Ten Misconceptions about pumping with a certified lactation counselor
The PedsDocTalk Podcast
Dr. Mona Amin
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
On this episode I welcome certified lactation counselor Melissa of @pump_momma_pump on Instagram and we discuss common misconceptions when it comes to pumping.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to Episode 83, 10 misconceptions about pumping with a Certified Lactation Counselor. |
| 0:07.2 | This episode is brought to you by the new Mom Survival Guide, |
| 0:10.3 | an online digital course and community created by me, Dr. Mona Amin. |
| 0:15.4 | Using my experience as a board-certified pediatrician and mom, |
| 0:19.2 | I created this course to guide you through your first year of motherhood. |
| 0:23.2 | From the foundations of parenting, newborn feeding, sleep in the first year, |
| 0:28.0 | introduction of solids, and understanding child behavior and development, |
| 0:32.7 | I will be your guide and support you throughout this incredible journey. |
| 0:36.8 | Make sure to visit peeds.tock.com and be one of the first to get your hands on this incredible |
| 0:42.3 | resource created to support and empower you as you embark on the joyous path of parenthood. |
| 0:49.2 | Welcome to this week's episode. I am so excited to welcome Melissa Guerrero, |
| 1:02.0 | who is a Certified Lactation Counselor and founder of the Instagram page, |
| 1:06.8 | Pump Mama Pump. I'm going to be adding that to my show notes and she's here to talk to me |
| 1:11.5 | about the 10 most common mistakes or misconceptions when you are pumping. |
| 1:16.7 | Thank you so much for joining me, Melissa. Hey, thanks for having me. I'm excited to be here. |
| 1:21.4 | I'm so excited that I found you on social. For me, it's because I don't think there's a lot of |
| 1:26.4 | education about pumping for people who are lactating. I really appreciate the stuff that you're |
| 1:32.4 | putting out there. Tell me more about why you became a lactation counselor and why you started pump, |
| 1:37.6 | Mama Pump. Certainly. Boy, are you right about that? My first baby was born a month early, |
| 1:44.8 | which landed him in the NICU. So they got me started exclusive pumping. I didn't even know it |
| 1:50.9 | was a thing before that. I just always assumed I'd nurse and then it worked so well for my family. |
| 1:58.4 | I went on to choose to exclusively pump for my second baby. So I had two exclusive pumping journeys |
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