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Hosted by Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, The Science Chick Report brings women’s health research you can trust to the people holding it all together: birth workers, lactation consultants, doulas, midwives, mental health providers, and nurses.
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Deep Latch, Tongue-Tie, and Mastitis: A Complete Guide to Pain-Free Breastfeeding (opens the original)
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Is breastfeeding supposed to hurt? Should you just accept pain as normal? What if the number one reason mothers quit has nothing to do with milk supply, and everything to do with pain nobody warned them about? What if "normal," the word practitioners keep reaching for, is exactly the wrong word to use? In this episode of The Science Chick Report, host Ken Tackett and Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett make one thing unmistakably clear: breastfeeding pain may be common, but common does not mean normal.
Baby Won’t Stop Crying? Check These 3 Things First (opens the original)
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New mothers hear it all the time: Is your baby sleeping through the night yet? When you're already running on empty, that question can quickly turn into pressure, guilt, and the feeling that you're somehow getting it wrong. In this episode of The Science Chick Report , host Ken Tackett continues the summer Q&A series with Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett to talk about one of the biggest challenges of early motherhood: getting enough sleep. Dr. Kendall-Tackett explains why sleep advice for new mother
The Real Reason Your Newborn Keeps Crying (opens the original)
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A crying baby can leave even the most prepared parent feeling overwhelmed. Is the baby hungry? In pain? Overtired? Or are you doing something wrong? In this episode of The Science Chick Report , host Ken Tackett, Managing Director of Praeclarus Press, kicks off a new summer series tackling the questions new mothers and the professionals who support them face every day. He sits down with Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett for a conversation about one of the most common and misunderstood parts of the ne
Black Mothers Aren’t Failing at Breastfeeding. The System Is. (opens the original)
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What does it take to change an entire field? Sometimes, it starts with one mother who refuses to accept that the support she needs simply doesn't exist. In this episode of The Science Chick Report , Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett sits down with Kathi Barber , founder of the Black Mothers Breastfeeding Alliance and author of The Black Woman's Guide to Breastfeeding . Together, they explore how Kathi's personal breastfeeding journey led her to become one of the first advocates dedicated to improving
Can You Bond Without Breastfeeding? The Research Says Yes (opens the original)
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What if breastfeeding doesn’t work out, but the mother still deeply wanted it to? What if “at least the baby is fed” skips over the grief she may carry for years? And what if the most helpful support is showing her that the bigger parenting goal is still within reach? In this episode of The Science Chick Report, Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett closes her three-part series on social support by focusing on mothers who are unable to breastfeed. Some mothers move on easily, but many feel lasting sadnes
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