Spilling the Milk: Breastfeeding Chats

Send a text The journey to becoming a parent is transformative, with every expecting family deserving compassionate, continuous support through pregnancy, birth and beyond. This intimate conversation with Gail Tupin, a certified birth and postpartum doula, unveils how professional birth support dramatically improves outcomes and experiences for new families. When a doula is present at birth, intervention rates including C-sections measurably decrease – not because doulas provide medical care...

Send a text Did you know that chiropractic care can significantly ease common newborn and pregnancy challenges? On this episode of Spilling the Milk, we welcome Dr. Zora, a chiropractor with 13 years experience in the field and a passion for women's health, pregnancy, and pediatric care. She loves helping people be pain free and feel their best using all natural and holistic means. Since becoming a mother, she has shifted her focus to working with women and kids. She loves bringing awareness ...

Send a text Are you feeling overwhelmed about managing holiday gatherings with your breastfeeding baby? Fear not, we're here to help! In this solo episode of Spilling the Milk, Emily addresses the challenges of balancing family traditions with the demands of a young, breastfeeding baby during the festive season. She shares tips on key topics such as alcohol consumption while breastfeeding, sticking to your baby's schedule, and handling unexpected events. Remember, it's okay to prioritiz...

Send a text Imagine transforming the breastfeeding journey of millions of mothers worldwide - Eva Nagy-Gannan is on a mission to do exactly that. With a game-changing approach to breast pump technology, Eva shares her personal experience with breasts pumps that use sucking technology and how this ignited her mission to develop a breast pump that mirrors the natural action of a suckling baby. We discuss her revolutionary invention, the Calla wearable manual pump and its potential to empower mo...

Send a text My guest today is Jenn Lormand, a Orleans mama of three boys living and thriving with Stage 2 prolapse, an Exercise Physiologist and an author. Known together as the “Tinkler ladies”, Jenn and her business partner, Christina Walsh, have a combined 36 years of experience supporting women through prolapse, diastasis recti, and more. The Journal of Women’s Health Physical Therapy featured their holistic protocol that helps women relieve pelvic floor issues (think no more pee leaks, b...

Send a text My guest is Carolyn LaPan, a Masters level psychologist and Certified Functional Nutrition & Lifestyle Practitioner. Carolyn and I connected in our local Holistic Networking Group and have been collaborating on ways to combine forces in support of women’s health. She is passionate about gut health, hormone health, and longevity, as well as eating for the seasons, with whole food, plant-based recipes. Carolyn has contributed her expertise to Breastfeeding Bootcamp and runs her ...

Send a text My guest is Liezl, who has a 3 year old girl and 10 month old boy. She is originally from the Philippines, had her babies in California, and now lives in snowy, cold Michigan. If you’ve ever stayed home with a baby, or a baby and a toddler, much of what she shares will sound familiar. Liezl is very honest as she shares what it feels like to be trapped inside with two little ones while husband is away for work and she cannot drive. Birth She also shares about her two v...

Send a text In this episode we focus on a topic intricately tied to breastfeeding and new parenthood -- getting your baby to sleep (and getting enough sleep yourself!) Beth Hawkins is a UK-based BabySleepTheNight qualified child sleep consultant and a Mum who can talk from the heart about struggles with her own family's sleep challenges. For Mums and Dads wanting to make a change, she offers practical advice, bespoke sleep plans, and emotional support. You can learn more about Beth's s...

Send a text Holly is a mom of 3, two boys (8 & 10) and a 4 year old girl who can do just about anything her brothers can…while wearing a princess dress. Holly is passionate about her work through Parents as Teachers, where she visits with families to make sure that all children will learn, grow, and develop to realize their full potential. She is also a “Happier in Hollywood” fan, which is how we connected! We discuss oversupply, cabbage leaves, Baby Led Weaning, tandem nursing, supporti...

Send a text In this episode we touch on the influence of other people's attitudes and experiences with breastfeeding, the horror of dumping or spilling pumped milk, and how to nicely tell people to "get out of my house; I need to feed my baby." My guest is Dr. Beth Trammell, PhD, HSPP, an author, speaker, psychologist, creator of Make Words Matter, Associate Professor of Psychology at Indiana University East, as well as a mother of four. You can learn more about her work at MakeWordsMatterFo...