March 17, 2025 • 31 mins
Courtney Boylan never imagined that her frustration with constantly losing clear nipple shields during late-night feedings would spark a business revolution in maternal products. But that's exactly how Le Lolo was born – from one mother's determination to bring beauty and dignity to the postpartum experience.
When Courtney transitioned from Target executive to a new mother, she found herself struggling with the realities of postpartum life. Unlike the instant maternal bond she'd expected, her connection with her newborn son developed gradually – something many mothers experience but few discuss openly. As she navigated breastfeeding challenges, she became increasingly frustrated with the clinical, sterile appearance of maternal products that made her feel like she was using medical equipment rather than nurturing her child.
The breaking point came during those sleepless nights searching for clear nipple shields lost in bedding and couch cushions. "I can't be the only mom losing my nipple shield all day and all night," she remembers thinking. This lightbulb moment led her to envision not just colored shields for practicality but beautiful maternal products that would remind women of their strength and worth during a vulnerable time.
Building Le Lolo while raising two young children required tremendous sacrifice. Courtney returned to work at Amazon, commuting two hours daily for a year, saving every penny while her husband managed their home life. During those long drives, she developed her business plan, connected with manufacturers, and gradually overcame the anxiety and self-doubt during early motherhood. "I had to retrain my brain to start believing in myself again," she shares with remarkable candor.
Since launching on Mother's Day 2023, Le Lolo has revolutionized breastfeeding accessories with innovations like silicone stickers that secure nipple shields during feeding. With sixteen new products launching soon, Courtney continues her mission of making mothers feel beautiful during their breastfeeding journey. Her message to other entrepreneurial moms? "If you don't go for it, you're always going to wonder 'what if.' Take the leap – it's worth it in the end."
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
Welcome to the Maternal Wealth Podcast, a space
for all things related tomaternal health, pregnancy and
beyond.
I'm your host, stephanie Terrio.
I'm a labor and delivery nurseand a mother to three beautiful
boys.
Each week, we dive intoinspiring stories and expert
insights to remind us of thepower that you hold in
childbirth and motherhood.
We're here to explore the joys,the challenges and the
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complexities of maternal health.
Every mother's journey isunique and every story deserves
to be told.
Please note that this podcastis for entertainment purposes
only.
It is not intended to replaceprofessional medical advice,
diagnosis or treatment.
Always consult with yourhealthcare provider for medical
guidance that is tailored toyour specific needs.
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Are you ready?
Let's get into it.
Welcome back to the MaternalWealth Podcast.
Through many individuals I'vemet via this podcast, through
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the woman I've met at bedside asa labor nurse and, lastly,
through my own personalexperience, I've come to realize
that the journey of conception,labor, birth and motherhood can
transform us in so many uniqueways.
Today we have Courtney Boylan.
You created your business, leLolo, because of your story and
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your journey into motherhood.
I truly love the message onyour site.
We are beautiful, we are strong.
We are beautiful, we are strong, we are extraordinary.
We are mothers.
Yes, yes and yes, I love it.
I'm so glad that you're herewith us today.
I'm excited to hear about yourpersonal journey into motherhood
and the creation of yourbusiness, leilolo, and how
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Leilolo's products help empowerand make mothers feel beautiful.
Welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Thank you, stephanie.
When you said our phrase thatwe are beautiful, we are
stronger, extraordinary, we aremothers, you gave me goosebumps.
Hearing someone say it reallyresonated again with me and it
just is so powerful.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
It is so true.
When you've gone through thatexperience, the transition and
labor and motherhood you feel it.
It's, it's real.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Yeah, yeah, it really is.
It's.
You know a feeling like noother and can't understand it,
no matter what anyone tells you,until you experience it for
yourself.
And yeah, it's just, it's.
It's wild, isn't it?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
It truly is.
I love for you to share alittle bit about yourself.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Yeah, Before I became a mom, I was a workaholic, to
be honest.
I was a store director forTarget.
I worked really long hours andI did it to keep myself busy.
I always wanted to be a mom andI always wanted to have a baby,
but I didn't really understandwhat that meant until I actually
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had one.
