Body-Led Breastfeeding

Ep. 20: How Does Hyperextension Affect Feeding Patterns?

How does neck and spinal positioning affect a baby's suck? Join Ellen and Adina as we discuss the idea of "hyperextension" and what it does to functional breastfeeding. We're going to touch on tongue positioning, types of infant suck, vacuum extraction, and even mature straw sucking as we go along. Get ready to question some long-held pillars of lactation theory with us as we hash out some clinical skepticism and hope for better research and physiologically appropriate consensus as the field of lactation grows!

Ep. 19: Dissecting Two Articles About Tongue Anatomy (Or: What Does a Posterior Tongue Tie Even Mean?)

BodyLedBreastfeeding.com [https://bodyledbreastfeeding.com] Get a little geeky with Adina and Ellen as we break down two 2019 groundbreaking tongue dissection articles by Mills et al. We're going to talk all about the floor of the mouth anatomy, posterior tongue ties, fascia vs mucosa, and how does this become clinically relevant to lactation practices even before we have scientific consensus? Stay curious and keep changing your mind! Body-Led Breastfeeding Foundations Workshop starts February 11th! Sign up here [https://www.bodyledbreastfeeding.com/] Articles Cited: Defining the anatomy of the neonatal lingual frenulum [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ca.23410?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnwpz9Kf6TUTLiW_JHvG_9GFt3brOy4HWW3fMDigR35GNhU9wTEEQDWh54ZGQ_aem_JuQfKjwwb9-oArHzD9_unw] Mills, N., Keough, N., Geddes, D.T., Pransky, S.M. and Mirjalili, S.A. (2019), Defining the anatomy of the neonatal lingual frenulum. Clin. Anat., 32: 824-835. What is a tongue tie? Defining the anatomy of the in-situ lingual frenulum [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ca.23343] Mills, N., Pransky, S.M., Geddes, D.T. and Mirjalili, S.A. (2019), What is a tongue tie? Defining the anatomy of the in-situ lingual frenulum. Clin. Anat., 32: 749-761.

Ep. 18: The 3 Types of Infant Suck - Re-release with Extras!

bodyledbreastfeeding.com⁠⁠ [http://bodyledbreastfeeding.com] is launched! Just in time for our next Foundations workshop season: this February 11th, 18th, and 25th of 2026. The rules of BLB are simple, effective, and directly applicable to practice and the Foundations workshop is where it all begins. Catch our socials to see a demo video of the suck supports during breastfeeding and bottle feeding we discuss in depth in this conversation: ⁠⁠Adina's Instagram⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/adinakopinsky_ibclc/] ⁠⁠Ellen's Instagram⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/teachingbabiestonurse/] Here we go: a re-release of the foundational introduction series of the BLB podcast – let’s dive back into that infant body, moving from toes to nose to get deep into understanding what Body-Led Breastfeeding is all about! We need to thank you, our dear podcast listeners, who have been bearing with us all year long as we develop the language around what we do!

Ep. 18: Eyes, Ears, and Eyebrows - Re-release with Extras!

bodyledbreastfeeding.com⁠⁠ [http://bodyledbreastfeeding.com] is launched! Just in time for our next Foundations workshop season: this February 11th, 18th, and 25th of 2026. The rules of BLB are simple, effective, and directly applicable to practice and the Foundations workshop is where it all begins. Catch our socials to see a demo video of the facial softening and awareness exercises we discuss in depth in this conversation: ⁠⁠Adina's Instagram⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/adinakopinsky_ibclc/] ⁠⁠Ellen's Instagram⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/teachingbabiestonurse/] Here we go: a re-release of the foundational introduction series of the BLB podcast – let’s dive back into that infant body, moving from toes to nose to get deep into understanding what Body-Led Breastfeeding is all about! We need to thank you, our dear podcast listeners, who have been bearing with us all year long as we develop the language around what we do!

Ep. 17: The Neck -- Re-release with Extras!

bodyledbreastfeeding.com⁠⁠ [http://bodyledbreastfeeding.com] is launched! Just in time for our next Foundations workshop season: this February 11th, 18th, and 25th of 2026. The rules of BLB are simple, effective, and directly applicable to practice and the Foundations workshop is where it all begins. Catch our socials to see a demo video of the neck mobility and softening exercises we discuss in depth in this conversation: ⁠⁠Adina's Instagram⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/adinakopinsky_ibclc/] ⁠⁠Ellen's Instagram⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/teachingbabiestonurse/] Here we go: a re-release of the foundational introduction series of the BLB podcast – let’s dive back into that infant body, moving from toes to nose to get deep into understanding what Body-Led Breastfeeding is all about! We need to thank you, our dear podcast listeners, who have been bearing with us all year long as we develop the language around what we do!