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A Poem for Gardening Mothers
Blue Borage Time Your furry leaves and blue starflowers Summon bees at all the hours, Throughout spring and throughout summer, Summon all the honey mummers. How their nimble legs alight Upon your blossoms’ azure shade, They stop and nip your sticky dew, Then fly...
Calcium – its role for lactation
Apricots — one of our strongest lactogenic fruit, and especially rich in calcium. Calcium and magnesium work together to maintain healthy nerves, strong muscles, and a rhythmic heartbeat. In the brain, they promote neural activity and act as a natural...
Premenstrual Dip in Milk Supply
At about 3 – 4 months postpartum, some mothers get their first period. The taste of their milk changes temporarily and their supply can take a dip. Afterward, her periods might recur in their monthly rhythm, or they may remain several months apart and only slowly...
A Tour of my Galactagogue Garden in mid-Spring
It's the end of May, and I'm letting weeds grow out so I can identify what grows here and learn how to use them: wild mustard, wild lettuce, horsetail, sow's thistle and more. I put together this little film as a first try - if the summer fires allow, I'll spend time...
Galactagogue Garden 2 – Buying Starters
Join my little shopping spree for lactogenic plant starters at the very start of spring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh8ux29RQUM&feature=youtu.be
“Liquid Food” for milk supply
Sometimes drinking can be easier (quicker, less fuss) than eating after childbirth. Beverages that are "tweaked" with spices and ingredients that support milk supply have been loved by mothers around the world: lactation teas, grain-drinks, smoothies, nut-milks,...
Who has time to cook?
The problem with milk-building and colic-reducing remedies is that moms are too exhausted from milk supply struggles or from dealing with their baby's colic to cook -- or sometimes even to eat! Work with me and we'll make it all easy -- or at least, make it...
The Impact of Gluten-Sensitivity on the Lactogenic Diet
The Impact of Gluten-Sensitivity on the Lactogenic Diet Wide-spread gluten sensitivity has developed due to changes in commercial wheat. While not actually genetically modified, wheat has been bred to contain increased levels of gluten, which is the "gluey" protein in...
Best herbal galactagogue for the week after childbirth
What is the best herb to support milk supply after childbirth? While looking at records of herbalism around the world, I kept bumping into this information: Stinging Nettle tea after birth. Nettle (Urtica dioica) contains iron to help a mother build new red blood...
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