I've gotten this question several times recently, and this was the easiest way to answer it! Please share with your pregnant or newly postpartum friends who are working hard to breastfeed, because how you handle the first week really establishes your long-term breastfeeding trajectory <3

Get my postpartum cookbook PDF for FREE right now when you purchase Breastfeeding Foundations!

Or if your baby is already here and you need more help, check out Earbud IBCLC.

Want to purchase an Earbud IBCLC gift card for an expecting mom? You can find that HERE.

Looking for more help? Visit my website happymamahealthybaby.co to see what your options are, and don't forget to follow along on Instagram @happy.mama.healthy.baby <3

I once had a PT tell me to stop breastfeeding if I ever wanted my pelvic pain to go away. I'm so glad I didn't listen to her. Now I know my pain was from POTS, hypermobility, endometriosis, and, yes, some core weakness. So when we eventually weaned, the pain didn't go away. I'm forever grateful I did it on my timeline and not hers.

I want you to know more about your body and your breastfeeding experinece and this episode is one of the (almost 100!) breastfeeding-specific episodes in Earbud IBCLC. I wanted to share it in full here so you can see what we are doing over there!

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you can find my PDF postpartum cookbook HERE

and the allergen-free one HERE

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More on hypermobility:

> assessing joint hypermobility

> Organic Olivia podcast: Are You Hypermobile?

> Hormone Healing RD podcast: MCAS, POTS, and Hypermobility Part 1

> Hormone Healing RD podcast: MCAS, POTS, and Hypermobility Part 2

In this interview, Carly (@debtfree.mom) and I chat about the shifts that motherhood brings to the family finances, chores and allowance, grocery costs, how to talk about money around your kids, and how to plan for the future. I LOVE her tagline, that care creates contentment. You can find more info on working with Carly at debtfreemom.co.

(And THIS course on Index Funds is the retirement/investement one Carly recommended in our conversation.)

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Click HERE to learn more about Earbud IBCLC, my new affordable breastfeeding and postpartum membership with access to my full lactation library and breastfeeding problem-solving framework.

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