Laura McGrath on Feeding, Postpartum & Trusting Yourself

The fourth trimester is one of the most demanding periods of a woman's life. It's also one of the least supported. That's the gap Lola&Lykke was built to address, and it's what our founder Laura McGrath spoke about openly in a recent feature with Luminary Mothers. Read the full feature on Luminary Mothers →

The conversation goes beyond products and into the real centre of it: the pressure mothers face around feeding, the guilt that lingers even when you're doing everything right, and why trusting yourself is so much harder when the world is loud with opinions about how you should be doing it differently.

Laura doesn't offer hacks or reassuring soundbites. She speaks plainly about what mothers are actually carrying, and how little recognition they receive while carrying it.

Two things she said that stayed with us:

"Your feeding journey is yours alone, and the best choice is the one that fits your life, your body, and your baby."

"you are not struggling because you're not good enough. You're struggling because the world wasn't designed to support mothers properly and we've normalised that failure for far too long."

It's also the thinking behind our new Bloome Wearable Breast Pump - a hands-free, in-bra pump with built-in heating at four temperature levels, designed for pumping sessions that need to fit into real life, not the other way around.

If you're in those early weeks, or supporting someone who is, the full feature is worth your time. Lola&Lykke products are designed for mothers. Practical, considered, and built around what actually matters.

Read the full feature on Luminary Mothers →