, science tells us that in many cases, this simply isn’t true.

10/12/2023

It's true! Never, ever feel bad for feeding, cuddling, or giving them what they need!

09/27/2023

Unless there is a medical issue and this can’t be delayed…you should know this and ensure it happens.

Here’s what you need to know about delayed cord clamping: https://www.breastfeedingbasics.com/qa/delay-clamping-babys-umblilical-cord

09/24/2023

“When a baby suckles at its mother's breast, a vacuum is created. Within that vacuum, the infant's saliva is sucked back into the mother's ni**le, where receptors in her mammary gland read its signals. This "baby spit backwash," as she delightfully describes it, contains information about the baby's immune status. Everything scientists know about physiology indicates that baby spit backwash is one of the ways that breast milk adjusts its immunological composition. If the mammary gland receptors detect the presence of pathogens, they compel the mother's body to produce antibodies to fight it, and those antibodies travel through breast milk back into the baby's body, where they target the infection.”
credit: The Natural Parent Magazine

09/10/2023

Excellent advice!
I’ve met Niki Lee many times at National Breastfeeding conferences..She is exceptional. I took sunrise Yoga classes w/ her as well at the conferences.