Lisa Boettcher

Episode 20: Inducing Lactation and the Path to Feeding as the Non-Gestational Parent

September 16th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  43 mins 22 secs

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Is it possible to breastfeed your baby if you didn't give birth? That's a question we've heard a lot and so we've invited a guest who has a beautiful story and answer to that question. Lisa had the pleasure of speaking with Paola Mitchell, all the way from Australia. Paola has a really special feeding story as both she and her wife breastfeed their baby boy. Lisa and Paola talk about both the challenges and joys of inducing lactation as the non-gestational parent. They talk through the medical process of inducing lactation, the challenges of pumping at work, and why Paola is so happy to have made this decision for her family.

Episode 16: The Best Breastfeeding Pep Talk Ever

August 12th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  9 mins 47 secs

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We know there are hard days, long nights and so many challenges to overcome within the feeding journey. We know there are many moments you need the reminder that you are strong and capable and that you can keep going. This episode is here to pour every ounce of encouragement into you, whether you're breastfeeding, chestfeeding, exclusively pumping, or anyplace in between. It's filled with uplifts and words of wisdom from the pumpspotting community to help inspire and energize you on your journey. We are in awe of you. You can do this.

Enjoy this episode with Amy and Lisa, and jump on our app or IG to share your thoughts with us after.

Episode 15: The Circle of Nourishment: A Milk Donation Deep-dive

July 21st, 2020  |  Season 1  |  41 mins 10 secs

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This conversation explores all the ways we give and receive the gift of breast milk. Lisa sat down with Abby Malman Case of Mothers’ Milk Bank, and Mothers’ Milk Bank Baby Café in Denver, Colorado for an inspiring and educational conversation about the life-giving world of milk donation. Abby is a mom of two, an international board-certified lactation consultant, and a vital part of our pumpspotting family. Abby shares her story with Lisa and her lifelong passion for helping mothers give and receive the gift of nourishment.

Episode 13: Breastfeeding at work: what working, feeding families really need

June 29th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  28 mins 18 secs

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As a community-inspired breastfeeding and pumping platform, we're focused on helping parents feed both their families and their careers. Nourishing a baby impacts every aspect of your life, and that includes your time in the workplace. Support for nursing and pumping parents has to come from many places, from employers. The companies we work for have such an important role to play in a successful feeding journey.

Episode 12: How NASA is blazing a new path for working parent and breastfeeding support in the workplace

June 22nd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  45 mins 37 secs

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If we can get working mothers to space, we can certainly make space for them here on earth. Lisa and Amy sit down with Susan Schuh, Rachael Copeland, and Erin Sholl from NASA to explore how a company and its employees can unite to change workplace support for families.

Episode 11: How do we navigate motherhood in an age of radical change? Part 2 with Ericka Polanco-Webb

June 17th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  28 mins 37 secs

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On this platform, we value candid community conversations that elevate voices around real topics, issues, and motherhood experiences. For part two of our series of conversations with Black mothers and leaders, Lisa spoke with Ericka Polanco-Webb. Ericka is a motherhood journalist, mom to five, and a doctoral student focusing on innovation and strategy. In this honest conversation, she explores barriers, opportunities and risks ahead that must be reckoned with in order to create lasting change.

Episode 10: How do we navigate motherhood in an age of radical change? Part 1 with Jenny LeFlore

June 12th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  37 mins 27 secs

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This platform is a place where we value community conversations and elevating voices around real topics, issues and mothers. With that in mind, we wanted to bring you a very timely conversation between Lisa from our team, and Jenny LeFlore, a mother, a champion for mothers, and someone who is tightly woven into our community…really an extension of the pumpspotting family. Jenny is a community builder herself. She lives in Chicago, Bronzeville specifically, with her husband and 3-year old son. This episode is the start of a series of conversations with Black mothers and leaders.

Episode 8: Birth In the time of coronavirus: Paige Carroll, CPM and Blair Hicks, CNM

May 14th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  33 mins 37 secs

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In today's episode, we’re exploring birth in the age of COVID-19. Lisa Boettcher spoke with two midwives about the impact this pandemic has had on childbirth.

Episode 7: To all the moms: A special Mother's Day episode from the pumpspotting community

May 10th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  20 mins 12 secs

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In this episode, Maren and Rebecca (from the pumpspotting family) join Lisa and Amy to read Mother's Day messages sent in from the pumpspotting community.