Clare County Breastfeeding Coalition

03/24/2023

Up coming breastfeeding classes.
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⭐️ Located in downtown Mount Pleasant
⭐️Free to the public

Helping Hands Doula Services LLC

05/25/2022

Want to give breastfeeding a try? Learning to breastfeed your baby is easier with support.

CMDHD breastfeeding peer counselors can help. Locate your nearest branch office by visiting https://www.cmdhd.org/locations.

WIC's Warmline is also available to assist you. Call 833-649-4223.

04/14/2022

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I’m going to keep shouting this until everyone listens.

Stop blaming yourself or your milk on normal newborn behaviors.

Just. Stop.

You are wasting precious energy on trying to find out the “why” oh something that just IS.

Your baby needs you to trust this ancient process.

The early months of a newborn’s life are challenging and take much of our energy. It is much easier on yourself when you just let things be what they are.

If a woman from across the globe heard many of us women in English-Speaking-Countries complaining and over analyzing everything babies do…I’m pretty certain she’d think we were all ridiculous.

We all need to R E L A X and just let our newborns be newborns and keep giving them our perfectly designed milk we make.

04/11/2022

Everyone should have this information. 👇🏼
This way, if you choose to have IV fluids and or need them, newborn weight and loss/gain can account for this in the first weeks.
In 2011 a team of Canadian researchers published a study which linked routine IV fluids with excessive weight loss in newborns. The study concluded that it takes about 24 hours for babies to correct their fluid state and therefore a true birth weight should be done at 24 hours. Here's the issue with with weighing baby at birth with a mother who received IV fluids: those fluids not only over saturate the mother (throwing her into an electrolyte imbalance), but this same thing happens to baby!
So let's say you had the typical hospital birth..labored for 12 hours with fluids being pumped into you the entire time. Baby is born weighing 8lbs 8oz. You go to your 3 day postpartum checkup and baby is down to 7lbs 5oz! Well..thats over a whole pound lost. The provider you see suddenly encourages you to supplement with formula because your baby is losing too much weight. You wonder how could this be...youve been nursing round the clock, changed plenty of wet diapers. How could this happen? .
You spent months researching breastfeeding and all its benefits for it to come down to this?..and at only 3 days postpartum! You feel like you've failed, but you fear that your baby is starving. So what do you do? You supplement...with formula. Next your milk supply drops because you're not bringing baby to the breast, but rather to the bottle. Before you know it you have an exclusively formula fed baby. .
This scenario is SO common, and I believe receiving IV fluids in labor is a HUGE part of the problem. As if the obstetric community hasn't failed women enough..now their "harmless" interventions caused you to lose all confidence in your ability to feed & nourish your baby from your breasts. .
So what can you do???
1. STAY OUT OF THE SYSTEM!
2. Say NO to routine IV fluids
3. Bring this study to attention if this happens to you
4. Continue nursing your baby. Bring baby to breast as first solution when she cries
5. Nurse in demand NOT on schedule



Edited to add:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1948093/

References:
https://internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/1746-4358-6-9

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3174114/pdf/1746-4358-6-9.pdf

https://www.nfaap.org/sso/sso.aspx?nfredirect=https%3A%2F%2Fpediatrics.aappublications.org%2Fcontent%2F127%2F1%2Fe171.abstract%3Fsso%3D1%26sso_redirect_count%3D2%26nfstatus%3D401%26nftoken%3D00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000%26nfstatusdescription%3DERROR%253A%2520No%2520local%2520token&no-redirect

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine put this as well in one of its 2017 protocols.
https://abm.memberclicks.net/assets/DOCUMENTS/PROTOCOLS/3-supplementation-protocol-english.pdf

https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2011/08/15/study-shows-link-between-maternal-iv-fluids-and-weight-loss-in-newborns/

Good info form evidence based birth.
https://evidencebasedbirth.com/iv-fluids-during-labor/

03/24/2022

Attached you will find a survey in regards to the CPR/First Aid class we are wanting to host!! If you or anyone you know are interested, please fill out this survey so we can figure out what day and time works best for everyone!

The Clare County Breastfeeding Coalition is wondering who would be interested in a CPR/First Aid training course and what days and times work best. Thank you for your input.

03/21/2022

Sharing to let others know that they are not alone!

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03/16/2022

How many families are out there that would like to participate in an infant/ child CPR & First aid training!? Comment below if interested 👇

03/15/2022

🚨Upcoming Mom’s group !

Local Naturopathic Doctor will be speaking. Child care is provided 😊

Moms! Join us and bring a fellow mom this Friday at 10:30 as Kelly Cullen speaks on making healthier choices for you and your family amidst the chaos.