Prairie Lactation Services- Teri Eichstadt IBCLC

07/19/2025

Does it matter if babies do the breast crawl at their first post-birth breastfeed? Yes, according to this 2025 randomized controlled trial, which found significantly more exclusive breastfeeding in the breast-crawl group at 24 hours, Day 3, 1 month, and 6 months when compared to the standard skin-to-skin contact group. And there’s much more. Read all about it here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/mcn.70063

06/02/2025

02/22/2025

Updated:

NEW POSITION STATEMENT: "Recommendation for Exclusive Breastfeeding: Avoidance of Underfeeding and Overfeeding with Commercial Milk Formula" was just published in the Breastfeeding Medicine Journal advocating for exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life. Read the statement here: https://buff.ly/43ecdrY.

Access the provider infographic here: https://bit.ly/providerframework

Access the parent infographic here: https://bit.ly/parentframework

09/21/2024

Or don’t…

04/29/2024

Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have discovered a cellular process in the breast that can increase milk production by pregnant women, revealing a potential path to addressing lactation insufficiency syndrome—the inability of a nursing mother to produce sufficient milk to meet their infant’s nutritio...

04/29/2024

12/30/2023

I’m out on the other side, surgery went well, it went together better than he thought it would. I’ll go home tomorrow. 10 ish weeks in a hinged brace and no weight on it

12/29/2023

I won’t be available from 9pm tonight til sometime tomorrow night. I’ll have surgery tomorrow morning to repair my tibia/knee.

08/07/2023

https://www.bfmed.org/parent-handouts?fbclid=IwAR3xJVoSpflol2WuiHglrkGde78JAbOo-ZdKP4SdLUX0Um84dyTr1zGUvKw_aem_AYwZaQiZ1XnJIfI7ZPYUGThtgz3fEX5RDwlgaK_GwQd8OW5-Rnjk9gRQogr5yKDfWV8&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

07/31/2023

Here’s a great picture of a buccal frenulum; did you know…. Dimples are usually a sign of tight buccals, which can hinder a persons ability to use their mouth properly, starting at infancy