Chandler's Dream Come True and the Ugly Truth. Preparing to Breastfeed.
This story offers raw images and refections on common challenges in family planning and the postpartum season. Pain is common, but...
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Carly Marks
Aug 13, 20234 min read
Starting Over, NOT from Scratch in lactation private practice.
Starting a private lactation practice and rebranding it has been great for me personally. I've had to learn website development and...
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Carly Marks
May 1, 20231 min read
2023 For 2023 Maternal Mental Health Month
Marks Lactation Support will match up to $2023 San Diego Breastfeeding Center Foundation. As I serve on the PSI-CA (Postpartum Support...
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Carly Marks
Apr 13, 20232 min read
The Monterey Bay Aquarium has a Great Nursing Lounge. And Holding Her was Perfectly Ordinary.
Find the lounge. Inside is quiet, clean, comfortable and private. Think about the privilege of feeding a baby.
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Carly Marks
Mar 16, 20235 min read
Escaping Exclusive Pumping Through a "Love In" by Shannon Norris
As a consultant, it's delicate to try to express why I advocate for continuing to try to get back to nursing when a client family is...
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Carly Marks
Oct 25, 20223 min read
Needle Aspiration and Breast Biopsy
I started with Mammograms in 2017 just after Turning 40. For my 4th in January 2021, The clinic I use had upgraded the equipment. It...
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Carly Marks
Sep 17, 20223 min read
Getting Started in providing Community Lactation Care. Boundaries and Support Groups.
Boundaries as a Foundation for Communication: Every birth worker I know needs constant work with boundaries. The system sets us up for...
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Carly Marks
Jul 7, 20223 min read
Feeling Martina McBride right now.
Dedicating my professional life to the care and feeding of babies taught me how complex and private the subject of abortion.
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Carly Marks
May 4, 20223 min read
Simple, Effective Ways to Support a Pregnant Loved One
By Guest blogger Emily Graham. The pandemic has stymied many of our usual means of supporting pregnant families, but that doesn’t mean we...
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Carly Marks
Jan 5, 20222 min read
Not an infant, but still your Baby. Lactation Consultant's Take on the New Year.
Nursing changes as you meet this milestone of milk making. Any nursing is beneficial, and other sources of nutrition need to take...
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Carly Marks
Dec 6, 20212 min read
Lactation and Multiple Sclerosis. Yes, you can nurse your baby and continue treatment.
12/5/21 it has been 24 months +1 day since that 7 year post If you are researching for yourself or a loved one, this photo was taken when...
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Carly Marks
Apr 17, 20211 min read
Meet Leanne Boyce, MS CCC-SLP
I’ve been a practicing Speech and Language Pathologist since 2012 after graduating with my Masters from Florida State University. My...
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Carly Marks
Jan 7, 20213 min read
How to Cope When Working Remote With a Baby or Toddler
By Janice Russell Although everyone has faced challenges due to the pandemic, parents of young children are often put in uniquely...
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Carly Marks
Aug 19, 20203 min read
Virtual or In-Person Visits. Policy and Procedure.
A other way to look at it is No Contact or Some Contact Infant Feeding Visits. In person visits are not what they used to be.
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Carly Marks
May 4, 20203 min read
Self-Care and Mindfulness Techniques
My April Self-Care challenge through a becoming peaceful facebook group has taught me that taking care of myself is simple, and also not...
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Carly Marks
Mar 14, 20202 min read
Human Milk is Essential to Crisis Management.
Supporting human milk feeding is essential. Unless/until my family self-quarantines:
Client has the choice of virtual or in-home visit.
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Carly Marks
Feb 11, 20201 min read
San Clemente Outlets Nursing Lounge.
If you’re thinking about visiting the outlets be assured there is a space for nursing folks!
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Carly Marks
Jan 21, 20202 min read
Get your breast cancer screening on time, regardless if you are lactating.
Screening for this cancer during your annual mammogram time period is important to detect it at an earlier, curable stage, even while lacta
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Carly Marks
Dec 28, 20192 min read
3 daily Mindfulness hacks.
I was prescribed mindfulness; is that irony? How I fit it in my life:
Meditation, Mindful Taste, Journaling
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Carly Marks
Dec 15, 20194 min read
"I was stressed with all of this knowledge, why was this so HARD?"
I was told sometimes mothers just will not produce milk and it was ok. This was not ok with me!
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