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How Do You Know if Your Baby is Tongue Tied?
The term “tongue tied” refers to a tongue that is quite literally “tied” by a frenulum. The frenulum is a (usually) thin, fibrous band that connects the underside of the tongue to the floor of the...
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Frenotomies–Not “Just” for Breastfeeding
Let’s assume for a moment that breastfeeding is not important. That the oral development that breastfeeding provides is inconsequential. We’ll ignore all of that so that I can give you a few other...
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Guidelines for Storing Your Milk
Your milk is a living thing! It is rich in antibodies that are constantly killing off bacteria. For that reason, it is very stable and remains safe even after it’s been expressed. Guidelines for human...
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Tips for Managing Holiday Stress While Breastfeeding
The holiday season is upon us! For most of us, major holidays and other big life events can mean more and less. More errands, visitors, visiting, travel, sugar. Less nutrition, cuddle time with baby,...
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How Mirena IUD’S May Reduce Milk Supply
About 6 weeks postpartum, your health care provider will bring up the subject of birth control. Your doctor has your mental and physical health in mind when he talks to you about a birth control...
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Insurance Coverage for Breast Pumps
Breastfeeding does not require any special equipment. All you really need is a baby, and your breasts! But for a breastfeeding mother who needs to be away from her baby for work or school, a high...
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Is it Ok to Exercise and Lose Weight While Breastfeeding?
It’s that time of year again—time when many of us resolve to lose weight, exercise more and take better care of ourselves. Taking care of yourself is even more important now that you have become a...
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The Breastfeeding Bone Health Connection
It’s a commonly held belief that women who breastfeed their babies experience bone loss at a much greater rate than women who do not breastfeed. Not only that, but the longer you breastfeed, the worse...
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Health Tips for the Fall Season
Fall is a time of harvest and gathering your provisions in preparation for quiet introspection. As the leaves begin to change color and fall from the branches we say goodbye to the growth of summer...
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Sugar and Your Immune System – They Don’t Mix Well
Quick tidbit: Eating a high sugar snack or meal decrease your immune system tremendously for about 2 hours. High sugar also means simple carbohydrates. It does not mean complex carbohydrates – such as...
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Simmering Adzuki Bean Stew Recipe
There is nothing more comforting than a hearty, nutritious bowl of homemade soup especially as we head into the cooler months of fall and winter. Not only are soups known to promote healthy digestion,...
View ArticleThe Best Gluten Free Blueberry Pancakes
One of the biggest complaints I hear about going gluten free is giving up on some of favorite staples like light fluffy pancakes. I adapted my favorite pancake recipe, swapping out all purpose flour...
View ArticleSlow Cooker Pozole Recipe
For Christmas my mom gifted me Canadian Living: The Slow Cooker Collection and ever since I’ve been wanting to try out the amazing looking recipes. Yesterday, my slow cooker arrived and I promptly ran...
View ArticleIn Search of the Perfect Gluten Free Pizza
We have been searching for the perfect gluten free pizza crust over the last few weeks. In the fertility cookbook, I create a brown rice pizza crust that, as my husband would tell you, took forever to...
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An Anti-inflammatory Diet for Fertility and Pregnancy
Inflammation is believed to be one of the root causes of many imbalances in the body. The stress of inflammation is indicated as a contributing factor in several infertility diagnosis including PCOS,...
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Garden Fresh Spring Rolls
I LOVE making fresh spring rolls! They are so delicious and refreshing, and although they take a little bit in terms of learning the technique.. they are super easy once you get all that down! I mean...
View ArticleWhite Bean, Kale and Chicken Sausage
I made this dish the other night and it was delicious. I was completely lost for dinner ideas and walked into the local food coop to find they were sampling a variation of this recipe. I grabbed the...
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The Most Delicious Flourless Chocolate Cake
When you eat a clean diet of whole, gluten-free foods, there are still times you are going to feel like indulging. And when you do indulge, you want to enjoy every single bite. My personal belief is...
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Easy Fertility Chili Recipe
One of the most common struggles for people looking to start a fertility diet is that they feel like they don’t have enough time to cook. Somehow when you decide to go organic, people feel pressured...
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Chlorophyll Rich Northwest Fertility Salad
The first time Tiffany made me this chlorophyll rich salad I was blown away. The rich colors of the green kale and the red beets filled me up just by looking at them, all the while deeply cleansing...
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