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The Devyn Bag: A Review

On November 20, 2013 · 1 Comment · In breastfeeding, product reviews, working mom

I’ve never pretended to like pumping. It’s a pain in the ass, but it’s one that so many working mothers put up with in order to continue to feed their babies breast milk—and I’m just one of them.

When I was pregnant with Vivienne, I was ALREADY dreading the process of pumping. I hadn’t forgotten […]

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Mastitis!

On September 17, 2013 · 16 Comments · In breastfeeding

It’s been a week since my last post, but not for lack of anything to post about. I actually have a ton of things to catch up on, but we’ve been SO.BUSY. Posts coming your way include a recap of Nora’s birthday—a day we tried very hard to make VERY special—as well as a recap […]

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Hygeia EnJoye Breast Pump Review

On September 9, 2013 · 27 Comments · In baby gear, breastfeeding, product reviews, working mom

The day before I gave birth to my little Vivienne, I wrote a post in celebration of World Breastfeeding Week. In it, I mentioned how I sort of “started over” with my research of breast pumps for my second baby. Admittedly, I didn’t do a lot of research before buying my first breast pump, […]

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Celebrating “Mama’s Milk”: World Breastfeeding Week

On August 1, 2013 · 6 Comments · In baby #2, breastfeeding, pregnancy

August 1 marks the first day of World Breastfeeding Week. And, well, unfortunately, I don’t yet have another “outside baby” to breastfeed to celebrate. I wish I had more exciting news to report today! But I’m still a big advocate of breastfeeding so I wanted to post nonetheless.

Note: Although breastfeeding was my choice […]

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The Grand Finale

On September 29, 2011 · 12 Comments · In breastfeeding, nora

I was a breastfeeding mother. And in the blink of an eye, I’m not anymore.

It’s weird to think that it’s over.

Nora and I have come to the end of our breastfeeding journey. It was 1 year, 2 weeks, and 1 day, and I breastfed her at least once every single day. I have […]

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