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For the Love of Milk

A podcast for women who are breastfeeding, pumping, or preparing to pump or breastfeed.

For the Love of Milk

What to expect in the first six months

October 14, 2024 • Episode 13

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).