So I met my husband, actuallyworking at Target.
He was also a store directorand we were peers and once I met
him it was like love at firstsight and kind of.
The rest is history.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I love it when couples meet at work.
That's the best.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
You know you spend so much time at work.
It's like I understand, I waslike I always said I'm never
going to meet my significantother at work.
And then it's like you spent somuch time there and it's like,
okay, well, you know, that'sjust kind of how it ended up, so
you have three kids.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Tell us a little bit about when you found out you
were pregnant and how that wentfor you.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Yes, so I have three kids.
My stepdaughter is nine yearsold, my son is five and then my
littlest is three.
So when we got married mystepdaughter was four and we
knew right away that we wantedher to have a sibling as soon as
we could.
So we tried to get pregnantpretty much right away was kind
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of our goal.
I did struggle with amiscarriage.
I had a miscarriage when Ifirst got pregnant.
I actually didn't know I waspregnant until I miscarried,
which I felt like was kind of agood thing because I wasn't
really attached to the baby atthat point.
But it was still of a goodthing because I wasn't really
attached to the baby at thatpoint.
But it was still tough to knowthat my body didn't take the
baby and that was kind of aletdown for me.
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But when I found out I waspregnant with my son, we were so
excited and I literally Icannot keep a secret.
So I took a pregnancy test whenI got home from work and the
minute I saw that it waspositive I called my husband.
I wanted to do like some cutesurprise and you know, do a
thing and make a video, but Ijust I couldn't hold it in, so I
call him right away.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
How was your pregnancy for you?
Speaker 2 (04:52):
With my son.
It was actually pretty, prettyeasy.
I was a bit tired but I wasn'tnauseous.
I didn't really feel anysickness or or have any of those
aches and pains that you hearabout through pregnancy.
I definitely wasn't comfortableat the end, once he was about
to come, but overall it was apretty smooth pregnancy Probably
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the only thing for me beingpregnant.
I didn't really enjoy it eithertime that I was pregnant and
you know I think it's beautifulwhen a mom enjoys that piece but
for me that just it was toughto see my body go through those
changes and you know my hormoneswere going crazy and it was
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just hard for me.
So I was happy when it was overand I think I struggled the
most as I entered intopostpartum.
That was the toughest part forme, for sure.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Talk a little bit more about the struggle into
postpartum.
What specifically was hard foryou?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
I just remember when I had my son, when he came out I
didn't know how to feel aboutholding him or I didn't know.
I knew like I was supposed tobe happy and I was supposed to
feel this love for my baby.
But it felt so weird to me tobe holding this baby that I was
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meeting for the first time inthe world.
Obviously I had carried him butI almost like put too much
pressure on myself to love himand to feel this certain way and
when I didn't feel that, I kindof got down on myself and of
course that came and that thatlove built over time.
But I think when he first cameout and I didn't feel that
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immediate connection and bondwith him, it was really hard for
me.
And I just remember when we weresupposed to leave the hospital,
I didn't want to leave, Iwanted to stay there because I
was so scared to take him homeand care for him, because I had
no idea what I was doing.
And I just remember getting inthe car with him and I just
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broke down and I was bawling myeyes out and I was like I'm so
scared, I don't want to leave.
I just I didn't know how tohandle those feelings of now
having to care for another humanand not having any idea what I
was supposed to do to keep himalive.
So I was actually extremelygrateful that my husband had
been through it before with hisdaughter and he had some
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experience bringing a new babyhome, because I just think it's
such a crazy.
Obviously I comprehend and Iunderstand that you know it's
your baby, so you leave, butthere's no manual on how to take
care of a baby.
They don't tell you what to do,you just kind of have to figure
it out on your own, and thatwas really scary for me.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
I appreciate you bringing this up, because I
think that this is somethingthat we as women don't
collectively discuss frequentlyenough.
Sometimes, when we birth ourchildren, that bond, those
fireworks, aren't immediatelythere.
It takes time and it happens,and I have patients who talk to
me about that too, who are likeI don't feel the bond and I'm
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worried.
