#24 | "You Don't Have Low Milk Supply, You Have A Bad Latch" Essential Steps To Breastfeeding Success & Dyad Hot Takes with Trisha Ludwig, CNM IBCLC

Trisha, an amazing woman who has extensive knowledge, experience, and expertise with being a nurse midwife and IBCLC joins Karen on the podcast today! After virtually meeting on the Down To Birth podcast that Trisha co-hosts, Karen was eager to dive deeper into the conversation around breastfeeding and problems that can arise with each dyad. Trisha shares her unintentional, unattended birth as well as dives into the specifics of the difference between IBCLC's and LC's, her education & experience, as well as a lot of the problems and easy fixes that can be made to solve current problems like painful latches, low-milk supply, and even postpartum anxiety and depression! Join us as we uncover all these dyad hot takes!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Trisha birthing and unintentionally catching her third baby ALONE because it happened so fast and unattended
• How birth can affect how a baby breastfeeds
• Baby's natural instincts to latch & breast crawling
• The most common problems with breastfeeding dyads
• The most common interferences with breastfeeding
• Trisha's number one tip for supporting breastfeeding mothers

MORE ABOUT TRISHA:

Trisha Ludwig is a Yale educated Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). She has experience as a homebirth midwife, is a holistic women’s gynecologic health practitioner, and has fifteen plus years working as an IBCLC (and works privately providing both in-person and virtual appointments anywhere in the world). She is also a podcaster and the co-host of the globally known birth podcast Down to Birth Show. She is a mother of three children all birthed at home.

Follow Trisha on Instagram: @trishaoludwig

Follow Down To Birth on Instagram: @downtobirthshow

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Pain Free Birth Course: https://painfreebirth.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Down To Birth Podcast Episode 208: Achieving A Pain Free Birth with Karen Welton: https://www.downtobirthshow.com/208-achieving-a-pain-free-birth-with-karen-welton-painfreebirth/