Top Tips for Feeling Touched Out while Breastfeeding
I consider myself fortunate to not have felt touched out at all for the first 18 months or so of my son’s life. In fact, I remember the...
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Danielle Facey
- Jan 17
- 2 min
How to Maximize Your Milk Output when Pumping
Pumping may feel like an arduous task, particularly if you are new to it, or if you are concerned about maintaining your supply once you...
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Danielle Facey
- Oct 23, 2022
- 3 min
How to Stop Your Breastfed Baby from Biting
I know the feeling, your baby has started chewing their fists loads, their tiny cheeks are flushed and their gums are red. Fear fills...
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Danielle Facey
- Aug 22, 2022
- 2 min
How to Treat Acne Safely whilst Breastfeeding
Weaning from breastfeeding is a seriously under researched area of women’s health. There is little to no existing research available...
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Danielle Facey
- Aug 3, 2022
- 3 min
A Real Breastfed Baby Schedule Over Time
If I’d had a better understanding of what biologically natural and normal baby behaviour looked like, my transition to motherhood would...
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Danielle Facey
- Aug 1, 2022
- 4 min
It’s All About That Latch
I remember my son’s first latch like it was yesterday. It was around 3am on his third day on earth. For 72 hours he had been fed via...
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Danielle Facey
- Jun 17, 2022
- 3 min
“Cover Up or go to the Bathroom.”
A breastfeeding mother was left feeling judged and harassed at Itsaca Park District on Monday 13th June after visiting the park with...
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Danielle Facey
- Jun 4, 2022
- 4 min
7 Tips for Flying Solo with a Nursing Toddler or Preschooler
You might be thinking tip no.1 must surely be: don’t do it! Even since the easing of Covid-related travel restrictions, it is only...
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Danielle Facey
- May 23, 2022
- 4 min
How Breastfeeding Beyond Infancy Affects Your Child
Breastfeeding beyond infancy is often perceived as unnecessary, bizarre and odd in Western societies. With less than 1% of British...
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Danielle Facey
- Apr 25, 2022
- 6 min
How to Wean Your Breastfed Babe onto Solids?
When to Start? The NHS (1), the World Health Organisation (2) and the CDC (3), all recommend introducing your breastfed babe to solid...
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Danielle Facey
- Apr 15, 2022
- 7 min
Back to Work and Breastfeeding - 10 Tips to Help You Continue Your Nursing Journey
“Well, you can’t carry that on once you’re back at work.” There is a common misconception that once you return to work you must stop...
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Danielle Facey
- Apr 12, 2022
- 3 min
How Breastfeeding Helped me Love my Postpartum Body (& How You Can Too)
Would I like to go back to my pre-baby size and shape? Hell no. Here’s why… Soft, plump and round, my stomach tells the story of how I...
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Danielle Facey
- Apr 11, 2022
- 5 min
7 Tips to Beat Burnout Whilst Breastfeeding
If you have ever felt like you might snap at any moment, keep reading… Mom burnout is so common that I am yet to meet or speak to a...
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Danielle Facey
- Apr 10, 2022
- 4 min
How I Survived Covid Whilst Breastfeeding (Twice) & What I Learned
The Official Guidance Mothers with suspected Covid-19 are encouraged to initiate or continue breastfeeding because the benefits of...
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Danielle Facey
- Mar 31, 2022
- 6 min
10 Things I Wish I Had Known About Breastfeeding…(Part 1)
To the expectant mama who wants to breastfeed, these are just a few things I wish I had known beforehand. I never anticipated that...
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Danielle Facey
- Mar 20, 2022
- 5 min
How to go Out-Out as a Breastfeeding Mom
I am of the generation that looked up to Geri Halliwell & Destiny’s Child. An independent woman with her own mind, her own money & her...
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Danielle Facey
- Feb 16, 2022
- 3 min
10 Ways to Reconnect with Yourself as a Breastfeeding Mama
As a new mom I felt utterly conflicted & wracked with guilt. There I was with a happy, healthy baby boy who was nursing like a champ...
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Danielle Facey
- Feb 13, 2022
- 3 min
10 Ways for Moms to Practise Self Care
1) Define your Boundaries As a mom there is always someone who wants something from you at some point of the day and night. Be clear...
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Danielle Facey
- Feb 11, 2022
- 4 min
10 Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day Whilst Breastfeeding
As a breastfeeding mama, the thought of celebrating Valentine’s Day may sound excitin, or it may sound like an utterly ridiculous notion....
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Danielle Facey
- Jan 21, 2022
- 5 min
A Response to ‘BREAST IDEA? I’m a maternity nurse – why I believe breastfeeding is NOT always best…’
When I read the aforementioned intentionally evocative headline, I did not feel particularly strongly about it. In fact, I secretly hoped...
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