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042 Getting Started with Inducing Lactation/ Relactation

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - February 10, 2019 18:01 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
  Cathy, like so many other non-birthing parents wanting to induce lactation or relactate, is trying to unravel all of the varying information she has received.  So she emailed us for help.  When I suggested we might share her email on the podcast so that we could help others in her shoes, Cath...

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052: At-Breast/Chest Supplementation Tips and More

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - June 06, 2018 05:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
For as long as I've known my podcast co-host Hope Lien, she has been my go-to person for questions about at-breast/chest supplementation.  When nursing her daughter by adoption (pictured here), at-breast supplementation was a key to her success - as it is for most parents who need to provide lon...

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#51: Ask Dr. Nice: A Case Study on the Impact of Parent's Medications on Milk Production when Inducing Lactation

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - May 09, 2018 21:37 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
It's a case study!  Something a little bit different in our discussion with Dr. Nice, our pharmacist expert.  Alyssa had connected with a mom-to-be Courtni who was inducing lactation with very quick and abundant milk production.  She wanted to figure out what Courtni was doing so that she could ...

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050 Stephanie Wagner, IBCLC, on chestfeeding and supporting the LGBTQIA community

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - April 18, 2018 16:45 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
As it turns out, breastfeeding is not just "A Womanly Art."  Steph shares an incredible story about a same-sex male couple she worked with who both nursed their baby, exclusively providing human milk for baby's first 6 months.  How does this work?  Creativity, support, milk expressed by baby's ...

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#49: Ditching the Dom - Inducing Lactation or Relactating without Domperidone

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - April 04, 2018 06:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
With the FDA warning against domperidone, we have noticed an increasing number of U.S. parents who choose to induce lactation or relactate without using the pharmaceutical medication domperidone.  While we have spent many episodes discussing the safety and effectiveness of domperidone, our ultim...

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048: Ask Dr. Nice: Safety of Medications While Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - February 27, 2018 06:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
For breastfeeding parents, safely taking medications - whether they are for the parent's health or for increasing milk production - can be complex.  It is a delicate balance between the parent's health, the safety of the milk for the baby, and the importance of breastfeeding.  It involves commu...

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047: Ask Dr. Nice: Safety and Side Effects of Domperidone

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - January 30, 2018 20:55 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
In the US, it is natural that we have a lot of concerns about the safety and side effects of domperidone.  Our Food & Drug Administration has not yet approved this medication (see episode #4 for more on that) so parents are generally obtaining it without a doctor's or certified nurse midwife's ...

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046: Katie and NC share their adventures in inducing lactation and co-nursing

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - January 12, 2018 17:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
about their co-nursing experience, and with Katie about inducing lactation!  It has been a joy-filled road for them with a few bumps along the way ... including concerns with safety of medications, not always supportive healthcare providers, ​sore nipples, middle of the night challenges, and a b...

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045 Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex with Alia Macrina Heise, IBCLC

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - December 27, 2017 15:46 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex, more commonly known as D-MER, is one of the most severe breastfeeding challenges yet also one of the least known or understood.  D-MER is a feeling of dysphoria caused by the hormonal shift that occurs when the milk releases during nursing, pumping, or any other t...

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044 Self-Care for New Parents during the Holidays and Beyond

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - December 13, 2017 07:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Alyssa and Hope get real!  Being a new parent isn't always the blissful joy we might see on holiday cards.  It can be really tough times, as well as wonderful times.  We suggest that the balance lies in self-care.  It can be so difficult to care for ourselves as new parents, and we haven't alway...

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043 Ask Dr. Nice: More on Herbs for Increasing Milk Production

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - November 28, 2017 16:27 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
While using medications is a science, using herbs for increasing milk production doesn't seem quite as straightforward.  There are so many nuances to consider:  ​How do I know if a particular herb is helpful for me? What form of the herb should I take? ​What about using herbs in combination...

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041 Inducing Lactation using Depo-Provera with Chrissy Fleishman, intended mother

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - October 11, 2017 06:30 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
We are thrilled to re-visit an early podcast interview with Chrissy Fleishman who induced lactation for her baby born via surrogacy.  There are a couple of reasons why we are re-releasing it now.  One, we thought Chrissy gave a great interview.  She is well-informed and enthusiastic, and her exp...

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ADN: More On Medications for Increasing Milk Production

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - September 27, 2017 05:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
We can't get enough of talking with Dr. Nice about medications for increasing milk production.  Domperidone is at the forefront of our discussion, as usual.  We delve a bit deeper into dosages and side effects of dom with Dr. Nice.   But we don't leave you there:  we know that domperidone is tri...

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039 Malunggay for Milk Production with Angela Veloso from Go-Lacta

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - September 13, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
I first learned about Malunggay (a.k.a. Moringa) as an herb to help with milk production when I was writing Breastfeeding Without Birthing.  When Diana West, IBCLC, author of Making More Milk and internationally known expert on milk production, was reviewing a draft of my book she suggested addi...

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038 I AM: Breastfeeding. Supporting Breastfeeding in Urban Communities

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - August 30, 2017 04:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
I had a blast talking with SonJoria Sydnor and Denecia Harrell about support for breastfeeding families of color in the St. Louis area and beyond. They talked about the needs around breastfeeding for families of color and how they provide the specific support that is needed. Whether it is throug...

