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jenchesnabuckleibclc

IBCLC, Vegan Chef & Perinatal Care UCSD LC Prog, Child Psych Dip. She/Her 💚💛❤️ 🦁 always down to talk shop. #jahbless

You know I love all my families but gosh is this b

You know I love all my families but gosh is this baby cute! Thank you to everyone for the #IBCLC love at #homevisits today, I hope I left you feeling well fed and supported
Love Jen 🩶

Thank you for your patience while work through ill

Thank you for your patience while work through illness in our family. Love Jenna

★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
Our babies are not meant to be silent inactive and passive objects, they are vocal, communicating and interactive partners.
★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚

We are often taught that a silent baby is a happy baby and that the focus of our interactions is to get them back to a state of quietness or sleep.

Here’s what we know:
💜 Our babies are always communicating with us.
💜 Babies will coo, cry out and even cry when they want to interact with us not just for hunger or discomfort.
💜 Babies environment is our chest which provides all baby’s needs: warmth, calories & security.
💜 Babies are happy to spend quiet alert time when in parents arms.
💜 That swaddling interferes with babies abilities to communicate with us.
💜 That talking to our babies at any age lays the foundation for good responsive communication.
💜 Mittens interferes with babies ability to learn about their world.
💜 Some babies are more vocal than others and this is their normal.

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The first few months after birth can be quite intense as our babies needs are ongoing and exhaustive but this doesn’t mean that your babies is “fussy”, “unhappy” or “upset” as this is often baby getting use to life outside your womb and learning to communicate to get their needs met.
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✨ Remember that our babies wants are their needs which means that cuddles, kisses and hugs are just as important as calories ✨
With Love
Jenna

Being able to breastfeed and reach your goals depe

Being able to breastfeed and reach your goals depends on our ability to continue to meet both yours and baby’s needs while parenting. Care plans that include self care for both parents is important. 💜

★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
Our babies are not meant to be silent inactive and passive objects, they are vocal, communicating and interactive partners.
★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚

We are often taught that a silent baby is a happy baby and that the focus of our interactions is to get them back to a state of quietness or sleep.

Here’s what we know:
💜 Our babies are always communicating with us.
💜 Babies will coo, cry out and even cry when they want to interact with us not just for hunger or discomfort.
💜 Babies environment is our chest which provides all baby’s needs: warmth, calories & security.
💜 Babies are happy to spend quiet alert time when in parents arms.
💜 That swaddling interferes with babies abilities to communicate with us.
💜 That talking to our babies at any age lays the foundation for good responsive communication.
💜 Mittens interferes with babies ability to learn about their world.
💜 Some babies are more vocal than others and this is their normal.

👇🏾👇🏽👇🏻👇🏾👇🏽👇🏻👇🏾👇🏽👇🏻👇🏾👇🏽👇🏻👇🏾👇🏽👇🏻👇🏾
The first few months after birth can be quite intense as our babies needs are ongoing and exhaustive but this doesn’t mean that your babies is “fussy”, “unhappy” or “upset” as this is often baby getting use to life outside your womb and learning to communicate to get their needs met.
👆🏿👆🏾👆🏽👆🏿👆🏾👆🏽👆🏿👆🏾👆🏽👆🏿👆🏾👆🏽👆🏿👆🏾👆🏽👆🏿

✨ Remember that our babies wants are their needs which means that cuddles, kisses and hugs are just as important as calories ✨
With Love
Jenna

★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
IBCLCs can transform hospital policy & practices into communication & intuition based parenting.
★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
Most of the techniques used by hospital staff are policy and time management based practices not driven by individualised care.

