Advanced Breastfeeding Support of Las Vegas

3 Ways to Nurture Yourself Postpartum: 1) Rest- You know that old saying "sleep when your baby sleeps"... Do that! especially in those first few weeks- Ditch the chores... Ask those visitors to do them for you! Taking it easy will help with stress, heal your body and gives you more time to focus on feeding and learning your baby 2) Nourishing Food- Feed your body healthy nutritious foods- limit processed foods, increase fruits and veggies, aim for 75grams of protein a day minimum. 3) Skin to skin- a MUST in those first days/weeks. In the first week of life we recommend a minimum of 4-5hrs of direct skin to skin with your baby everyday. This helps with milk production and helps regulate your hormones to relax you as your body is going through a lot of changes when you have a baby. • • • • • #PostpartumLife#NewMom#FourthTrimester#PostpartumRecovery#PostpartumBody#MomLife #PostpartumJourney#NewMomLife#PostpartumFitness #PostpartumHealth#PostpartumWellness#MomLifeStruggle #PostpartumSupport#MomSelfCare#PostpartumRealities

Why are we advanced?? We are not just focused on breastfeeding- we look at the whole picture! We want to help families learn what to do to help and play and optimize their babies development. Nutrition, gut health, physical development are all subjects we can focus on- all of it can relate to breastfeeding. We are the experts to help guide & refer as needed so you feel empowered as a parent to help raise the happiest and healthiest babies! • • • • • • • #BreastfeedingSupport #LactationConsultant #IBCLC #BreastfeedingAdvocate #NursingSupport #PostpartumSupport #NormalizeBreastfeeding #BreastfeedingEducation #BreastfeedingExperts #BreastfeedingJourney #InfantFeeding #BreastfeedingCommunity

🥳So excited to announce: WE ARE MOVING! We are ready to serve you at our new location in Charleston beginning May 9th, 2023! New office address: 8250 W Charleston Ste 110

Welcome to Advanced Breastfeeding Support A highly specialized team of IBCLCs helping families with all things breastfeeding Accepting most insurances and offering the following services and support: ♡ Prenatal and Postpartum Consultations ♡ In-Person Support ♡ Virtual Consult ♡ Pump Classes ♡ Back to Work ♡ Bottle Feeding and Refusal ♡ Induced Lactation, Post Surrogacy and Adoptive Parenting Lactation Support ♡ Functional Support and Habilitation with tethered oral tissues/tongue and lip ties Call us today to schedule an appointment Talk soon! 💜

This is too good! And true. We will hit lots of milestones and yet be accompanied by some curve balls. I see you. You've got this. 🙌🏼 Reposted from @phylicianbenn Whoever said breastfeeding is easy LIED!!! This journey as been a beautiful struggle 😂 I was so stressed about baby not eating enough and not producing enough milk. The most important thing I had to do is show myself compassion and stop stressing because that effects milk supply and just let it flow. I also wear the Hakka will doing errands around the house. Those oz add up! As long as baby is happy and healthy that’s all that matters. Because I love this bond 🥹❤️ Jade Curlz @citygirlcurlz

Too funny nlot to share! We usually do recommend a good breast massage to help loosen up those milk ducts. This is next level. 🤣 Reposted from @yuchaomi I’m a good cook👩‍🍳 #momanddaughter #comedyvideos #hillarious #comedy #funnyvideos #funnymemes #funnymoments #funnymama #nurse #nurselife…

Reposted from @thebirthtribe👩🏻‍🍼Paced bottle feeding: Here is one of two different positions that you can use to help baby control the flow. Benefits: 1. Helps reduce air intake 2. Helps with alternating between breast and bottle 3. Helps reduce over-feeding This is also called Responsive Feeding as recognized by UNICEF. Have you heard of paced bottle feeding in an upright or elevated side-lying position? #pacedbottlefeeding #pumpingmoms #pumpingmama #breastmilk #breastfedbaby #breastfeedingmom #breastfeeding #lactation #lactationsupport #formulafeeding #formulafed #bottlefeeding #pacedfeeding #elevatedsidelying #motherhood #momlife #parentingsupport

Have you tried using an exercise ball to help calm your baby? You can also use the ball for 💫 Tummy time Which is essential in helping your baby's development. Reposted from @breastfeeding_resource_center How do you calm your fussy baby?