This is a natural process thatsome of us go through.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Yeah, absolutely Absolutely.
And it grows over time and youget more comfortable.
The saying a mother's intuitionand instincts, like that is a
real thing.
You just figure it out and youlearn and you, you just grow and
you do start to build thatconfidence in yourself as a mom
and realize that, okay, I can dothis, like I do know how to
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care for my baby, I know whatthat, I know what my needs and
and I'm the person that can giveit to him.
So it was just such an oddfeeling for me, but I do think
it's important to talk aboutbecause you know it's there's a
lot of there's a lot of beautytalk that goes into becoming a
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new mom, and we need to talkabout the realities of becoming
a new mom as well, for forpeople who haven't been through
before, so we can educate andlet them know that you know it's
not always sunshine andrainbows.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Yes, absolutely great care.
That's why we created amaternal health care provider
database.
Maternal health providers caneasily create profiles to
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promote their services andbusiness, helping to increase
access for those seeking theircare.
This is a one-of-a-kinddatabase that offers a new and
exciting way for women to searchfor and find maternal health
providers near them and tailoredto their specific needs.
Profiles feature badges thathighlight various services, such
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as tollback-friendly practices,all-female practices, lgbtqai
plus inclusivity, languageoptions, access to vaginal
breach services and more andmore.
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How was your delivery?
You were in the hospital, did?
Speaker 2 (10:12):
you have an OB?
Did you have a midwife, avaginal delivery, a C-section?
I had an OB and I was inducedin both of my deliveries.
My son was just supercomfortable in there.
He did not want to come out andso I was induced at 41 weeks
with him and then with mydaughter I was induced at, I
believe, 40 weeks, which Ienjoyed being induced because I
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knew it was coming.
I think I have like a littlebit of a control thing and I
knew exactly what day it wascoming, so I didn't have a
problem with being in.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
For your first, the induction.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
How long was it?
You went in on what day?
And then he was born on whatday, yeah.
So I went in at like they hadme come in at like midnight,
which I thought was so odd, butI went in at like midnight and
then he was there by 8am thenext morning.
So it was pretty quick and withmy daughter it was really quick
.
Also, I do have to say like Iwas very lucky to have very
smooth deliveries with both ofthem.
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They were both quick, they wereboth smooth from the minute I
went in.
So I that was not a traumatic,a traumatic thing for me
whatsoever, which I know can befor a lot of moms.
So I feel very grateful in thatpiece of my delivery.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Did you have any tearing or were you intact?
Speaker 2 (11:28):
I did have a little bit of tearing with my son, but
with my daughter I didn't haveany, which I thought was so
crazy to me.
I was walking the neighborhoodthe next day after having her
and one of my neighbors saw meand she was like what are you
doing?
Didn't you just have a baby?
And I was like I feel so great,like I'm just out here walking
the streets I know I just poppeda baby out.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
I know how much did they weigh?
My son was six pounds 15 ounces, and then my daughter was seven
pounds three ounces, I think,so they weren't too terribly big
.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
No, nice and healthy.
Healthy babies, healthy babies.
You decided to breastfeedbottle feed.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Yes.
So I decided to breastfeed andI knew I wanted to breastfeed my
babies and this is kind ofwhere my company Lay Lolo kind
of started.
So I will never forget, with myson, my first birth.
I was in the hospital and mymilk was coming in and my boobs
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were just, oh my gosh, they hurtso bad because they were so
full.
And the lactation consultantcame in and she was trying to
position the baby it's like theywere like so full he couldn't
get a good latch and his latchdidn't hurt, but my boobs hurt
because they were so engorgedand moved his head and, like,
stuck him on my boob to feed andit was fine and dandy, but I
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couldn't do it on my own.
And so I remember coming homeand I was just in so much pain
because of the engorgement and Icalled my sister and I was just
crying and she was like she waslike you need to pump.
She's like you need to pump,you need to get the milk out,
just so that you feel somerelief.
And I was like, but thelactation consultant said, don't
pump because it's going to ruinmy milk supply and my milk
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supply is going to go crazy.
