The Lactation Club For Moms

11/17/2025

What a beautiful day it is! Come see Shannon from 11-1 in rm 256 for a weight check on baby and answers to your feeding questions.🌸

11/13/2025

We’ve talked about this in group a few times!

💤 Reverse Cycling: When Your Baby Decides Nighttime Is Mealtime 🌙

You’ve gone back to work, and suddenly your baby—who used to give you a decent stretch of sleep—is waking up to nurse all night long. 😩
What’s going on? Welcome to reverse cycling, a totally normal (and temporary!) adjustment many breastfed babies make when mom returns to work.

Here’s what’s happening 👇

🍼 Daytime changes:
When you’re away, your baby might take smaller bottles, drink less overall, or even “hold out” for you. It’s not a hunger strike, it’s emotional. They’re used to nursing for food and comfort, and bottles just don’t fill both needs.

🌙 Nighttime catch-up:
Once you’re home and the house is quiet, baby makes up for those missed feeds (and cuddles) by nursing more often overnight. It’s their way of reconnecting and regulating.

💗 What you can do:
•Offer extra nursing sessions before and after work and before bed
•Many will co-sleep to help reduce time awake
•Make sure baby’s bottles while you’re gone reflect realistic feeding volumes (typically 1–1.5 oz per hour you’re apart)
•Snuggle and nurse during weekends or mornings to help meet their connection needs

✨ The good news:
Reverse cycling doesn’t last forever. As baby adjusts to the new routine and learns bottles = nourishment and mom = comfort, things usually even out.

You’re not doing anything wrong. Your baby just misses you and nighttime feels like the best time to make up for it. ❤️

11/11/2025

Our bodies are amazing!🌸

It’s kind of wild when you think about it breastfeeding is basically nature’s version of Wi-Fi. 📶 Your baby latches on and instantly sends your body a “data upload” through their saliva info about germs, growth needs, and what’s going on in their tiny world. Your body reads the signal and “downloads” a custom milk update packed with the exact antibodies and nutrients your baby needs right now. No lag, no buffering just instant biological connection. Call it Milk-Fi, where love is the signal and antibodies are the bandwidth. 💧🤱✨
Credit Breastfeeding Mama Talk
https://www.facebook.com/bfmamatalk/posts/pfbid0duRB1Tj3TCFpobyfed6iqb3VkGR3R1353mbBrV9hRxTVjMSuadBCZGJ1FE4zz3u1l

11/10/2025

We will meet from 11-1in rm 256!

11/10/2025

Interesting read for your Monday morning!

breastfeeding mama whales are amazing !

whale mamas literally nurse their babies in the ocean, no bottles. no breaks. no latch drama.

their milk is thick like cream cheese, nearly 50% fat, so it clings underwater without losing a drop.

their babies gain up to 200 pounds a day.
just from milk.
just from their mama.

no sleep training. no feeding schedules.
just instinct, connection, and deep-sea cuddles.

i bet no one’s asking her when she’s moving her baby to seal milk 🫠🫠

11/09/2025

Really good info!

Milk supply isn’t built by luck, it’s built by removal.

You can’t out-supplement missed feedings. Milk is made by removal, not magic. Every time milk is effectively removed from the breast, it signals your body to keep producing. When it’s not, that signal weakens, and so does supply.

What many moms don’t realize is that it’s not just about frequency… it’s about effectiveness.
If you’re pumping every 2-3 hours but using the wrong fl**ge size, too low (or too high) suction, or the wrong pump altogether, milk isn’t being fully removed, and your body assumes it doesn’t need to make more.

✨ Fl**ge size matters.
A fl**ge that’s too small causes friction and ni**le damage.
A fl**ge that’s too large pulls in too much ar**la and reduces suction efficiency.
Neither removes milk well, and both send the wrong message to your body.

✨ Pump type matters too.
Most moms, especially in the early weeks, need a hospital-grade breast pump (like the Medela Symphony) to build or protect their supply. These pumps are designed for frequent, full milk removal, something most portable, wearable, or “cute” pumps simply can’t match. The first two weeks are critical. That’s when your prolactin receptors are being established, and consistent, effective milk removal during this time sets the tone for your long-term supply.

No supplement, cookie, or tea can replace that signal. You can support your supply nutritionally, but the foundation will ALWAYS be milk removal.

Milk supply isn’t fragile, it’s responsive. Give your body the right tools, the right schedule, and the right information… and it will do exactly what it was designed to do. 💛

11/09/2025

I love this!🌸

11/03/2025

I talk about this all the time! So very cool. Our bodies are amazing!

11/03/2025

It works!

Would you like an effective method for pumping more milk? Until 2009, most of us assumed that when a mother used a breast pump, the pump should do all of the milk-removal work. But this changed when Jane Morton and her colleagues published a ground-breaking study in the Journal of Perinatology.The m...

11/03/2025

Shannon is hosting group today in rm 256 from 11-1!! See you then.🧡

11/01/2025

Even though Halloween is over, I had to share!!! Cute, right?!

When someone asks you to cover up while feeding your babies, Halloween edition. 🎃
📷:.arbgh

10/31/2025

Summerville Lactation wishes all the littlest pumpkins a Happy and safe Halloween!🧡