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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 ||

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 ||

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 ||

Look at this photo! What are we missing?

Johanna Sargeant–Featured, first year, handy tips, history, low supply–July 13, 2016January 26, 2019

This is a photo of my friend Vanessa’s great-grandmother, publicly breastfeeding her son, Vanessa’s grandfather, ninety years ago. How amazing is it that she is in possession of such a || Read more ||

Supplementation – It’s all about the HOW

Johanna Sargeant–bottle feeding, donor milk, handy tips, low supply, pumping, supplemental nursing system, supplementing–July 9, 2016January 28, 2019

So. Your baby needs some extra milk (Not sure if this is the case? Check here.). I know that sometimes this realisation is hard, sometimes very very hard. First things || Read more ||

A Night Away, Alone.

Johanna Sargeant–low supply, my story, pumping, second year–May 7, 2016January 28, 2019

It is 5.40am and I am on a train, on the way to the airport, alone. With a breast pump in my suitcase. I know, right? Alone! And a pump || Read more ||

One Year. We did it.

Johanna Sargeant–breastfeeding to natural term, first year, low supply, my story, second year, supplemental nursing system–October 15, 2015January 28, 2019

One year. I really can’t believe that I have managed to breastfeed this little baby for the entire first year of his life. I’ve been a bit of a mess || Read more ||

I am sad today

Johanna Sargeant–first year, low supply, my story, postnatal depression–August 29, 2015December 6, 2018

I am sad today. I am increasingly coming to terms with the fact that, in my past, I did everything that I could. I made the only choices that I || Read more ||