An educational podcast brought to you by midwives and lactation professionals- Heather ONeal and Maureen Farrell. A witty, raw, educational program that engages ALL types of parents on lactation, relationships, body positivity, mental health, & more!
Tune in to hear the hosts of the Milk Minute chat with Stephanie King, owner of My Essential Birth and host of the Pregnancy and Birth Made Easy Podcast. Stephanie has years of experience as a childbirth educator and doula and created My Essential Birth as a way to provide a comprehensive, evidence based online birth course. Tune in today to take a step toward preparing for your holistic, empowered birth!
You’ve probably heard news articles about infant food safety and heavy metal contamination. Today’s episode of the Milk Minute focuses on the safety and use of infant rice cereal. Your favorite hosts pull together a timeline of historical infant feeding, mass baby food production, and agricultural practices into a cohesive narrative that brings us to the present day. They answer questions of nutrition, safety, and more!
We know how frustrating breast refusal can be. It’s hard not to take it personally thinking, “What’s wrong with me? Why doesn’t my baby want me?” Today on the Milk Minute Heather and Maureen tackle long term breast refusal and short term nursing strikes. They discuss possible causes and strategy for getting baby back to nursing. There is still hope, and your favorite podcast hosts are here to help you find it.
So you got holes through your nips and now you are having a baby and want to breastfeed. What happens next? Listen and learn on this week’s episode where your friendly hosts, Heather & Maureen talk major concerns, jewelry, milk flow and some safety precautions regarding breastfeeding with nipple piercings.
What exactly is Craniosacral Therapy and how can it affect your baby’s latch? Today on the Milk Minute, Heather & Maureen interview Dr. Martin Rosen of Peak Potential Institute on his expertise in chiropractic care for babies, specifically how the structure and function of your baby’s body relates to their latch for feeding. Tune in to learn more!
Let’s talk about caffeine! Every parents’ BFF is their morning coffee, but is it safe during lactation? Join Heather & Maureen as they share what we know and what the guidelines say now.
Join the us today as Maureen and Heather decode the breastmilk “letdown”. Learn more about how the milk ejection reflex works and how we can use knowledge about physiology to our advantage! We can be smarter than our boobs, right? Learn to hack the letdown, only on the Milk Minute.
Parental leave is slowly ticking by and your return-to-work date is looming ahead! What now? Today on the Milk Minute Heather and Maureen talk about making plans for a successful transition for both you and baby. Pumping, bottle feeding, and storing milk is a lot to juggle when you’ve only just got the hang of having this new tiny human around. M&H break it down week by week with a manageable “To Do” list just for you!
Yoga gets thrown around as a lifestyle ‘cure-all’ for a lot of pregnancy and breastfeeding issues, but can it really help? Today Maureen and Heather interview Deb Flashenberg, founder and director of the Prenatal Yoga Center in NYC and host of the podcast Yoga | Birth | Babies. Join the Milk Minute to learn all about postpartum healing through the practice of yoga!
Show Notes: Our journey is the word this week! Real talk, sometimes we have so much to say about lactation that we don’t make time for ourselves. We don’t get to catch up or tell funny stories because we want to prioritize education! This week we decided that we would kick back and chew the […]
