Breastfeeding After C-Section Success Stories – Reflections on Nursing

Breastfeeding After C-Section Success Stories - One breastfeeding mom shares her success story breastfeeding after a c-section. Breastfeeding after an emergency c-section is great for mom and baby, but getting started can be rough. Here's how we worked hard to have a breastfeeding after c-section success story despite unsupportive providers and family members. #Breastfeeding #BreastIsBest #Breastfed

When I was pregnant with my first, I knew I wanted to breastfeed and hoped to do it for a year or so. Fairly simple.

Spoiler Alert: It turned into much, much more than that. There are lots of Breastfeeding After C-Section Success Stories, and here’s mine.

Following a traumatic birth experience, I fought hard to breastfeed my little man. I fought off a pushy pediatrician who wanted me to supplement with formula beginning only the second day after my unwanted c-section. Instead, I kept Baby at the breast and my milk came in full force the next day.

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How to Transition Baby to Nursery

This conversation on How to Transition Baby to Nursery has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MyVTechNursery #CollectiveBias

How to Transition Baby to Nursery: It's a big change for everyone when the time has come to get Baby to sleep in his own room! Moving from parents' room to nursery is a big step, and it's important to navigate the transition to crib sleeping carefully. A mom of 2 shares how her family successfully navigated the transitioning Baby to sleeping in nursery with minimal stress! [ad] #MyVTechNursery

Over the past week or so, we’ve been working on transitioning Blair to her nursery. After all, I worked so hard preparing her room before she arrived… might as well get some use out of it, right? When it comes to transitioning Baby to the nursery, a band-aid approach works best for our family: move all sleep to Baby’s room at the same time. Now that I’ve navigated this rite of passage with two little ones, I want to share some of my best tips on how to transition Baby to nursery!

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Christmas Recap 2017 [First Christmas as a Family of 4]

Breakfast with Santa Kansas City

Our first Christmas as a family of four is officially in the books! And wow, this holiday season was a complete whirlwind. For starters, various combinations of the kids and I were sick for about the first 2 weeks of December. Between recovering from illness and having a baby who doesn’t sleep through the night, I felt like I was on auto-pilot for most of the season.

Of course, I still wanted to do all of our favorite holiday traditions with the little ones. We just had to cram everything in super fast once we were all feeling better! I knew this would be a really fun year, since Colton is at an age where he thinks Christmas is really magical. Plus, it was Blair’s very first Christmas! And there’s nothing better than a baby’s first holiday season.

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Best Leggings for Moms [Lalabu Leggings + Soothe Shirt Review]

Looking for the best leggings for moms? These leggings are perfect for any new mom, but as a c-section mom, I'm especially partial to the fact that they hide my c-section shelf [aka "mommy tummy"]. I just wish I had them with my first child! Read on for my Lalabu Leggings review, and learn about the Lalabu Soothe Shirt for easy babywearing, too! [ad]

Whether you know me in real life or online, you’ve probably heard me talk about one thing… I am incredibly self-conscious about my c-section pouch. [And if you don’t know what a c-section pouch is, consider yourself lucky.] I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time trying to find pants that camouflage my c-section shelf, typically with little-to-no luck. But today, I’m sharing one of my secrets: the best leggings for moms. And yes, they actually hide the mommy tummy!

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