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07/18/2026

Because of the high AQI (the heavy smoke in the air), the Copper Country Breastfeeding Support Group won’t meet tomorrow, Saturday the 18th of July 2026. Please stay safe and we look forward to seeing you again for the open house for Breastfeeding Awareness Month on August 15th, 2026 at the Keweenaw Community Foundation at the Hancock Hub between 10-12.

05/06/2026

For my UP friends ❤️

07/01/2022

You don’t need to wean your baby just because others think it’s time! You don’t need to wean your baby because someone thinks they are “too old” to be breastfed. If you want to continue breastfeeding, you can and should!

The AAP supports continued breastfeeding -along with introducing solids at the recommend time- for two years and beyond as long as it is mutually desired. Long-term breastfeeding is beneficial for you and your baby!

In their updated recommendations, they also stress the importance of policies that protect breastfeeding, including universal paid maternity leave, insurance coverage, the right of a woman to breastfeed in public and more.
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02/13/2022

Here is a great video showing the steps of attachment. It also describes what to look for in order to determine if the latch is effective

By Global Health Media Project. Download link: http://globalhealthmedia.org/videos/Good attachment will help a baby get more milk and make breastfeeding more...

10/25/2021

Lip/tongue ties are getting a lot of attention these days, so I wanted to share this article written by a SLP/ IBCLC. The main takeaways that I wanted to point out are :

- Oral frenulums are a very normal part of our anatomy

- "ties" are when function is impeded. They can NOT be diagnosed by a picture.

- if you suspect a tie, but baby is gaining weight appropriately, and you are having no pain, most likely no action is needed. You can have your child's dentist take a look at a routine visit.

- if you are having pain and or baby is having weight gain issues, make sure to have the feeding evaluated to see if there is anything that can be adjusted as far as positioning and latch. Follow up with a pediatric dentist if oral ties are still suspected.

Lip ties (and their pictures on social media) drive me clinically nuts, because is so much confusion and misinformation about who actually has one. Too often medical professionals and lactation consultants say: “All babies have lip ties”“All babies have a band under there, there’s no such th...

10/24/2021

Mental dialog matters 💕

✨Breastfeeding Affirmations ✨

Whether sitting at your pump, or up in the middle of the night for the third time...your mental dialogue as you're feeding your baby is important.

Oxytocin is the hormone that allows for the let-down of milk, and unlike your milk production hormones (prolactin), oxytocin is affected by stress.

Breathe out the stress and worry and let the milk flow.

If you're struggling, the best thing you can do is know your resources. You are not in this alone, you don't have to learn this new skill at midnight with your new baby.

An instructor of mine so correctly stated that "Newly feeding breasts are like muscles learning a new sport...it takes time and practice to learn to do the sport well, no one starts out an Olympian."