Episode 10: Birth Trauma Series Part 3: Breastfeeding-Bullies, Bottles and Breakthroughs
Want a job where you are the sole food source for a living human being? Required to clock in every 2-3 hours around the clock, with little sleep, routinely responding to crying demands for food, while healing from your recent c-section or vaginal birth and maintaining the other responsibilities of life including the care of your other children. And you will continue this routine for 6 months to 1 year with various changes in your feeding schedule and milk supply while returning to work. And whether you are a person who works out of your home or in your home the demands of life will increase. And if you live in America, you get no societal support, no guaranteed maternity leave, healthcare, childcare, or lactation support all while constantly being pressured to breastfeed. These are some of the realities of breastfeeding. Isabel Reynolds Birth Fit Coach and mom to 3 kids join us for a real talk about breastfeeding, the good, the bad, and the milky.
Isabel Reynolds has a BA in Biology from Florida State University. She currently works with and supports many women while working at Cross Fit Iron Legion in Ocala Fl. Which lead her to create a support group called Moxie Mothers to address some of the support gaps in her local community women experienced in maternal health care and to become a Birth Fit Coach. Isabel also has a photography business and is a busy mom to 3 kids.
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The Trauma Perspective is a discussion with Dr. Tasha Browning, a licensed mental health counselor, about trauma, mental health, and healing. These talks are about complicated experiences, complex topics, and resources to promote personal healing in your trauma work.
Resources for Further Investigation:
https://fedisbest.org/2017/10/world-health-organization-revised-breastfeeding-guidelines-put-babies-risk-despite-pleas-experts-informing-public-not-top-priority/?fbclid=IwAR3HKXpiaq2QuWBoI6QBpGrDHEcS-oyuXXF7oV7vSuytJAQOlmrHtbjQ0Fc
Ward, E., Yang, N., Muhlhausler, B. S., Leghi, G. E., Netting, M. J., Elmes, M. J., & Langley-Evans, S. C. (2021). Acute changes to breast milk composition following consumption of high-fat and high-sugar meals. Maternal & child nutrition, 17(3), e13168. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13168
https://time.com/4989068/motherhood-is-hard-to-get-wrong/
https://www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk/
https://www.birthtrauma.org.au/what-is-birth-trauma/