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New parents mirror their parenting techniques from those they deem as experts which after birthing are most often hospital staff. This leads to using overly medicalised care that circumvents new born natural reflexes and dyad synchronicity.
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Here’s what we know:
- Feeding on a schedule is used for families with infants who have weight gain concerns and other medical conditions.
- Swaddling should only be used for when there is a medical need. Swaddling happens in hospital to keep babies quiet and sleepy. This is not the normal state of an infant. Swaddling has a negative impact on feeding duration.
- Hats do not keep babies warm, babies regulate their temperature through their face and head, skin to skin should be used as the primary means of thermal regulation.
- Infant mittens have a negative impact on feeding and shouldn’t be used as they use their hands to navigate and understand their new environment, their mother’s chest.
- Donor milk should ALWAYS be considered before artificial baby milk.
- Supplementation is not the first step for low or slow weight gain/loss.
- Triple feeding is a medical intervention and should be limited to a short term care plan that has frequent check ins. Plan to discontinue as this put unnecessary strain on the new parent.
It is the job of the IBCLC to analyse the new family environment and symbiotic health which supports parents to find their own proficiency.
Love
Jenna

★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
IBCLCs can transform hospital policy & practices into communication & intuition based parenting.
★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
Most of the techniques used by hospital staff are policy and time management based practices not driven by individualised care.

👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼
New parents mirror their parenting techniques from those they deem as experts which after birthing are most often hospital staff. This leads to using overly medicalised care that circumvents new born natural reflexes and dyad synchronicity.
👆🏼👆🏾👆🏿👆🏼👆🏾👆🏿👆🏼👆🏾👆🏿👆🏼👆🏾👆🏿👆🏼👆🏾👆🏿👆🏼

Here’s what we know:
- Feeding on a schedule is used for families with infants who have weight gain concerns and other medical conditions.
- Swaddling should only be used for when there is a medical need. Swaddling happens in hospital to keep babies quiet and sleepy. This is not the normal state of an infant. Swaddling has a negative impact on feeding duration.
- Hats do not keep babies warm, babies regulate their temperature through their face and head, skin to skin should be used as the primary means of thermal regulation.
- Infant mittens have a negative impact on feeding and shouldn’t be used as they use their hands to navigate and understand their new environment, their mother’s chest.
- Donor milk should ALWAYS be considered before artificial baby milk.
- Supplementation is not the first step for low or slow weight loss.
- Triple feeding is a medical intervention and should be limited to a short term care plan that has frequent check ins. Plan to discontinue as this put unnecessary strain on the new parent.
It is the job of the IBCLC to analyse the new family environment and symbiotic health which supports parents to find their own proficiency.
Love
Jenna

Babies will often respond to milk flow, so instead

Babies will often respond to milk flow, so instead of playing with toes and fingers try using breast compressions to help baby stay awake for feeds.

★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
Just because bleak and painful stories of birthing and breastfeeding highlight our society’s conversation doesn’t mean your journey won’t be amazing and easy.
★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚

Surrounding ourselves with experienced parents who are breastfeeding and supportive of our goals can be a positive boost to our ability to nurse our babies.

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Our conditioned thoughts and fears play a huge role in our perception and can create our reality.
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Here’s what we know:
- We don’t often hear about the easy journeys because those families don’t need to share their stories like those of us who might have trauma.
- Most of the bumps or issues nursing parents have are ones created by societal pressure around sleep, expectations vs. realities, not having family support, returning back to work and others that have nothing to do with your body’s ability to make milk.
- Most lactation problems can be fixed.
- Being successful has nothing to do with the amount of milk you make, any breastmilk your baby gets is beautiful, important and should be celebrated.
- It doesn’t have to be your milk in order to breastfeed.
- If your sister’s cousins Auntie had mastitis 3 times it doesn’t mean you will have the same issues but if you do, You have a wonderful resource to help you through it.
- Your friendly local IBCLC is likely hosting free or near free local events so if you are pregnant or a new parent go and introduce yourself.
Remember the breastfeeding bubble should start about 36 weeks. Anytime someone wants to share their birth or breastfeeding story you put up your hand ✋🏽✋🏿✋🏻 and say “thank you but I am only allows positive vibes & stories near me and my baby”
Love
Jenna

Want to find out more? Join us every 4th Friday fo

Want to find out more?
Join us every 4th Friday for our lactation education series, where we talk hot topics, answer questions and share stories that celebrate you
Love
Jenna 💜💜💜

★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
Just because bleak and painful stories of birthing and breastfeeding highlight our society’s conversation doesn’t mean your journey won’t be amazing and easy.
★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚

Surrounding ourselves with experienced parents who are breastfeeding and supportive of our goals can be a positive boost to our ability to nurse our babies.

👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼
Our conditioned thoughts and fears play a huge role in our perception and can create our reality.
👆🏼👆🏾👆🏿👆🏼👆🏾👆🏿👆🏼👆🏾👆🏿👆🏼👆🏾👆🏿👆🏼👆🏾👆🏿👆🏼

Here’s what we know:
- We don’t often hear about the easy journeys because those families don’t need to share their stories like those of us who might have trauma.
- Most of the bumps or issues nursing parents have are ones created by societal pressure around sleep, expectations vs. realities, not having family support, returning back to work and others that have nothing to do with your body’s ability to make milk.
- Most lactation problems can be fixed.
- Being successful has nothing to do with the amount of milk you make, any breastmilk your baby gets is beautiful, important and should be celebrated.
- It doesn’t have to be your milk in order to breastfeed.
- If your sister’s cousins Auntie had mastitis 3 times it doesn’t mean you will have the same issues but if you do, You have a wonderful resource to help you through it.
- Your friendly local IBCLC is likely hosting free or near free local events so if you are pregnant or a new parent go and introduce yourself.
Remember the breastfeeding bubble should start about 36 weeks. Anytime someone wants to share their birth or breastfeeding story you put up your hand ✋🏽✋🏿✋🏻 and say “thank you but I am only allows positive vibes & stories near me and my baby”
Love
Jenna

★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
Homebirth supports breastfeeding.
★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
Or in other words your Hospital’s high intervention rates puts you and your baby in danger of not breastfeeding.

👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼
Happy International Homebirth Day 🏡
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Here’s what we know:
- Hospital policy is not law.
- Nobody can take your baby without your permission
- Unless there is a legitimate medical concern there is no reason to weigh your baby in the first 24 hrs or even up to the 4th day
- Your right to refuse is just as important to informed consent
- Just because someone wears a white coat or badge or has letters after their name doesn’t mean they know what’s right for you.
- No. Is a sentence.
- Be prepared to fight for you and your baby’s rights and don’t be made to feel bad about it!
- Or just have a homebirth.
Happy Homebirth Day my lovelies
Love
Jenna

★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
Homebirth supports breastfeeding.
★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
Or in other words your Hospital’s high intervention rates puts you and your baby in danger of not breastfeeding.

👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏿👇🏼
Happy International Homebirth Day 🏡
👆🏼👆🏾👆🏿👆🏼👆🏾👆🏿👆🏼👆🏾👆🏿👆🏼👆🏾👆🏿👆🏼👆🏾👆🏿👆🏼

Here’s what we know:
- Hospital policy is not law.
- Nobody can take your baby without your permission
- Unless there is a legitimate medical concern there is no reason to weigh your baby in the first 24 hrs or even up to the 4th day
- Your right to refuse is just as important to informed consent
- Just because someone wears a white coat or badge or has letters after their name doesn’t mean they know what’s right for you.
- No. Is a sentence.
- Be prepared to fight for you and your baby’s rights and don’t be made to feel bad about it!
- Or just have a homebirth.
Happy Homebirth Day my lovelies
Love
Jenna

It’s true, the more they see it, experience havi

It’s true, the more they see it, experience having parents nurse their babies at the kitchen table, school yard or in parliament then they will know its importance and know it’s supported.

★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
If hospitals and healthcare providers cared about your baby they would provide access to and support the use of donor milk.
★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚

Our babies are born primed to breastfeed and their bodies are designed to have optimal growth with human milk. Anything else comes with risks.

★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
Human milk is medicine.
★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚

Here’s what we know:
- Human milk supports custom designed immune benefits
- Provides ptimal brain growth
- Less severe and shorter duration of illness
- Programs body to respond to nutrients and hormones
- Coats mucus membrane with protective barriers
- Prevents ear infections and diarrhoea on a global scale
- Helps prevent necrotising enterocolitis which is high risk for neonates who are formula fed.
- Protective of SIDS
And so much more!
Every family’s journey with breastfeeding is unique and ANY amount of human milk given can save lives. <- #fact!
Let’s ask:
WHY are formula companies expected profits to be 62. Billion in upcoming years?
WHY do we not have milk banks attached to every hospital?
WHY is community milk sharing NOT the first thing on nurses and doctors lips when supplementation is “needed”
Love
Jenna

Anyone tell you that it’s time to stop breastfee

Anyone tell you that it’s time to stop breastfeeding your children, you send them over to me. ✨✨✨✨✨✨

★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
If hospitals and healthcare providers cared about your baby they would provide access to and support the use of donor milk.
★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚

Our babies are born primed to breastfeed and their bodies are designed to have optimal growth with human milk. Anything else comes with risks.

