by hygeiahealth | May 6, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
Student’s creates public breastfeeding signs for restaurants Student Sophie Mumper took her senior project for to the next level when she started posting “Breastfeeding Welcome Here” signs in restaurants and businesses to promote public...
by hygeiahealth | Apr 29, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
Hacks to increase milk supply tested and reviewed This mom ran her own experiment in trying to increase her milk supply through several commonly recommended methods. This blog post reports her results on everything from numerous types of lactation cookies to teas to...
by hygeiahealth | Apr 22, 2016 | Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
Olivia Wilde, breastfeeding advocate, announces second pregnancy with adorable son A favorite celebrity breastfeeding advocate, Olivia Wilde, has just announced the news of her second baby! She and son Otis shared a super-cute baby bump photo on Instagram to share the...
by hygeiahealth | Apr 19, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Pumping at Work, Resources
Get answers for pumping moms at work! We asked moms on our Hygeia Baby Facebook page for some tips on pumping at work and here’s what they had to say: -At first I felt bad about taking breaks to pump, then I thought if I were with my baby and she were hungry, would I...
by hygeiahealth | Apr 15, 2016 | Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
15 gallons of donated breastmilk a hospital record A Texas mom donated 15 GALLONS of pumped breastmilk and set a new hospital record. Holy cow! (No pun intended!) The mother pumped her heart out while her premie son was in the NICU. [Read more here.] Bringing home...
by hygeiahealth | Apr 12, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Pumping at Work, Resources
I was her…that mom that had to pump for days just to have enough breast milk supply to go out with my husband to a movie. The one who could sit for 45 minutes and get just barely enough to cover the bottom of the container attached to my pump. If I was working, I just...
by hygeiahealth | Apr 8, 2016 | Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
Preemie babies receive the best breastmilk Research shows that mothers of prematurely born babies have higher concentrations of immune proteins in the breastmilk. What does this mean? Because these preemie babes and mothers are more prone to infection, the body reacts...
by hygeiahealth | Apr 1, 2016 | Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
Can you multitask AND feed twins? Constance Hall, a 32-year-old blogger from Australia, keeps it real on her blog and Facebook feed; what else can you do but show the good, the bad, and the ugly once you are a mom of twins? Back in February she shared a photo feeding...
by hygeiahealth | Mar 25, 2016 | Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
Celebrity breastfeeding moms: Maya Rudolph on breastfeeding and parenthood It’s great to see and hear the celebrity breastfeeding moms who choose to be open advocates for nursing babies. Maya Rudolph is one such celebrity mom. What are her thoughts on...
by hygeiahealth | Mar 21, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Resources
In a perfect world, every baby would be born in the perfect time and in the perfect way. Unfortunately, this is not the world we live in. Everyday, families’ worlds are turned upside down when they receive the news that their little one requires a stay in the Neonatal...
