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3-Step Feeding

You’ve heard of breastfeeding, you’ve heard of bottle feeding, but what about 3-STEP FEEDING? 3-step feeding is when a lactating parent nurses their baby, then pumps, then bottle-feeds using the freshly pumped milk. It’s a strategy to help ensure the baby is getting enough to eat and the lactating parent is stimulating enough milk production,…

Mentally Preparing for Medically Induced Birth

Induction means any action we take to start labor. There are many cultural/traditional induction methods, but usually when we say “induction” in the US, we mean medical induction. Medical induction is used when continuing the pregnancy poses risks to the parent or baby, such as when the parent has pre-eclamspia. It’s also frequently offered as…

What Breastfeeding for 2 Years Looks Like

Consider this: Many parents will spend more months breastfeeding than they spend being pregnant. It shouldn’t come as a shock; breastfeeding for two years or longer is a well known recommendation from the World Health Organization. But, when you’re still pregnant, it’s hard to wrap your head around the reality of two years of breastfeeding.…

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About Me

I’m Chelsea Rothschild, birth nerd, avid knitter, wife, and mother of two. I have lived all over the United States and settled in Loveland, CO to grow my family and work in the birth community. My passion for birth pre-dates my own pregnancies, and has only grown as I’ve gained experience. When I’m not working, I’m doing my best to keep up with two brilliant toddlers. When they’re asleep AND I’m not working, I break out the knitting and Netflix.

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