Advanced Breastfeeding Support will be at this week's Milk Bar at Baby's 1st Day This weeks topic is the Breastfeeding Cycle - Latch, Suckle, Transfer, and all the hormones in between with our very own, Edna ✨ Location: 820 Rancho Lane #60 Time: 10am - 11:30am

A glance at a few of baby's instinctive stages after birth 💜 Reposted from @homesweethomebirth Did you know that babies are born with over 75 primal instincts that help them survive and thrive? Just a few examples are the rooting and gag reflexes that help baby latch to breastfeed while protecting her from choking, the startle reflex - when baby hears a loud noise or feels his neck unsupported - he ‘reaches out to grab on - “righting,” in which, if baby finds herself on her tummy, will turn her head to one side so that she can breathe. And the list goes on. One reflex that’s always amazing to witness is ‘the breast crawl.” Many babies, when placed on mama’s abdomen or chest after birth, instinctively crawl to their mother’s nipple, guided by the primal attraction of a baby to her own mother’s unique milk scent. It’s a powerful mammalian response. The steps of the breast crawl were even documented by neonatologist Marshall Klaus, who studied maternal-newborn bonding. It’s so easy to get completely overwhelmed and fearful that we have no idea what our babies need. Is she okay? Will he eat? Is she sleeping enough, pooping enough? What are those sounds he’s making? And yes - it’s an absolutely steep learning curve that can feel quite mysterious at the beginning. One way to center yourself in the midst of overwhelm is to take a minute, step back, and remember that you are a dyad - an interconnected unit made for each other. Although society has trained us to view newborns as completely helpless and moms as needing a team of experts to tell us what to do - and yes, help and guidance from those who have walked this path can help lighten the load - but just as our newborns have at least 75 instincts - you have innate wisdom, too. The more you learn to trust those whispers coming from deep within yourself - the louder and clearer they will become. It’s like a muscle - except this muscle has been working out since the very first human baby w

Baby Sign Language One of the earliest lessons we can teach our babies before they can speak is communicating through sign language. In an article written by Jane Collingwood, she shares that Baby sign language, a specialized sign language used to communicate with preverbal infants and toddlers, has become increasingly popular over the last few decades. It is intended to help very young children to express their needs and wishes earlier than they could otherwise. Baby signing experts believe that frustration and tantrums can be avoided by closing the gap between desire to communicate and the ability to do so. Forest is showing the "milk" sign to communicate with his mama that he wants milk. Other signs that you can start teaching your babies are: 1. more 2. all done 3. sleep 4. hurt Full article: https://psychcentral.com/lib/teaching-your-baby-sign-language-can-benefit-both-of-you#1 #milksignlanguage #babysignlanguage #communicatingwithbabies #breastfed #chestfed #breastfeedingjourney #chestfeedingjourney #pumpingmom #lactationeducation #bottlefedbabies #bottlefeeding

At Advanced Breastfeeding Support we cater to different needs and create care plans based on your individual journeys. Here's how we can support you virtually and/or in person #ibclclv #ibclccertifiedlactationconsultant #ibclclife #internationalboardcertifiedlactationconsultant #lasvegaslactationsupport #lasvegasbreastfeedingsupport #lasvegaspumpingmama #lasvegaspumpingsupport #breastfeeding #chestfeeding #bottlefeeding #pumping #tonguetiedbabies #tonguetierelease #TOTs #TetheredOralTies

