Johanna Sargeant, Author at Milk and Motherhood

Gentle Night Weaning: Finding our own way

Johanna Sargeant–Uncategorized–July 23, 2017January 30, 2019

I thought, like many mums of breastfeeding toddlers, that it would be totally impossible to night wean my two year old. Any time I read someone’s explanation of how they || Read more ||

Interview with Me: My Fight with Low Supply

Johanna Sargeant–breastfeeding to natural term, domperidone, donor milk, interview, low supply, my story, stress, supplemental nursing system, supplementing, tongue tie–March 11, 2017March 4, 2019

It’s time to tell my own story. My story is hard for me to tell, but I feel it is important. I have made many decisions throughout our breastfeeding journey, || Read more ||

Breastfeeding Aversion, or ‘Wanting to Scream, Run and Break Things’

Johanna Sargeant–breastfeeding to natural term, my story, night feeding, tandem feeding, weaning–January 11, 2017December 18, 2018

I thought breastfeeding aversion, or nursing aversion and agitation, was something that only inflicted pregnant mothers. And I’m not pregnant, so why have I had so many moments of hating breastfeeding lately? || Read more ||

Interview with Claire: Constant Pain

Johanna Sargeant–interview, pain, stress, support, tongue tie–November 15, 2016December 18, 2018

Claire is a Switzerland-based Australian writer whose passionate, thought-provoking musings and poetry can be found at clairevetica.wordpress.com. The clarity and intensity in both her self and her writing is something || Read more ||

Speaking at the WHO

Johanna Sargeant–breastfeeding to natural term, Featured, my story–October 26, 2016January 3, 2019

Last weekend, I travelled to Geneva to speak on a panel at the World Health Organisation’s Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative congress. Surrounded by over 300 experts from 137 countries, I || Read more ||

Interview with Rachel: “I didn’t really breastfeed”

Johanna Sargeant–bottle feeding, interview, low supply, supplementing–October 12, 2016January 23, 2019

Rachel, an American mother living in Switzerland, writes the inspiring expat lifestyle blog My Mini Adventurer. I asked Rachel to be a part of Milk and Motherhood after meeting for coffee || Read more ||

Your friend has low supply?

Johanna Sargeant–bottle feeding, Featured, handy tips, low supply, supplemental nursing system, supplementing, support, tongue tie–September 11, 2016January 30, 2019

As someone who has struggled with low supply for both of my babies, who had over forty appointments with lactation consultants throughout Switzerland and also in Australia, who used formula || Read more ||

Five Tips for Pumping

Johanna Sargeant–bottle feeding, first year, handy tips, interview, low supply, pumping, supplementing–August 31, 2016January 25, 2019

Andrea, my go-to exclusive pumper, has shared her top five tips for successful pumping! Check out my interview with her over here. Tip #1: Get yourself a good hospital-grade double pump. || Read more ||

Interview with Andrea: Exclusive Pumping

Johanna Sargeant–bottle feeding, first year, interview, pumping–August 13, 2016January 25, 2019

Andrea is the mother of two beautiful girls and has added to the general craziness of life with two littlies by started her own sewing business, Spirited Child. I asked Andrea || Read more ||

Hurricanes, War and Dystopia

Johanna Sargeant–low supply, stress, supplementing, weaning–July 25, 2016January 26, 2019

One of the reasons that I cried early in the life of my first boy, when met with the reality of being unable to exclusively breastfeed him, was that I || Read more ||