298: Setting the Record Straight on Breastfeeding Myths and Facts w/ Dr. Stephanie Libs

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Dr. Mariza Snyder

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.8 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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If You Want To Have a Successful Breastfeeding Journey, You Should: Surround yourself with supportive and knowledgeable professionals to help you Let your baby control how much they are eating Be mindful and prepared for the barriers you will face Create a journey that works for you and your baby Breastfeeding has been a taboo subject for decades too long. Normalizing breastfeeding will make it easier for mamas to seek out support while struggling and not shame mamas for doing the best they can. Getting real about the barriers you will face as a new mom and the benefits of this amazing time is key to opening up the conversation and shining a light on your breastfeeding journey. The Breastfeeding Doc: Dr. Steph Libs Dr. Stephanie Libs is a pediatric and prenatal chiropractor in San Diego. After her own breastfeeding struggles, along with so many families in her office struggling, she quickly has become the “breastfeeding doc.” Dr. Steph is my go-to lactation consultant who personally helped me on my breastfeeding journey with Kingston. She’s been published in magazines, submitted case studies for peer-review publication, and hosts continuing education workshops and chiro philosophy meetings. The System Was Designed to Fail It is probably not your fault if you didn’t get to breastfeed as you wanted to or are worried about something going wrong on the breastfeeding journey. The system was designed to under-support women and has become so medicalized that we genetically forget how to give birth. You did not fail your child if things went wrong. You just need experts like Dr. Steph to get to the root cause of latch concerns and be better supported through this journey. Empower Yourself With the Knowledge You Need Everyone’s breastfeeding journey is different. While Dr. Steph recommends breastfeeding for as long as you can, not everyone can do that. This is why Dr. Steph provides recommendations such as when to introduce solid foods, how to set yourself up for a better breastfeeding experience before you even give birth, and tips to leave your baby in control of how much they eat. As women, we deserve better than what the medical field provides for us. It is time to take back control of breastfeeding so that you can find an easier and less stressful way to be with your new baby. Where are you on your breastfeeding journey? Let me know what you need support with on the comment section of the episode page! In This Episode Why breastfeeding being seen as a taboo topic is doing a disservice to women (11:25) Which age most women stop breastfeeding and when to introduce solid foods (20:28) The connection between feminism and breastfeeding (28:40) Breastfeeding barriers to be mindful of during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum recovery (34:25) Positive outcomes that come from breastfeeding for as long as you can (41:30) Resources Mentioned: Must-Have Tips for Breastfeeding Guide Cafe of Life Website Dr. Steph Libs Website Follow Dr. Steph on Instagram Other Resources: Check out the full show notes page Keep up with everything Dr. Mariza Follow Dr. Mariza on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Youtube Podcast production & marketing support by the team at Counterweight Creative Related Episodes: Essentially You Episode #227: What I Did to Get Pregnant at 40

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0:29.9	I can't tell you how many babies that we see that most of the time their breastfeeding
0:38.1	issue is just from a bad latch and just helping to fix the latch can make things go so much smoother and lead to a
0:46.3	successful breastfeeding journey that lasts as long as you want to rather than when you're forced to.
0:53.0	Welcome back. to rather than when you're forced to.
0:57.0	Welcome back to the Essentially You podcast. I am your host Dr. Marissa Snyder,
0:59.5	and I'm going to help you rock your hormones
1:01.4	and feel great in your body so that you can reclaim more
1:04.7	energy, vitality, and joy and become the CEO of your health. Let's jump on in.
1:12.9	On December 11th, 2020, 23 hours after Kingston was born, a hospital lactation specialist was
1:19.1	requested to visit us by the hospital because my colostrom, which is known as liquid gold, had not really
1:26.5	come in. And he was approaching the critical 24-hour mark. For most of that day, that first day of Kingston's life before her visit,
1:36.1	I was training to Han Express 1 to 2 Mills every hour, which seemed like barely anything.
1:41.8	Now based on the hospital's criteria, 24 hours was the critical time
1:45.3	when he needed nourishment.
1:47.6	And I was exhausted and freaked out that my supply wasn't coming in
1:51.8	and that my son would starve.
1:54.4	So the lactation specialist sat us down and told us
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