How Your Diet Can Affect Breast Milk Production

How Your Diet Can Affect Breast Milk Production

Feb 17 , 2021

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Team Lilu

Learn how your diet can not only affect your breast milk production but the nutritional quality of your breast milk for your baby.

Postpartum Insomnia: Why it’s Happening and What you Can do About it

Postpartum Insomnia: Why it’s Happening and What you Can do About it

Aug 04 , 2021

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Megan McDonough

Insomnia is common among pregnant and postpartum moms. Here are a few ways to naturally rebalance your circadian rhythm so you can sleep longer and better. 

Understanding Failure to Thrive in Infants: Causes, Symptoms and Solutions

Understanding Failure to Thrive in Infants: Causes, Symptoms and Solutions

Sep 08 , 2021

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Megan McDonough

Failure to thrive (FTT) in infants happens when their height and weight measurements fall below the third or fifth percentile, or if there’s a downward change in growth percentiles. Here are some causes, as well as symptoms and solutions. 

How to get more sleep as a new parent

How to get more sleep as a new parent

Nov 02 , 2022

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Team Lilu

Bringing a new baby home has become synonymous with sleepless nights and hazy days. Many parents toil through the first months hoping their babies will, eventually, sleep through the night. Others will opt to sleep train.

What do you really need on your baby registry? 

What do you really need on your baby registry? 

Aug 12 , 2022

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Team Lilu

How to register for successful parenting One of the first questions we ask ourselves once we find out we are expecting a new baby, especially as first time parents, is what do I really need to buy or register for and what are those essential produ...

Prematurity Awareness Day: Tips on how to survive your baby's stay in the NICU

Prematurity Awareness Day: Tips on how to survive your baby's stay in the NICU

Nov 17 , 2021

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Team Lilu

No one plans on having a preemie. And yet, it happens to about 1 out of 10 babies born each year. According to The March of Dimes, premature birth is the leading cause of infant mortality in the US. Those who survive often struggle with long term ...

I Wanted to Quit Everything—My Job, Breastfeeding, Motherhood—Instead, I Founded a Startup to Help Moms Like Me

I Wanted to Quit Everything—My Job, Breastfeeding, Motherhood—Instead, I Founded a Startup to Help Moms Like Me

Jul 13 , 2021

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Megan McDonough

We caught up with Amy to learn more about her breastfeeding journey and what inspired Pumpspotting, a community-driven breastfeeding and baby feeding support platform. 

How Will the New US Administration Affect Women's Health?

How Will the New US Administration Affect Women's Health?

Feb 03 , 2021

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Megan McDonough

Wondering how the new US Administration will affect your life as a mom? We've rounded up a few of the changes already in place, plus how Biden's push for better equality for women.

4 Common Breastfeeding Challenges and Alternative Therapies to Try

4 Common Breastfeeding Challenges and Alternative Therapies to Try

Jan 27 , 2021

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Megan McDonough

Whether it’s experiencing nipple pain, milk blisters or blocked ducts or struggling with your mood and overall mental health, we’ve rounded up four alternative methods to try.

The New Mom's Guide to Pumping Breast Milk

The New Mom's Guide to Pumping Breast Milk

Dec 07 , 2020

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Megan McDonough

Pumping—whether it is with an electric pump, manual pump, or via hand expression—is an effective way to maintain supply in times when a baby is not able to do so.