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037 ADN Safety of Alcohol, Marijuana, and other Medications while Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - August 09, 2017 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
A little something new with Dr. Nice!  We've talked with in the past with Dr. Nice mostly about galactogogues:  medications, herbs, and foods for promoting milk production.  This time we pick his brain about medications the nursing parent may take for herself rather than her milk production.  Th...

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036 Co-Nursing, Tandem Nursing, and Nursing Triplets with Cliona and Sue

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - July 25, 2017 19:10 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Introducing the winners of the 2017 World Breastfeeding Triathlon!  Okay, I just made that up.  But if there was one, this couple would certainly have been a top contender.  Together they have successfully relactated, co-nursed, and nursed triplets.  Add tongue-ties for all of their children and...

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035: ADN: Using herbs and foods for increasing milk production

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - July 12, 2017 00:34 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Dr. Nice is back, and he answers questions about the other half of the galactogogue equation:  herbs and foods that may be used to support milk production.  (Last time we interviewed Dr. Nice, we discussed pharmaceutical medications for increasing milk production.  Check out episode #32.)  We d...

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034 A Mother and Daughter's Adoptive Breastfeeding Story with Jennifer Cooper, IBCLC

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - June 28, 2017 02:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
We've talked with other adoptive mothers before, but this one is different!  Jennifer brought her daughter home as an older baby and when she finally began nursing, her daughter was 2 years old.  Bringing a toddler to the breast required determination but it was well worth it, according to both ...

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033 Queer Birth Project

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - June 14, 2017 15:29 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Because it is our mission at Breastfeeding Outside the Box to support non-traditional families - growing families who have historically not received the information and support they need and deserve - we are so pleased to introduce you to Queer Birth Project.  This is an amazing organization tha...

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032 Ask Dr. Nice: Medications for Increasing Milk Production

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - May 31, 2017 17:08 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
In this episode, Dr. Frank Nice debuts his first special episode on our podcast! He gives some updates about Domperidone as well as talks about the use of Reglan for parents who want to use these medications to increase their milk production, as well as some of the risks and possible side effect...

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031 Tongue- and Lip-Tie with Dr. Catherine Sledge

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - April 26, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Ah tongue- and lip-ties!  We've heard A LOT about them from our podcast interviewees.  Hope and I both have children who've had them.  So, while not outside-the-box per se, tongue- and lip-ties affect many babies regardless of any other circumstances and so we wanted to be sure to address them. ...

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030 Supplementing Breastfeeding for Lower Producing Parents

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - April 12, 2017 02:56 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
What do adoption, surrogacy, partnering with a birthing parent, breast/chest surgery, and insufficient glandular tissue (IGT) have in common?  Parents who CAN and DO breastfeed.  In most of these situations, parents will need to supplement their milk production with extra milk or formula in orde...

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029 Our Biggest Breastfeeding Mistakes

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - March 31, 2017 15:35 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
I (Alyssa) have had a guilty conscience for a long time.  On this podcast, in my private practice, in my book, and when I speak at conferences, I share breastfeeding guidance that I myself did not take when nursing my babies.  It's not that I am a hypocrite - it is that I just don't want other p...

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028 Adoptive Breastfeeding and Relactation with Deziray Click, PA

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - February 22, 2017 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
What an opportunity to hear from a medical professional who has brought in milk for her adopted baby.  Deziray's expertise as a physician's assistant gave her added confidence in using a medical approach to inducing lactation.  For her, that worked really, really wonderfully.   She actually had ...

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027 Trans Masculine Nursing, Co-Nursing and Inducing Lactation

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - February 08, 2017 05:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
This is a heartwarming interview not only about nursing and parenting under uncommon and in some ways unexpected circumstances, it is also about how parenting can challenge and grow the relationship between parents. Between Amy and Chris, they experienced infertility, inducing lactation, trans m...

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026 Top Factors That Determine How Much Milk You'll Make

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - January 25, 2017 02:25 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
What do parents most want to know about inducing lactation?  One of the things they most want to know is whether they will be able produce enough milk to meet all their baby's nutritional needs - what we often refer to as "a full milk supply." Most parents who induce lactation produce anywhere ...

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025 Modifications to the SNS with Mari Wantanabe

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - January 11, 2017 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Mari is a scientist and an innovator ... and an intended mother through surrogacy who nursed her babies.  So when the Medela Supplemental Nursing System - more commonly known as the SNS - wasn't meeting her needs, Mari tweaked it.  She didn't like the way it worked using gravity, got caught on ...

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024 Adoptive Breastfeeding Choices with Courtney Eckelberry

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - December 28, 2016 06:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
We have interviewed several adoptive mothers on the podcast, but Courtney is the first to have actually produced a surplus of milk.  Whereas most mothers who induce lactation need to supplement their milk production, Courtney was able to donate 3000 ounces of the milk she produced by inducing la...

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023 Adoptive Breastfeeding with Sally Parrott, IBCLC

Breastfeeding Outside the Box - December 14, 2016 06:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Sally is an adoptive mom gone lactation consultant, and she uses her personal experiences to guide her professional role with abundant wisdom and compassion.  In this interview, Sally does a beautiful job helping adoptive parents and the professionals who support them to navigate through the par...

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