On this second espisode in the WBGH series, Nicole talks with Dana, a mama in recovery, about her journey to sobriety and how it has affected her breastfeeding journey--currently 17. months strong! **This episode is NSFW and does contain content not appropriate for little ears.**

In the first of a series titled "When Breastfeeding Gets Hard", Nicole sits down with a mama named Britt who shares her journey with adoption and adoptive breastfeeding. As an experienced breastfeeder, Britt assumed this would be no big deal but found it was 100 times harder than she ever thought.

More about my guest: Britt is a homeschool mama of four, wife to a holistic doctor, and a follower of Jesus. She also serves other mamas as a certified doula and childbirth educator as well as a birth photographer. On Instagram, she shares her journey through motherhood and adoption as well as her favorite coffee tips and recipes as a former barista who is rediscovering coffee as a creative outlet! Her Instagram handle is @msbrittfisher.

In this episode, Nicole sits down with Mandolyn Crotts, educator, Certified Lactation Counselor, and mother, who founded Carry Them Ministries in Jos, Nigeria. She shares how she started her organization and how she and her team support malnourished babies in the region. They'll talk about the high maternal and infant mortality rates, the current state of feeding babies in Nigeria, and how the Nestle Formula scandal of the 1970's still reverberates today.

To find and support Mandolyn and her team, visit

www.carrythem.org

on Instagram at @carrythemministries

Supplies needed: reusable diapers (not disposable), clean (preferably new) baby bottles of any type, and manual (no electric) hand pumps.

Financial support needed: $200 supply bag sponsors, monetary donations towards their direct work with mothers and babies in Jos.