She's like Courtney, you haveto do what's best for you, like,
don't listen to what someoneelse says, make the decision for
yourself and do what's going tobe best for you, to make you
feel comfortable as well as forthe baby.
I couldn't even feed because Iwas in so much pain and so I
pumped and I immediately I feltrelief, and the lactation
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consultant had also told me notto use a nipple shield because
it would mess with the baby'slatch.
Well, my sister was a big fanof nipple shields and she's like
use a nipple shield also.
It'll help her with the latchjust for the first couple of
days.
You don't necessarily need oneafter that if you don't feel
like you do, but it will helpthe baby just learn how to feed
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and if you want to use it afterthat, go for it, if you don't,
don't use it.
So I used a nipple shield and Ididn't have inverted nipples.
I you know my baby didn't havea tongue tie.
They didn't have any of thosereasons that you typically would
use a nipple shield for.
I just needed help with thebaby sucking and then also
relief from the pain frombreastfeeding because my nipples
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were so sore, getting used tothat sucking motion all the time
.
And so I used the nipple shieldand it was so helpful for me,
it was so, so helpful.
But the nipple shields are clearand I would lose it all the
time.
Like it would get stuck in thecouch, it would get stuck in the
blanket in the middle of thenight, it would fall under the
bed.
I'd have to turn the lights on.
I could never find the thingand I was like, oh my gosh, this
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is so crazy.
Like I need a colored nippleshield.
And so I went to Google.
I searched for colored nippleshield.
There was nothing there and Iwas like this are you like I
can't be the only mom losing mynipple shield all day and all
night?
Like where are the colorednipple shields?
And I've always had, you know,an entrepreneurial spirit and
like I always am like, okay, I'mgoing to make this thing.
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I come up with a new idea and Iwas like this would be so much
better, so much easier foreveryone if we had this or that.
And I always tell my husbandall these crazy ideas, shield.
And of course I didn't do it.
And then I had my daughter andthen I went through the same
thing I needed a colored nippleshield.
There still wasn't one outthere, and so, after I had my
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daughter, I decided you knowwhat I'm going to do it I'm
going to make the nipple shieldand I can make it beautiful for
moms also.
I'm kind of getting off trackhere, but as I was also using
the nipple shield with my son, Irealized that all the other
products that I was using are sostale and sterile and they feel
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so medical grade and they'renot pretty.
And as you're transitioningthrough postpartum, which it can
be a very tough time in a mom'slife, she deserves to feel
beautiful and she deserves tofeel worthy and she should enjoy
the products that she has touse during this time of her life
.
And I thought well, what if Ican make all of these products
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that a new mom uses beautiful?
And that's kind of where myidea sparked to create Lay Lolo.
So it started with a nippleshield and then this spring
we're going to be adding 16 newaccessories, all related to
breastfeeding for this firsttime, and they're all beautiful.
They have beautiful colors,beautiful shapes, and I just
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want every mom who uses ouraccessories to be reminded of
her beauty and her strength, andI just hope that when she sees
the accessories she's usingshe's just reminded of those
things and how worthy she is.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
I love the concept behind Le Lolo in bringing back
the beauty of the postpartumperiod and thinking about the
nipple shields that are on themarket right now that are so
sterile, and, in my role as alabor and delivery nurse, and
when a patient does want or needto use the nipple shield that
already exists, it does feelsterile and it almost feels like
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her body isn't working.
So now we have to add somethinglike a medical instrument make
her body work, as opposed toyour product with Lelolo, it's
beautiful, it's cute.
You're bringing something inthat decreases the stress, that
feels natural, that feelsbeautiful, it's cute.
You're bringing something inthat decreases the stress, that
feels natural, that feelsbeautiful, and I think that will
only help women in producingmore milk and having the bond
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with their child.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Totally.
I love how you said that, yes,you're using this piece of
equipment when you feel likeyour body's not working, when
you're using accessories thatmake you feel good.
Also, I remember when peoplewould come over to my house, I
would always hide all of mybreastfeeding things because
they're just so ugly and Ididn't want anyone to see them.
