Breast Compression and Why It Helps By Ashley Georgakopoulos, IBCLC and Motif Lactation Director Breast compression refers to the mother hand expressing while the baby is attached and feeding, or while the mother is pumping (hands-on pumping). This technique allows more milk to flow without solely relying on suction. It is particularly helpful in cases where a baby is too sleepy to finish a feed after the letdown response, a milk [...]

Increasing Breast Milk Supply By Ashley Georgakopoulos, IBCLC and Motif Lactation Director Defining Low Supply In terms of actual breast milk supply, as in, the body produces enough to sustain feedings, the mother’s body relies on a number of signals in order to know how much milk is needed. It's referred to as supply and demand, but more appropriately, demand and supply. This is how we are able to feed [...]

5 Things Your LC Wants You to Know As an individual lactation consultant outside of a hospital setting, I get the privilege of following the journeys of many mothers with breastfeeding. I have often been asked, “What do you think is the most common problem?” or “What’s something you think I should know [that I haven’t asked]?” This what I’ve come up with: 1. It really IS helpful to take [...]