Badass Breastfeeding Podcast

COVID-19, Breastfeeding & Birth

March 30, 2020 Dianne Cassidy & Abby Theuring Season 1 Episode 136
Badass Breastfeeding Podcast
COVID-19, Breastfeeding & Birth
Show Notes

Are you worried about COVID 19 and how this may impact breastfeeding?

Are you trying to figure out how to homeschool your child and breastfeed your baby?

Were you wondering if we would do a COVID episode and what we would possibly have to say?

Wait no longer.  Here you go.

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Things we talked about:

The elephant (or hurricane, as Abby said) in the room

Breastfeeding during Covid 19 [9:24]

Should you separate from your baby if you are sick? [10:45]

Breastfeeding during emergencies [12:04]

World Breastfeeding Week theme about emergencies [12:04]

World Health Organization (WHO) suggestions [14:15]

Don’t let people come over [15:47]

Resources on the website!  And consults with Dianne [17:30]

Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations [20:11]

Jack Newman [20:59]

Separating mom and baby after delivery [22:27]

Home schooling? Handling older babies during pandemic [27:18]

Dianne’s teacher friend has advice [29:44]

Suggestions for small kids - home school ideas [32:44]

Mental health and engagement [35:12]

Gypsyandspice on IG [35:50]

Abby’s words of wisdom as a social worker [37:30]

We are all in this together [39:49]


Tip of the Week!  From Isabelle Henderson [18:45]


This episode is sponsored by  www.badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com


Some other episodes you should check out or we mentioned in this episode

https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/015-nursing-aversion/

https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/014-nip-nursing-in-public-part-3/

Other resources mentioned this week

http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/emergencies

http://portal.ilca.org/files/in_the_news/Emergencies/FACTSforHCP.pdf

https://www.unicef.org/emerg/index_50471.html

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Music: "Levels of Greatness" from "We Used to Paint Stars in the Sky (2012)" courtesy of Scott Holmes at freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott Holmes