As a lactation consultant, I spend many hours answering breastfeeding questions. Firstly, there are no silly questions - if it's bothering you, it matters and your question deserves an answer. However, because each mother is following her own unique learning curve, there...
Here at Boobie Bikkies we are often asked by mothers if they are able to start breastfeeding their baby after there has been a period of time when their baby was not breastfed. This may have been a short amount of time when mother and baby were separated for medical reas...
Here, three mums share their relactation/induced lactation journeys: one who brought back her milk after medical wea...
Unrealistic expectations, pressure to be the perfect mum and too many ‘rules’ are making mums overthink – and blame themselves when they don’t have a ‘good’ baby.
The first question every new mum is asked will be ‘is he a good baby?’ This will be followed by, ‘how...
Galacta-what?! No, it’s not an autocorrect error, a new kid’s show featuring an intergalactic superhero, or some kind of mythical lactating goblin! Derived from ancient Greek language where ‘galacta’ means milk and ‘algogos’ mean leading, a galactagogue is a substance th...
We often hear about the 4th trimester as being a time for babies to adapt to the important transition from womb to world. We don’t hear as often how vital this time is to honour the transition for mothers as a time of healing and adjusting to their intense new role of nu...
One of the most common pregnancy symptoms most women, if not all, will experience is new or different food cravings.
If you ask any pregnant woman what she is craving, she is likely to be craving one or two particular foods or groups of food. Now be it wishful thi...
At Boobie Bikkies, we are a business run by women, for women. We celebrate a woman’s ability to breastfeed her children every single day and feel passionate about helping women during their breastfeeding journey. And we are proud, super, super proud to be wom...
Resistered dietician, Tammy Kacev explains:Â
When we start breastfeeding, amazing things happen within our bodies. We become milk-making machines! With every breathing moment our bodies are making milk. Due to this extra activity, it is no wonder breast feeding mu...