Today we’re celebrating IBCLC Day 🤍

Those five letters aren’t just a title. They represent thousands of hours dedicated to understanding how breasts work… and sometimes don’t.

They represent clinical training, global standards, ethics, and a deep commitment to mothers and babies.

If an IBCLC has supported you, guided you, reassured you or changed your feeding journey for the better, tag them below and let them know.

We’ve tagged a few of our favourites too - the ones doing the quiet, powerful work every single day.

Here’s to the IBCLCs who sit with mothers, protect supply, prevent pain and build confidence.

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Hey mama.

I know you’re not really talking about it.

Because technically… you have “plenty of milk.”

So you feel like you’re not allowed to struggle.

But you’re tired.

Your body feels constantly full. On edge. Like it never quite switches off. And every time someone says, “at least you have supply,” you just nod.

Even though it hurts and you’re engorged and feel like you can never be away from baby or the pump.

Oversupply can look like a blessing from the outside.

From the inside, it can feel relentless.

And you’re not dramatic for finding it hard.

Breastfeeding isn’t about having more milk. It’s about finding rhythm. And if your body and your baby feel out of sync right now, that doesn’t mean you’re failing.

It just means you need support.

If you’re preparing to breastfeed, or you’re already in it and quietly overwhelmed, I made a guide for you, and today you can have it on me.

Comment HUNGRY and I’ll send it your way 🤍

You know best mama. mamalinc makes sure.

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There’s something quietly beautiful about March babies.

They arrive in a season of transition.
In Australia, summer softens into autumn.
In the northern hemisphere, winter eases into spring.

Change is already in the air.

Maybe that’s why so many March babies seem to carry both depth and determination. A little water. A little fire. Sensitive and strong. Observant and expressive. Clear about what they need.

But here’s what matters more than zodiac signs or birthstones.

Temperament isn’t something to manage.
It’s something to understand.

When you understand your baby’s nervous system, their sleep biology, their feeding rhythms, their cues… you stop second-guessing yourself. You stop comparing. You start responding with steadiness instead of panic.

And that’s where confidence grows.

If you’re holding a March baby right now, or you’re counting down the weeks until you meet one, you don’t need to get everything perfect.

You need clarity.
You need support.
You need space to trust your instincts.

You know best, mama. mamalinc makes sure.

Tell me - what date is your March baby born or due? And are they more water or fire? 🤍

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If you’ve got a mama friend who has sat with you in the messy, the tired, the unsure… send this to her. And if you’re still looking for your people, I hope you find them here 🤍

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Can I tell you something I wish someone had told me earlier?

Gentle sleep doesn’t mean you have to choose between chaos and cry-it-out. It doesn’t mean ignoring your baby to get rest, or that wanting sleep somehow puts attachment at risk.

I know that’s the tension you might be sitting in right now. Exhausted. Wanting to feel human again. But also fiercely protective of this connection you’ve built. Believing, quietly, that those two things can’t coexist.

They can. I promise.

Gentle sleep was never meant to mean doing nothing. It means understanding what’s biologically normal so you stop reacting from panic at every sound. It means reading your baby’s cues. Responding with presence - and then holding a clear, loving boundary when it’s needed. Not harsh. Not rigid. Just steady.

As a NICU nurse and mama of four, I’ve seen what happens when we’re left alone with conflicting advice, and I’ve experienced it first-hand. We swing between over-accommodating and over-correcting. We either rush in at every stir or we feel pressured to step back in ways that just don’t sit right in our gut.

The middle ground isn’t neglect. It’s loving guidance.

When you slow down enough to understand sleep cycles, overtiredness, feeding patterns and how immature little nervous systems actually work - something shifts. You stop over-thinking every wake-up. You stop spiralling at 3:47am. You start responding with purpose instead of fear.

Nothing changes overnight, and I’m not going to promise you a miracle. But when you move from survival mode into calm, informed guidance, sleep improves. Because trust builds. Yours in yourself, and your baby’s in you.

You know your baby best, mama. mamalinc just makes sure you have everything you need to trust that.

If you’re wide awake tonight wondering whether there’s a way to protect your bond and protect your own mental health, comment WIDE AWAKE.

I’ll show you what gentle, evidence-based sleep support actually looks like inside the mamalinc app. 🤍

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