Podcasts · Makes Milk with Emma Pickett: breastfeeding from the beginning to the end

Jo's story - neurodivergent, taking 5 weeks to transfer milk, feeding at 2

5 Oct 2026 · 1 h 00 min · Episode 167

This week, the brilliant Jo from Cheshire, mum to two-year-old Cecilia, is here to talk about breastfeeding beyond infancy alongside Jo’s neurodivergence. Jo shares her long conception journey, pregnancy complicated by preeclampsia, a five-day induction ending in an emergency C-section, and subsequent PTSD. Ceci struggled to latch and transfer milk in the early weeks. We discuss how Jo overcame those challenges. We also touch on toddler feeding patterns, co-sleeping, sensory factors, and using boundaries to reduce overwhelm and sustain breastfeeding.

My picture book on how breastfeeding journeys end, The Story of Jessie’s Milkies, is available from Amazon here - The Story of Jessie's Milkies. In the UK, you can also buy it from The Children’s Bookshop in Muswell Hill, London. Other book shops and libraries can source a copy from Ingram Spark publishing.

You can also get 10% off my books on supporting breastfeeding beyond six months and supporting the transition from breastfeeding at the Jessica Kingsley press website, by going to https://bit.ly/JKPbooks and using the code MMPE10 at checkout.

Follow me on Instagram @emmapickettibclc or find out more on my website www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.com

You can follow Jo on Instagram @cecilias_mama

This podcast is presented by Emma Pickett IBCLC, and produced by Emily Crosby Media.

Links in the notes 8

• https://amzn.eu/d/iI3pQGo
• https://www.childrensbookshoplondon.com/product-page/jessies-milkies
• https://www.ingramspark.com/
• https://bit.ly/JKPbooks
• https://www.instagram.com/emmapickettibclc/
• https://www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/cecilias_mama/?__d=1%252F
• https://www.emilycrosbymedia.com/