Welcome to Simple Start
The simple framework for knowing exactly what to do during your 1st week of breastfeeding, even if things don’t go perfectly as planned, without the “trust your instincts, it's natural!" lie or being left to figure it out on your own after birth.
You deserve better!
Let me show you how.
The real stuff you need to know
for that first week of breastfeeding
This isn’t your typical breastfeeding prep or online course
Do you…
… know you need to prepare for breastfeeding but don’t have the time, energy, or mental space to take a deep dive into the science of lactation and details of breastfeeding?
… simply want someone to literally tell you what to do -a day-by-day breakdown for that first week of breastfeeding so you get started off well?
… get the framework for exactly what to do if things don’t go perfectly as planned?
Well friend, I made this course for YOU!
This blueprint will help you:
Make the first week of breastfeeding feel peaceful: because it may be “natural” but it doesn’t come naturally - we have to prep for it
Turn your mindest from “I need to know EVERYTHING” to “lets focus on what I need right now - because postpartum anxiety thrives when there is doubt, information overwhlem, and decision-fatigue
With an exact step-by-step guide to what to do, what to expect, and how to handle bumps along the way - not panic searching ChatGPT for what’s normal for a breastfeeding newborn while you’re up at 2am clusterfeeding
How I went from nursing going off the rails and shifting to exclusively pump with my first to handling the early weeks of breastfeeding challenges like a pro with my 2nd and 3rd.
During my first pregnancy I was so excited and eager to breastfeed.
I took a hospital breastfeeding class, talked with friends, read that popular 400 page breastfeeding book, but nothing prepared me for what was ahead. I didn’t have a plan.
Once she was born, things seemed to start off okay. I had pain, but my friends told me that was normal. She was gaining weight slowly, but our pediatrican wasn’t worried.
Fast forward to 7 weeks postpartum, she began refusing to nurse.
I had to switch to exclusively pumping and did so for another year. I reached by goal, but it wasn’t the experience I wanted.
My second pregnancy comes and I am determined this will be different. I puruse education to become a Certified Lactation Counselor - finish the course, pass the exam, and baby #2 arrives. I know so much more, and how to advocate for us. We have little bumps along the way but end up nursing for 20 months. I was thrilled.
I fall in love with educating other mothers about breastfeeding and start my own business.
Baby #3 is then on the way. I create a workbook for myself - a real plan for what I’ll do in the first week postpartum for breastfeeding, and to make all the tiny decisions you have to make postpartum if breastfeeding isn’t going super great.
I focus on what is biologically normal for infants in the early days and weeks, ignoring the outdated and frankly incorrect advice from our culture and the social media noise.
With the right mindset and a real plan, I have another beautiful breastfeeding experience with our third, even though tongue tie and food allergies.
But moms shouldn’t have to get a lactation certification to successfully navigate the first week of breastfeeding.
So I took this workbook and created it in digital form to share with other mothers. And I recorded my simple step-by-step plan to create Simple Start to share my method with other mothers who are in the exact place I was.
I’m so glad you’re here.
Who is this for?
Expectant first-time moms:
For the new mother who wants to breastfeed but has no idea where to start, or is overwhelmed by the giant books, hours of online content, or social media noise
Repeat moms who struggled with breastfeeding before:
Each breastfeeding experience is unique and a time to start anew. Take the wisdom you’ve gained from before and press forward with an exact strategy for breastfeeding while protecting your peace
Repeat moms who reached their breastfeeding goal before:
Again, each breastfeeding experience is unique and may have it’s own challenges in store. Being prepared each and every time for the “what ifs” is key, even if things went well previously (which, YAY!! I’m so glad they did)
What you get:
Inside you’ll find:
One to-the-point video for each day of the first week
Binge it all in 1 hour or less
Plus my TOP need-to-knows:
Step-by-step demonstration of how to latch your baby to nurse effectively so baby gets the milk they need and you don’t have pain
featuring demos with a real life mother and baby
Quick fix process for painful nipples
because breastfeeding should not hurt
Mastering hand expression and lymphatic breast massage
your secret weapon for engorgement and protecting supply
plus the exact workbook I used to create my breastfeeding plan for postpartum peace with my third breast-fed baby
because confidence isn’t knowing everything or things going perfectly, it’s having a simple step-by-step plan for the what if's, so even if things are going wrong, I feel calm and back in control
making all these micro-decisions that add up is GOLD for protecting your postpartum mental health around breastfeeding
Meet your breastfeeding besitie,
Sara
I’m in love with supporting breastfeeding women and their babies.
It fuels everything I do - inside my private pracitce and here online.
I firmly believe knowledge is power, but flooding families with every bit of info they’ll need for their entire breastfeeding journey when they simply need to know how to thrive in that first week? Useless.
I help women create a REAL PLAN for the first week of breastfeeding postpartum, one that prepares them for the “what ifs” and supports their goals and their peace. Making all these tiny decision during pregnancy provides such freedom in the postpartum season.
From there, they can get 1:1 help (which is often best at that stage) and take each new phase, like returning to work, teething, starting solids, weaning… as it comes.
A little at a time.