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This is Diane, your lactation consultant.

And I'm Abby, the badass breastfeater.

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of the show notes there of each of our episodes. And right now, Diane has our review of the week.

Yes, yes, yes. Here it is. So today's review of the week, this is actually a very recent review

of the week. I kind of, I tend to be bop around.

So if you haven't heard me mention yours yet, do not despair because it just, I will get to them.

I will get to them all. But this one says, thank you for your therapy session.

Thank you for your honesty and help with breastfeeding. It has been therapeutic listening to the podcast, even though most of my problems are hopefully behind me now with an eight-month-old baby nursing great.

Hearing other traumatic birth stories made me realize I was not alone. I'm so glad help like this is out there now for new moms. I've even emailed with Diane and her advice has given me confident boost in my baby's growth too.

I'm breastfeeding my third baby now and have been through many problems along the way,

including weaning my oldest child early, nine months because of work and pumping and not

enough support and knowledge. My third child spent a week in the NICU after birth, came home using calorie boost formula, added to my milk to help him gain weight.

A lactation consultant helped us to get to normal breastfeeding by the time he was two months old.

But all this time, I have had remaining anxiety over his weight, even using a baby scale to weigh him daily at home for months.

Anyway, I feel much more confident and I'm

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