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liquid gold: how colostrum helps your body say “babee is here”
Yes, when babee latches and feeds on colostrum, it sends a powerful message to your body that your babee is here.

Jada Metcalf
Feb 51 min read


comfort measures: breastfeeding and pumping
Comfort measures for breastfeeding and pumping can make your experience more pleasant and effective for sufficient milk supply!

Jada Metcalf
Aug 20, 20243 min read


prenatal and postnatal education for breastfeeding success
Prenatal and postnatal eduction for breastfeeding success.

Jada Metcalf
Mar 4, 20242 min read


colostrum is milk
Do you know the three phases of breastmilk? Colostrum is the first stage and it’s milk too.

Jada Metcalf
Dec 4, 20233 min read


antenatal hand expression should be in your birth plan too.
Fuel the next phase of breast milk sooner
Increase your milk supply up to 130% in the fourth trimester by learning now in your pregnancy.

Jada Metcalf
Sep 20, 20232 min read


breastfeeding & pumping in natural disasters
Breastfeeding as emergency preparedness.

Jada Metcalf
Aug 28, 20231 min read


why not colostrum in the first few days of babee’s life
We can spoon feed colostrum to these same babees instead of syringe- feeding formula the first few days of life.

Jada Metcalf
Aug 25, 20232 min read


hand expression: learn this skill before your babee arrives
Hand expression is a technique all mothers should know before they begin breastfeeding.

Jada Metcalf
Feb 27, 20235 min read


treating engorgement the right way
Treating enorgement the right way.

Jada Metcalf
Feb 24, 20233 min read


south atlanta lactation services
South Atlanta Lactation classes, virtual and in person support for pregnant and breastfeeding families.

Jada Metcalf
Jan 13, 20232 min read


nipple honey
Nipple honey for sore and cracked nipples.

Jada Metcalf
Jan 2, 20231 min read


the breast friend kit
The breast friend kit is used to kearn the art if hand expression to collect colostrum.

Jada Metcalf
Sep 20, 20221 min read


colostrum collection
How to hand express colostrum.

Jada Metcalf
Sep 18, 20223 min read


lactation home visits increase your breastfeeding confidence and duration
lactation home visits increase your breastfeeding confidence and duration

Jada Metcalf
Sep 3, 20222 min read


the first latch: breastfeeding/bottle feeding 101
Take a breastfeeding class before babee arrives to learn how milk production works.

Jada Metcalf
Jul 11, 20221 min read


babee behavior
Newborn behavior on day one.

Jada Metcalf
Jun 21, 20221 min read


breastfeeding isn’t painful…nipple feeding is though.
Breastfeeding isn’t painful…nipple feeding is!

Jada Metcalf
Jun 7, 20221 min read


🍯🐝 SPECIAL 🍯🐝
Gift the gift that keeos on giving! A breastfeeding class for an expectant mom.

Jada Metcalf
Jun 7, 20221 min read


why is my colostrum so thick and in such small amounts
Let me tell you how awesome you and your babee were made, honey! There’s a step by step process to milk production and feeding….

Jada Metcalf
Jan 3, 20221 min read


the benefits of colostrum harvesting
Antenatal colostrum harvesting involves collecting hand expressed early human milk (colostrum) in the final weeks of pregnancy. According...

Jada Metcalf
Mar 23, 20212 min read
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