Motherwear Breastfeeding Podcasts

Interview with Linda Smith author of The Impact of Birthing Practices on Breastfeeding. Ever wonder how epidurals, IV fluids, c-sections, or pitocin impact breastfeeding? Or how hospitals care for newborn babies and mothers right after birth affects how breastfeeding goes?...

Interview on breastfeeding late preterm (sometimes known as 'near term') babies with well known breastfeeding expert Marsha Walker. Was your baby born at 36 or 37 weeks? Did you struggle with breastfeeding a sleepy and jaundiced baby who took her...

Interview with Karen Kerkhoff Gromada, author of Mothering Multiples. Karen is a mother of breastfed twins and long time expert on breastfeeding multiples. We discuss prenatal preparation for nursing twins, common challenges, nursing in public, and how on earth you...

Interview with Hilary Flower, author of Adventures in Tandem Nursing about nursing in pregnancy and beyond. Hilary and I discussed a number of questions about tandem nursing, including: - How safe is nursing during pregnancy? - What are some of...

Learn to speak Spanish to help mothers breastfeed, with audio portion of Chapter 1 of Spanish for Breastfeeding Support, written by the host of the Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog. http://motherwear.typepad.com/Chapter1.mp3 Download Chapter 1.mp3 (16634.9K) I'm very pleased to share with...

Interview with Danielle Friedland, founder of the Celebrity Baby Blog, on celebrities and breastfeeding. The Celebrity Baby Blog is an extremely popular site, getting over 20 million page views a month. Danielle has included information about breastfeeding in her posts...

Interview with Penny Simkin on breastfeeding and early sexual abuse, including common feelings of survivors about breastfeeding, and ways that breastfeeding support people can support survivors. Penny is the author of When Survivors Give Birth, on early sexual abuse and...

Interview with Kathi Barber, author of The Black Woman's Guide to Breastfeeding, and founder of the African American Breastfeeding Alliance. Kathi and I talked about the history of breastfeeding for black women in the U.S. from slavery through the 20th...

Conversation with Dia Michels, author of If My Mom Were a Platypus, on how other mammals nurse their young. Ever wonder how on earth a whale baby nurses underwater? How common is it for mammals to nurse other mothers' babies?...

Interview with Dr. Alison Stuebe, OB/GYN and professor at the University of North Carolina, on formula company diaper bags given out at some hospitals. Though her work with the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition, Alison helped organize an effort to stop hospitals...