Krystal Duhaney

Krystal Duhaney Mama of three 👦🏽👧🏽 👧🏽
RN, IBCLC, and owner/founder of
Sharing breastfeeding/pumping tips and pieces of ny crazy life

10/05/2026

Painful latch will have you questioning your entire life at 2am 😭

If every latch makes you tense up before your baby even gets on the breast, start with positioning before assuming breastfeeding is just supposed to hurt.

A few things I want you to check:

🤍 baby belly-to-belly
🤍 ear, shoulder + hip aligned
🤍 chin touching the breast
🤍 neck extended, not tucked
🤍 wait for a WIDE mouth
🤍 bring baby up and over the ni**le
🤍 bring baby to your breast, not your breast to baby

And please stop putting your ni**le into that tiny little piranha mouth before it’s actually open 😂

A good latch can take practice, and sometimes you really do need someone to watch a feed and help you adjust in real time. If you’re still in pain, getting ni**le damage, or baby keeps slipping off, reach out to an IBCLC.

Save this for your next feed.

And tell me: what was the hardest part of learning how to latch your baby?

10/05/2026

If latching feels like your ni**le is being sawed off 😭, start with the basics before assuming breastfeeding just has to hurt.

A deeper, more comfortable latch usually starts with:

🤍 Baby belly-to-belly
🤍 Ear, shoulder + hip aligned
🤍 Chin to breast
🤍 Neck extended, not tucked
🤍 Wait for a WIDE open mouth
🤍 Bring baby up and over the ni**le
🤍 Bring baby to the breast, not the breast to baby

And please stop trying to sneak your ni**le into that tiny little piranha mouth before it’s open wide enough 😂

Breastfeeding can take practice for both of you. If latching is still painful, your ni**les are getting damaged, or baby is struggling to stay latched, get hands-on support from an IBCLC.

Save this for your next feed and send it to a breastfeeding mama whose toes curl every time her baby latches. 😭

What part of latching has been the hardest for you?

09/01/2026

Your pump coming with a 24mm fl**ge does NOT mean you have 24mm ni**les!

If pumping hurts, you’re pulling half your ar**la into the tunnel, your output sucks, or you’re pumping for 45 minutes trying to empty… check your fl**ge size.

And please stop automatically adding 2–4mm to your ni**le measurement. Your actual measurement is your starting point.

Also: measure BOTH sides. They’re sisters, not twins!

Comment RULER and I’ll send you our free printable ni**le ruler so you can check your size at home.

And if you know a pumping mom who is still suffering through the fl**ge that came in the box… send her this. 🫶🏾

08/25/2026

It’s Black moms sharing what worked.
Sharing what didn’t.
Sharing pictures.
Sharing stories.
Passing knowledge to the next mama and the next generation.

It’s seeing Black lactation consultants.
Seeing Black babies nursing.
Seeing breastfeeding normalized in our families and communities.

Because sometimes seeing someone who looks like you doing something is the little bit of representation you need to think:

“Okay… maybe I can do this too.” 🤎

This year’s theme is We All We Got: Celebrating 14 Years of Community, Care, and Collective Power.

Black mothers deserve to be seen, celebrated, and supported.

That’s why Black Breastfeeding Week matters.

And until the disparities disappear, we’re going to keep talking about it.

Black Breastfeeding Week

06/27/2026

Nobody told me this with my first baby and I wish they had.

Fast bottle = not always a hungry baby. Sometimes it’s just a flow problem and fixing it can change everything. Feeding comfort, how much they eat, how your supply responds. All of it.

I kept making bigger and bigger bottles thinking I wasn’t making enough milk. Turns out I had a flow rate problem, not a supply problem. Didn’t figure that out until I became an IBCLC years later.

If you’re combo feeding or breastfeeding, slow flow is almost always my recommendation regardless of your baby’s age. The goal is a comfortable pace, not a race to finish the bottle.

Check your ni**le label right now. Check your ni**le label right now. Some brands use words like slow, medium, or fast. Tommee Tippee ni**les are numbered by flow rate so you can find the exact speed that works for your baby.
Feeding Made Simple Guide actually breaks this down really well. Link in my bio.

Drop a comment if this is new information for you. You are not alone

06/10/2026

Nobody warned me that sometimes a baby can’t latch because your breasts are *too full*.

After I had my baby, my breasts became so engorged they felt like rocks. My baby was hungry, I was uncomfortable, and no matter what I tried, getting a deep latch felt impossible.

That’s when I learned about **reverse pressure softening**, a simple breastfeeding technique that can help soften the ar**la when engorgement makes latching difficult.

