The Mental Load of Breastfeeding

Badass Breastfeeding Podcast

Dianne Cassidy & Abby Theuring

Infant, Breastmilk, Nursing, Babies, Kids & Family, Lactation Consultant, Education, Motherhood, Attachment Parenting, Infant Feeding, Baby, Breastfeeding, Formula, Parenting

4.8 • 815 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to the badass breastfeeding podcast.
0:22.9	This is Diane, your lactation consultant and mother of three.
0:27.8	Nathan is 25 and my twins are 23.
0:31.1	And I'm your lactation consultant.
0:33.5	I've been a lactation consultant now since 2008.
0:36.8	I always remember that because it rhymes with lactate.
0:39.4	Lactate in 2008.
0:40.4	That's perfect.
0:41.5	Yeah.
0:42.5	And a maternal child health specialist as well.
0:47.8	And I'm Abby, the badass breastfeater.
0:50.7	And I am mom to Jack, who's 14, Exley, who is 11, and my claim to fame is breastfeeding them for a really long time.
1:07.1	And Jack was six and a half and Axley was and I wouldn't do that again but I did it.
1:12.4	I was thinking about that the other day.
1:14.6	What'd you say?
1:15.4	I was thinking about that the other day about how you always say you wouldn't do that again.
1:19.7	Yeah, I wouldn't.
1:21.8	It's a lot.
1:23.0	It is.
1:23.4	Talk about the mental load.
1:24.8	Yeah.
1:25.2	Seriously.
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