Fed is Best || New Baby Series Pt 1 :: Demetria Martin and Dr. Odom [Ep 342]
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2021
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Late nights, milk stained clothes and feeling like you’ll go crazy if your baby spits up that precious breastmilk…. I have been there. We’ve never done an episode specifically on breastfeeding, but I want to provide support to moms who may be in this very isolating time of life.
My guests are Certified Lactation Counselor Demetria Martin and Pediatrician Dr. Brittany Odom and they talk us through some of the common hot topics surrounding breastfeeding from supply issues to nighttime feedings and everything else in between.
“Sometimes you don't have a good sense of community around breastfeeding. There are some pediatrician's offices that aren't super breastfeeding friendly. There might be some family members or friends who are not supportive of your breastfeeding journey. You may feel pretty alone when you're kind of starting this out. But give yourself, you know, a pat on the back for how far you have come. Even if it's been a day and a half, that's still a day and a half more than you've done before. So taking those small steps, knowing it is going to be a journey.”
Ultimately, we agree that a fed baby is a happy baby, so I hope you understand my heart is not to idealize the breastfeeding journey. Just to provide resources and community so you don’t mom alone as you feed your infants!
(Later this week we will publish a bonus episode featuring another lactation consultant about how to choose the right formula for your family.)
Connect with Demetria:- Website: themilkbuds.com
- Facebook: facebook.com/themilkbuds
- Instagram: @themilkbuds
Connect with Dr. Brittany Odom:
- Instagram: @drbrittodom
- Fazl- Go to shopFazl.com and use the discount coated DMA to get 15% off your purchase. These socks, hats and mitts make great gifts for Christmas.
- HelloFresh — Go to HelloFresh.com/dma14 and use code dma14 for up to 14 free meals, including free shipping.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast. |
| 0:10.9 | I'm your host Heather McFadden and this is the place where I get to walk alongside |
| 0:16.0 | you and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone. |
| 0:22.7 | And in this episode number 342, we're going to start every now and again offering an invitation |
| 0:29.4 | to the new mom. |
| 0:30.6 | Some support, some encouragement in an area where she may be feeling isolated. |
| 0:35.4 | And today I'm inviting Demetri Amartin. |
| 0:38.2 | She's a lactation consultant and owner of the milk buds which you will hear more about |
| 0:42.2 | in this episode. |
| 0:43.6 | And Dr. Brittany Odom who is a pediatrician and we're going to cover the topic of breastfeeding. |
| 0:50.2 | I think the most important thing to kind of realize is sometimes you don't have a good |
| 0:56.7 | sense of community around breastfeeding. |
| 1:00.3 | Believe it or not, there's some pediatrician's offices that aren't super breastfeeding friendly. |
| 1:05.6 | There's some family members that may not be supportive of your breastfeeding journey. |
| 1:09.8 | There may be friends that are not as supportive. |
| 1:11.6 | So you may feel pretty alone when you're kind of starting to out and you're new to it, |
| 1:17.3 | babies new to it. |
| 1:18.3 | So kind of taking those things into consideration and giving yourself, you know, a pad on the |
| 1:22.9 | back for how far you have come, even if it's been a day and a half, that's still a day |
| 1:27.0 | and a half more than you've done before. |
| 1:28.4 | So taking those small steps, knowing it is going to be a journey, you may be four, five, |
| 1:33.1 | six, twelve, twenty four months in and you may come across a new hurdle that you had never |
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