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My Birth Plan: All I Care About is Everyone Alive

*Sometimes, birth doesn’t go the way you plan. Birth and motherhood is hard and complicated. Anyone who carries, loves, adopts, or raises a baby, living or not is a mother. Even if your baby isn’t with you on earth, you are still a mother. 


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Success with Support

If you have a rocky start know that there is hope for success with support and intervention.

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Alcohol and Breastfeeding

Let’s talk about the safety behind consuming alcohol, how much is too much, and timing because you deserve some you time too Mama! Drinking alcohol while breastfeeding is safe and possible with limits.

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What Tool is Right for My Infant's Tongue Tie Release?

Knowing the right treatment for your sweet baby with a tongue tie is an important one. As a compassionate IBCLC serving the Boise area, I’m here to help and support you. Learn more about the different tongue tie options here.

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Happy Healthy Start

A healthy happy start for this little one. Parents were lucky to have a pediatrician that was trained in ties and sent this little one in the first week.

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