By gently pressing around the ar**la for 30-60 seconds, you can move some of that swelling away from the ni**le area, making it easier for your baby to latch deeply and effectively remove milk.

If you’re struggling with breast engorgement, painful latching, or a baby who can’t seem to get a good latch, this breastfeeding tip can make a huge difference.

Save this for later, send it to a new mom, and drop your breastfeeding questions in the comments. As an IBCLC and breastfeeding mama, I’m always happy to help.

06/05/2026

Apparently breastfeeding my toddler means:

✔️ I’m trying to seduce somebody’s husband
✔️ She should be drinking cow’s milk because... cows?
✔️ A sippy cup is the answer to everything
✔️ If a child has teeth, the breastfeeding police must be notified immediately
✔️ I’ll probably be following her to college with a b**b in my hand

The internet has had A LOT to say about my breastfeeding journey over the years.

So instead of arguing, I did what any reasonable person would do and turned the comments into a completely unhinged gospel song.

To everyone who has ever been judged for how they feed, nurture, or parent their child: this one’s for you.

Now tell me... what’s the wildest breastfeeding comment you’ve ever heard?

06/02/2026

If your milk supply dropped when you went back to work, I need you to hear this.

There is a physiological reason this happens that nobody talks about. Let me explain.

When you’re stressed, your body releases cortisol.

High stress can interfere with oxytocin, the hormone responsible for your letdown. Oxytocin is what helps move milk from your breast to your baby or pump.

So when you’re sitting in a cold conference room…

Or a storage closet…

Worried about your next meeting.

Staring at the pump bottles.

Panicking because you’re not getting as much milk as you hoped.

Your body can have a harder time triggering that letdown.

And then it becomes a cycle.

You’re stressed because you’re not pumping enough.

And you’re not pumping enough because you’re stressed.

Meanwhile, many moms are sent back to work just weeks after giving birth and expected to act like everything is normal.

So if you’re struggling, it doesn’t mean you’re doing something wrong.

Here’s the one thing I tell every breastfeeding mom returning to work:

Protect your morning pumping session.

And if you’re pumping overnight, protect that one too.

Prolactin, the hormone that tells your body to make milk, is naturally highest during those hours.

So if you’re going to prioritize any pumping session during the day, make it those.

Ten extra minutes during your morning pump can sometimes do more for your supply than squeezing in another rushed session later in the afternoon.

And before you pump, help your body switch into milk-making mode.

Look at photos of your baby.

Watch videos of your baby.

Smell one of their sleepers or blankets.

Anything that helps you feel connected to them.

Because the more relaxed and connected you feel, the easier it can be for your letdown to happen.

Try it and let me know if it helps.

And if you’re heading back to work soon, drop a comment below. I’d love to hear how you’re doing and answer your questions.

Okay, love you. Bye.

06/01/2026

My supply tanked with my first baby. And I was a registered nurse.

My doctor’s advice? Just give formula. No labs. No referral. No investigation into why.

So here’s what nobody told me, and what I wish someone had said sooner:

Low supply has real, diagnosable causes. Hormonal issues. Thyroid problems. PCOS. Insufficient glandular tissue. History of breast surgery. These are medical reasons, not personal failures.

Your OB probably wasn’t trained in lactation. Medical school covers less than three hours of breastfeeding education. When they told you to supplement, that wasn’t a clinical decision. It was the easiest exit from a conversation they weren’t equipped to have.

An IBCLC exists exactly for this. We investigate. We ask why. We check for tongue ties, assess latch, measure fl**ges, do weighted feeds. We sit with you until we figure it out together.
If you were dismissed, it wasn’t because your case wasn’t worth looking into. It was because you asked someone who wasn’t trained to look.

You deserved better then. You deserve better now. 🤍

Save this and send it to a mama who’s still blaming herself.

05/29/2026

I was a nurse before I became a mom... and even I didn’t know most of this about pumping. 🤯

If your pump output suddenly feels lower, before you panic, read this:

✨ The fl**ge that came with your pump is probably the wrong size.✨ Less milk in the afternoon doesn’t automatically mean your supply dropped.✨ Higher suction does NOT equal more milk.✨ Staring at the bottles can actually make it harder to trigger a letdown.✨ Your pump settings should mimic how your baby naturally feeds.

These are some of the most common things I teach during pumping consultations, and honestly, every pumping mom deserves to know them.

Remember: what you pump is not always a reflection of what your body is capable of producing. Sometimes it’s your fl**ge size. Sometimes it’s your hormones. Sometimes it’s your pump settings. And sometimes it’s stress.

Before you convince yourself your supply is disappearing, make sure you’re looking at the full picture. 💛

Save this post for your next pumping session and send it to a mom who needs the reminder.

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