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Amanda and Anna chat again with Carly and discuss all things tandem breastfeeding.

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Trigger warning: this episode contains discussions of miscarriage and pregnancy loss. Amanda and Anna chat with Grace about honoring her intuition while navigating our medical system. They discuss conscious conception (5:00), miscarriage (5:30), planning a home birth (7:00), concurrent care with an obstetrician (9:00), pressure for cesearan section (12:00), psychedelic experiences (27:00), self-healing before labor (34:30), slow infant weight gain (39:50), triple feeding (40:40), the value of a supportive partner (44:30), talking to babies (46:00), unconventional baby names (53:45), the beautiful circle of life (57:15).

Anna and Amanda discuss what to expect when breastfeeding older babies and toddlers. They discuss sleeping through the night (1:40), biting (4:00), breastfeeding as a relationship (6:00), nursing a toddler in public (7:00), the many uses of breastmilk (8:30), sadness after weaning (9:00), parenting without the breast (9:30), cultural norms versus biological norms (10:25), immune benefits of breastfeeding an older baby (11:45), responding to critics (17:00), the urge to stop breastfeeding (20:40), how and when to stop breastfeeding (25:00), and reinitiating breastfeed after weaning (27:30).

Amanda and Anna chat with Carly about how we evolve as parents. They discuss newborn rash and spitting up, (6:00), blood in infant stools (6:00), extended breastfeeding (10:00), viral arthritis (14:00), nursing through medical complications (16:00), taking time off work to care for children (20:20), the challenge of adding children to the family (26:00), breastfeeding in public (29:30), finding your voice in motherhood (31:40), how to prepare for parenthood (36:00), parenting through life's hardships (44:00), and breastfeeding as a parenting tool (45:00).

Amanda and Anna discuss what to expect in the first six months of breastfeeding. They discuss the identity shift into parenthood (1:15), finding a new normal (4:30), the challenge of finding reliable childcare (9:10), introducing a bottle (15:00), breastfeeding norms at six months (16:30), distracted babies (18:30), returning to work (19:40), paced bottle feeding (21:00), returning to intimacy (23:00), fertility while breastfeeding (26:05), starting solid foods (27:45), sleeping through the night (30:40), infant stool patterns (36:00), and using the breast as a pacifier (38:20).

Amanda and Anna answer questions from the internet! They discuss whether to wake a sleeping baby overnight (2:00), the importance of overnight milk removal (3:30), tips for waking a sleeping baby (4:40), when and how to stop using a nipple shield (7:00), slow infant weight gain (13:00), whether to add rice cereal to baby's bottle (13:30), when to start solid foods (14:00), and if mothers need to express colostrum while pregnant (19:00).

Amanda and Anna discuss what to expect in the first month of breastfeeding. They discuss the new baby smell (4:00), a typical newborn feeding pattern (6:50), signs that breastfeeding is going well (9:50), cluster feeding (11:30), normal infant weight gain (16:20), infant sleep (17:45), night feedings (22:00), clogged ducts (24:10), mastitis (27:00), gassiness and spitting up (29:20), and colic (32:00).

Amanda and Anna chat with Amanda's daughter Sam about easy breastfeeding. They discuss preparing to breastfeed as a daughter of a lactation consultant (1:30), home birth (2:30), bearing witness to birth (11:00), the pushing phase of labor (18:00), nuchal cord (20:00), the breast crawl (22:30), knowing whether baby is getting enough milk (25:00), finding your maternal instincts (27:30), early challenges of breastfeeding (31:00), overcoming initial nipple tenderness (32:00), breastfeeding in public (36:00), and normalizing breastfeeding in front of others (42:00).