Breastfeeding and Hospitalization Archives -

The Soothing Power of Breastfeeding After Surgery

By Yael Breimer / November 18, 2025

By Rama B. My son, Y, is two years and eight months old as I am writing this little story.

By Yael Breimer / September 17, 2024

By Annie L. As we have just passed Olive’s second birthday, I thought writing down our birth story would be

By Yael Breimer / November 8, 2022

Amanda Hartman, Winchester, Virginia My son is neurodivergent and had a rough start to life and breastfeeding, but with dedication,

By Yael Breimer / September 7, 2021

Erin Schultz, Apex, North Carolina None of the books prepare you for having a baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care

Lauren, Florida This is my family’s story of our journey to feed my beautiful girl. I say it’s my family’s

By Yael Breimer / October 27, 2020

Autumn Pennington, Colorado Springs, Colorado “Don’t touch her like that,” the nurse told me. I removed my hand from stroking

By Yael Breimer / February 18, 2020

Lacee Cooksey Exactly one week after a failed external cephalic version (ECV) procedure*, I arrived at Providence St. Vincent Medical

By Yael Breimer / February 4, 2020

Jennifer Clevenger, Scio, Oregon Bodhi is my fourth baby. I was young when I had my first baby. I nursed

By Yael Breimer / July 30, 2019

Shannon Gill, Denver, Colorado Originally published in Close to the Heart (LLL Asia & Middle East’s periodical magazine) Vol 17, No. 1.

By Yael Breimer / July 23, 2019

Shannon Gill, Denver, Colorado Originally published in Close to the Heart (LLL Asia & Middle East’s periodical magazine) Vol 17, No. 1.

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