Edna's Breastfeeding Journey: I knew in my heart that breastfeeding was what I wanted to do. I was uneducated and assumed that it would come naturally for me. Our first daughter was a preemie baby born at 33 weeks gestation who spent a few days in the NICU. I wasn’t able to have her latch in within the first two hours because she needed to be in an incubator with oxygen and a feeding tube. I was told to pump. So I did. With no other guidance. I pumped. Within the first day, I was able to give her colostrum which the nurses had given through her tube. That became my goal. While I knew at that time she would need to be supplemented, I also knew that I could give her expressed milk. She was such a champ at breastfeeding. We didn’t have too much of an issue getting a latch even if she was so tiny. Our daughter latched on just fine for the first time at 5 days old. Yes. I cried. We went on combo feeding until she was six months old. She continues to show us how much of a fighter she is today.. Almost 11 years later. You would think that since I’ve breastfed before that it would be easier the second time around. NOPE. Unfortunately, at this time I only went with what I learned throughout my breastfeeding relationship with my first baby. When our second daughter was born, she was immediately taken to the nursery. I didn’t know any better and had no clue how important the golden hour was at the time. While I clearly said to the nurses while I was in labor that I choose to exclusively feed my daughter, she was taken to my room at the maternity ward screaming. I remember that nurse telling me that they had given her 30ml of formula because she was hungry and that I should try to breastfeed. She left. My daughter was upset and couldn’t latch. She continued to cry. As did I. But I tried. This time, when she finally latched for the first time, I was relieved. However, I was unprepared for all the pain that I would experience moving forward. The latch was so painfu

Nicolette's Breastfeeding Journey: I breastfed Chance for 15 months and Edward 3 1/2yrs. I didn’t have much personal or professional support in the hospital or at home. My mom breastfed my brothers and I without any difficulty, so I always felt like there was a problem with me and I had to figure it out. When I had Chance almost 18 yrs ago, there wasn’t support in the hospital or at home like there is today. I didn’t know what a nipple shield was or any of the other tools we use now. He lost weight and was jaundiced post hospital discharge. My nipples hurt for months and they were always compressed post feeds. Breastfeeding was a struggle! I went back to work at 5 months and failed to introduce a bottle. Thank goodness my parents had him and introduced cup feeding while I worked nights at the time. He never took a bottle. He went from breast to sippy cup. I was a pumping machine when I worked. I ended up stopping both breast and pumping at 15 months because of lack of personal and professional support. When I had Edward, I had been a lactation consultant for a few years, so I had the knowledge going in. I wasn’t prepared for him being Coombs (+) and having an ABO incompatibility w me. I pumped from the start and used alternative feeding methods. I never was keen on nipple shields until I needed to use one myself, and realized what a lifesaver breastfeeding tools could be. I encountered mastitis while traveling at 10 months. I was more confident overall w my feeding choices the second time around, which made it easier to breastfeed longer. Breastfeeding is such a journey. Not every pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding experience is the same. My experiences have taught me patience, grace and compassion with myself and others. #ibclcday2022 #ibclcday #celebratingouribclcs #ibclclasvegas #ibclclv #lasvegaslactationconsultants

Autumn's Breastfeeding Journey: Each and every breastfeeding experience is so different. My personal journey is no different. I found out I was pregnant and I knew I would breastfeed my first, Meadow Lynn. I took classes, I read books, I thought this would be a breeze. I had a plan for a natural unmedicated birth and it ended in a cesarean, I was determined to breastfeed. I thought she was getting enough, however she wasn’t and ended up In the NICU for dehydration. The battle for my breastfeeding journey had just begun, I pumped to give her my milk and she was only supplemented with a small amount of formula during that time. Then, we were discharged and they told me really nothing as a feeding plan and I started breastfeeding her at home on demand. She lost weight and my nipples were like raw meat. My milk supply plummeted because I stopped pumping. I was still determined and although distraught and depressed, I went on to find an IBCLC that changed the journey of my career. I fought every feeding battle with her- tongue tie, low milk supply, plugged ducts, mastitis, blebs, and a HUGE abscess in which I was followed with a wound care doctor for 2 months. By the 4th month postpartum, I was finally healed and on the feeding journey I wanted- exclusively on the breast without anything in our way. I thought when I was pregnant I would breastfeed a year; but after I went through the hardest journey of my life- I couldn’t stop. We got pregnant and I continued to breastfeed and we welcomed baby #2 2 years later, River Daniel. Throughout my pregnancy I had already been supporting families and started my journey to be an iBCLC- and I feel like he listed to all the lectures, passed all the tests with me- and he came out as my “unicorn” redemption breastfeeder. He didn’t ever have a lick of formula- no nipple pain, plugs, mastitis- nothing. I breastfed the two in tandem for a year and a half, I weaned the first at 3.5years old and i breastfed river