★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
Human milk is medicine.
★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚

Here’s what we know:
- Human milk supports custom designed immune benefits
- Provides ptimal brain growth
- Less severe and shorter duration of illness
- Programs body to respond to nutrients and hormones
- Coats mucus membrane with protective barriers
- Prevents ear infections and diarrhoea on a global scale
- Helps prevent necrotising enterocolitis which is high risk for neonates who are formula fed.
- Protective of SIDS
And so much more!
Every family’s journey with breastfeeding is unique and ANY amount of human milk given can save lives. <- #fact!
Let’s ask:
WHY are formula companies expected profits to be 62. Billion in upcoming years?
WHY do we not have milk banks attached to every hospital?
WHY is community milk sharing NOT the first thing on nurses and doctors lips when supplementation is “needed”
Love
Jenna

★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
An asymmetrical latch can support a new family to breastfeed while healing painful nipples.
★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚

An asymmetrical latch can elicit a wide gap, that allows us to roll the breast into the mouth which helps to flange the lower lip, puts more of the lower portion of breast tissue into the mouth and this guides our nipple to the soft pallet. This technique can allow for nursing to continue while healing trauma.

- Nipple trauma can happen when the nipple rubs against the hard palette or is held on to or chewed on by the gums.
- Coming on and off the breast trying to “correct” the latch can deepen the pain.
- Sharp pain that disappears quickly is a sign that the nipple has moved to the soft pallet.
- Trying to latch baby when your nipples hurt and baby is upset fosters negative feelings towards the breastfeeding journey.
- Waiting until baby is asleep, sleepy or that neither awake or asleep state can help trigger inborn reflexes & is a great time to latch baby.
- Stop trying to latch if you feel that you are forcing baby to latch or forcing yourself to keep going.
- Chocolate and hugs increase oxytocin, use them frequently.
- Finding lactation support that creates a care plan to reach your goals and encourages self care should always be the focus.
A technique called rebirthing, having baby join you in the tub, enjoying your time together ⬆️ oxytocin and enjoyment of having baby at your breast.
Love
Jenna

★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚
An asymmetrical latch can support a new family to breastfeed while healing painful nipples.
★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˚ღ。* ˛˚ 。✰˚* ˚ ★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚

An asymmetrical latch can elicit a wide gap, that allows us to roll the breast into the mouth which helps to flange the lower lip, puts more of the lower portion of breast tissue into the mouth and this guides our nipple to the soft pallet. This technique can allow for nursing to continue while healing trauma.

- Nipple trauma can happen when the nipple rubs against the hard palette or is held on to or chewed on by the gums.
- Coming on and off the breast trying to “correct” the latch can deepen the pain.
- Sharp pain that disappears quickly is a sign that the nipple has moved to the soft pallet.
- Trying to latch baby when your nipples hurt and baby is upset fosters negative feelings towards the breastfeeding journey.
- Waiting until baby is asleep, sleepy or that neither awake or asleep state can help trigger inborn reflexes & is a great time to latch baby.
- Stop trying to latch if you feel that you are forcing baby to latch or forcing yourself to keep going.
- Chocolate and hugs increase oxytocin, use them frequently.
- Finding lactation support that creates a care plan to reach your goals and encourages self care should always be the focus.
A technique called rebirthing, having baby join you in the tub, enjoying your time together ⬆️ oxytocin and enjoyment of having baby at your breast.
Love
Jenna

Sleeping and sleepy babies can be easier to latch;

Sleeping and sleepy babies can be easier to latch; this is especially helpful when learning to nurse your babies in the early days.

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