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Carly Marks
- Jul 7
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
"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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Carly Marks
- Dec 4, 2019
- 5 min
7 years later, my Multiple Sclerosis Journey, and how it helps me work with lactating parents.
Just as several things came together to give me my life back, my approach includes knowledge of the physiology of lactation...
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Carly Marks
- Dec 3, 2019
- 1 min
Birch Aquarium supports nursing in public, and it shows.
My favorite view, in San Diego, and I shared it with no less than 3 nursing babies. I always see nursing babies when I visit. Out door...
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Carly Marks
- Nov 3, 2019
- 1 min
Mindful Infant Feeding- an Introduction
Every experience is influenced by our thoughts. Mindfulness practices allow us to observe this phenomenon, and create the setting...
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Carly Marks
- Jul 14, 2019
- 1 min
Home Visits for TriCare Reimbursement. It's worth it.
There are a few of us who offer home visits, as TriCare-authorized lactation care providers. There are a few more of us who offer...
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Carly Marks
- Apr 16, 2019
- 1 min
Expecto Matres La!
If you bring along your little wizard, there are plenty of shady spots to sip your #butterbeer , and watch the robes flap in the wind....
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Carly Marks
- Dec 21, 2018
- 1 min
LEGOland, Boobs are awesome! Baby Care Center provides a lot, just not a comfy nursing area.
This Laundromat has a coffee/snack bar, and a free-play area for building with Legos. That is a great place for other members of your...
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