Feeding Twins, Lactation Support, NICU Nutrition & Single Twin Mom Life with Jessie Renie, RDN/IBCLC

#41: In this episode, Jess talks with Jessie, a NICU dietitian and lactation consultant, about her career path, her work supporting families in the NICU, and her personal experience feeding her own twins. They also dig into the realities of breastfeeding and pumping multiples, why flexible routines matter, and how much support twin parents often need to thrive. They discuss Jessie’s path from WIC to NICU nutrition, how lactation work fits into her role, and what she sees most often with premature and medically fragile babies.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Jessie shares her background as a 33-year-old mom of boy-girl twins, originally from Lafayette, Indiana, now working in the Indy area.
• Her career path from registered dietitian to WIC, then NICU dietitian, and eventually certified lactation counselor and IBCLC.
• Jessie explains how WIC gave her early breastfeeding education experience and sparked her passion for lactation.
• Details what NICU dietitians manage, including feeding tubes, fortified breast milk, formula, and parenteral nutrition for preterm and surgical babies.
• Jessie describes the importance of skin-to-skin, non-nutritive breastfeeding, and close follow-up when transitioning babies from tube feeds to breastfeeding.
• Jessie shares that twin and multiple births are common in her NICU work, and how being a twin mom helps her connect with families in a deeply personal way.
• She talks about the emotional reality of breastfeeding twins, including triple feeding, low supply worries, and the role of support from lactation consultants, partners, and family.
• How flexibility matters more than rigidity in twin parenting, feeding routines, and day-to-day life.
• Jessie opens up about becoming a single mom, rebuilding after divorce, and the importance of asking for help and protecting her own mental health.

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