Dear Kathleen- on nipple damage healing and pumping
IBCLC and author Kathleen Huggins answers questions about thrush, nipple damage, and pumping to maintain supply while healing.
IBCLC and author Kathleen Huggins answers questions about thrush, nipple damage, and pumping to maintain supply while healing.
TLB friend and supporter, Kathleen Huggins, IBCLC and author of The Nursing Mothers’ Companion, answers questions about breastfeeding, bottle feeding, pumping, and relacating.
In this article, we’ll look at pumping when you return to work or school and pumping exclusively, either by choice or for a health condition. Hopefully, these tips will help anyone facing these situations to successfully provide breastmilk for their child(ren). Just like before, if a certain situation applies or doesn’t apply to you, feel free to skip to or past it.
Going to be expressing your milk? Your options, selection a pump (if you need one), and pumping basics are covered by Star Rodriguiz, IBCLC, in this first part on Pumping 101.