Tag: breastfeeding

• A Very Brief Memoir: Insufficient Milk Supply and GERD

  It was 2010 and I was deep in love with my first baby, a son we named Sam. I birthed him with no pain medication, and felt such a mountaintop high initially, but as I descended that mountain, things were not all that well. Things went awry in the hospital. At first latch, things were…

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  February 7, 2026

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• A Very Brief Memoir: Lactating After Surrogacy

  Recently I’ve been reflecting on my 4 postpartum experiences I’ve been through, and writing about breastfeeding in particular. After one of my births, I didn’t breastfeed, however. Instead, I expressed milk — by hand and with breast pumps. For 6 weeks. Why? The decision not to breastfeed the baby wasn’t my choice. He wasn’t my…

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  February 4, 2026

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  baby, breastfeeding, breastfeeding-without-birthing, induced-lactation, inducing-lactation, motherhood, postpartum, pumping, surrogacy