Amanda and Anna discuss what to expect in the first week of breastfeeding. They discuss cluster feeding (1:10), managing early breastfeeding in the hospital (6:45), normal infant behavior in the first week (18:15), infant sleep in the first week (19:45), how often a newborn will feed (21:30), infant weight loss (22:00), infant stools (24:45), what it's like to care for a newborn (26:15), cosleeping (28:10), how long a newborn feeding lasts (31:30), building your support system (32:30), and engorgement (36:00).

Amanda and Anna chat with Kelly about her experience learning to breastfeed her 34 week premature baby. They discuss preterm labor (2:30), hospital bedrest (5:00), making the most of preterm birth (8:00), preterm delivery (9:00), preparing for a NICU stay (14:20), the golden hour with a premature baby (16:20), lactation support in the hospital for a premature baby (17:30), initiating milk supply with a hospital grade pump (21:30), using donor milk in the NICU (23:20), visiting a NICU baby (25:30), first latch with a premature baby (28:00), discharge from the NICU (29:00), fortifying breastmilk (31:00), realizing that breastfeeding is not going well (36:00), lymphatic breast massage (37:15), private practice lactation support (39:00), triple feeding (45:00), tongue tie (49:00), recovering from tongue tie release (54:20), trusting the process (57:00), weaning off bottle feeding (59:00), breastfeeding beyond one year (1:00:00), and the importance of prenatal breastfeeding support (1:01:30).

Amanda and Anna discuss what to expect in the first 24 hours of breastfeeding. They discuss breastfeeding after hospital birth (3:30), the golden hour (4:30), the breast crawl (5:25), the importance of feeding within the first hour (8:30), skin-to-skin (11:30), newborn bathing (13:50), signs that baby is feeding well (16:15), the nipple sensations of breastfeeding (17:15), getting help with breastfeeding in the hospital (21:00), protecting the birth and breastfeeding space (22:30), breastfeeding after a difficult birth or delivery (26:15), the value of prenatal breastfeeding education (29:00), skin-to-skin after cesarean section (32:00), breastfeeding red flags (32:50), breastfeeding after home birth (39:00), breastfeeding after birth at a birth center (43:00), and a newborn feeding checklist (46:30).

Anna and Amanda host their first guest, Claire! They discuss working with a lactation consultant (3:00), infant weight loss (6:50), early nipple pain (11:00), tongue tie (12:00), perceptions of breastfeeding (13:00), prenatal breastfeeding education (14:40), tongue tie release (17:30), using donor milk (30:00), the importance of infant body work (31:00), the value of parenting in community with others (32:00), pumping to build milk supply (34:30), low milk supply (37:30), boosting milk supply (41:15), weaning off bottles (55:50), spitting up (1:00:00), breastfeeding a toddler (1:07:00), overcoming breastfeeding challenges (1:08:00), and breast cancer (1:11:00).

Amanda and Anna discuss Anna's third breastfeeding experience in which Amanda served as Anna's lactation consultant! They discuss being a lactation consultant intern (3:20), the decision to have a homebirth (11:30), the desire to birth alone (14:30), the homebirth experience (21:00), the golden hour (25:00), using donor milk (28:30), triple feeding (30:00), low milk supply (32:00), postpartum depression (33:00), oral disfunction (40:30), preparing for tongue tie release (45:30), recovering from tongue tie release (52:30), weaning off bottles (54:00), mom guilt (56:20), taking it one feed at a time (1:00).

Amanda and Anna discuss Anna's first two breastfeeding stories. They discuss planning for an unmedicated birth (4:40), middle child syndrome (7:00), late-term change in birth location (11:30), an unmedicated delivery (13:00), discomfort with nursing (19:30), utilizing hospital lactation support (20:30), early supplementation with formula (23:20), cluster feeding (25:00), the need for skin-to-skin postpartum (26:00), trying to rest in a hospital (28:00), delayed onset of lactation (29:30), nursing with a nipple shield (32:00), pumping in the wrong size flanges (33:50), thrush (35:00), how torticollis impacts breastfeeding (38:00), swaddling (39:50), supporting the breastfeeding parent (45:00), crying over spilled milk (49:00), returning to work as a breastfeeding parent (52:00), exclusive pumping (54:00), preparing the mind for birth (58:20), laboring with an epidural (1:05), excessively sleepy babies (1:08), self preservation and breastfeeding (1:10), tongue and lip tie release (1:11), the baby owns the timeline (1:20),

Amanda and Anna discuss Amanda's last three breastfeeding stories. They discuss using an enema to advance labor (10:00), laboring with pitocin (12:45), comfort measures in labor (14:30), breastfeeding after breast implants (17:30), an easy breastfeeding relationship (20:00), single parenting (22:50), moving to Mexico (26:00), international travel with small children (28:00), norovirus in infancy (31:30), the decision to have a home birth (35:00), tandem nursing (45:00), cloth diapers (50:20), being a "crunchy mom" (51:30), crossing the US/Mexico border in labor (1:00), intuitive birthing (1:09), extended breastfeeding (1:12)

Amanda and Anna discuss Amanda's first two breastfeeding stories. They discuss teenage pregnancy (2:30), religious upbringing (7:30), leaving her childhood home (13:00), preparing to breastfeed (20:00), finishing school as a pregnant teen (21:20), a medicated labor and delivery (23:00), engorgement remedies (28:30), pyloric stenosis (33:20), preparing a newborn for surgery (36:45), cosleeping (46:00), becoming an IBCLC (59:00), unmedicated birthing (1:00), the decision to wean (1:10)