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And I don't ever want a mom tofeel like she has to hide her
accessories because she'sfeeding her child or because
they're not pretty, or becausesomeone might I don't even know
that.
Judge is the word but sheshouldn't have to hide those
things and if it's pretty, maybeshe will enjoy leaving them out
when her family comes over tosee the baby.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
When you first start breastfeeding and you put the
baby on so much of theproduction of milk and producing
the hormones, and the letdownis about the bond.
So you can't be stressed, youcan't be worried, you just have
to enjoy and relax, and I thinkthat's what your products are
going to help women do.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
Thank you.
That is my dream.
If I can help just one mom feela little more joy in her
journey through postpartum, thenmy job is done.
I want every mom just toremember how worthy and
beautiful she is.
And you know, every mom is madespecifically for their baby.
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That will never change, youknow you.
You only ever have one mom andthere's nothing better than a
mom's love.
So I just want every, every newmom to remember that.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Starting a business with two little children.
Talk us through that.
How did you manage being a mom?
Speaker 2 (19:29):
with two little kids and then starting Le Lolo.
Oh man, yes, it was prettycrazy.
I have to give most of mycredit to my husband.
He is amazing, and I was alwaysso scared to take the leap.
I was a stay-at-home mom when Ihad my son.
I left my job at Target and Idecided to stay home with him,
which I never thought.
I was a stay-at-home mom when Ihad my son.
I left my job at Target and Idecided to stay home with him,
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which I never thought I wasgoing to do.
But I'm so glad and gratefulthat that opportunity was given
to me and that I was able to dothat with him.
But I knew from, being astay-at-home mom is so, so hard.
Shout out to all thestay-at-home moms out there If
there that is, that is literallythe hardest job in the world.
I was just going a little crazy,though, so I needed, I needed
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to go back to work, and I know Ineeded to do something, and so
my husband was like you knowwhat?
You should start this business.
You should, you should go forit.
Like we will figure it out, youshould do this.
And I was like, okay, so I wentback to work, Actually I.
So I went back to work Actually, I went back to work for Amazon
and I went for one year and wedecided that we were going to
save every single penny of themoney that I made and we were
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going to save it to fund LayLolo.
So for a year I got up at 4am, Idrove an hour to work and I
drove an hour home.
I would just on my way to workand on my way home I would
daydream about what Lay Lolo was.
I would take notes like voicenotes in my phone about what I
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wanted it to be.
And I just amped myself uphonestly on these drives and
built this vision of what Iwanted this company to be.
And my precious husband is justso amazing.
He would take the kids toschool, he would pick them up,
he was like a stay at home dad,but he was also working full
time while I was working atAmazon, trying to save this
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money so that we could startthis business.
And on my drives I hired adesigner.
I found a manufacturer in Chinato manufacture my goods and I
just used that year of drivinghonestly to build a Lolo and to
get my product ready and tolaunch it and it was probably
one of the hardest years becauseI had to sacrifice the time
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with my kids to be able to setus up for success from a money
standpoint in order to launchthe business.
But I wouldn't change that yearor anything and I'm grateful.
I'm definitely grateful it'sbehind us, but it was a great
learning year as well for me anda great year of growth.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
I love how women, we manage so many things to be able
to do what needs to be done,and I love how, in your story,
you're a mom, you're working,you have your children, you have
your partner and you're gettingit all done.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Yeah, yes, I mean, I think when you're a mom, when
you become a mom, this drivekicks in you because you just
want to make your kids proud.
Kicks in you because you justwant to make your kids proud and
, to be honest, if I didn't havelike, my kids are really my
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driving force behind thiscompany.
Obviously, I would never havehad this idea without them, but
I just want to build somethingto make them proud and to show
them that if there's somethingthat you want to do and you
believe you can do it, if youput your mind to it you can.
And when I was a stay at homemom, I created I think it was
myself a lot of anxieties in myown head and started believing
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and telling myself that I wasn'tgood enough and that I you know
, I could never do somethinglike this.
It was like I was scaring myselfinto not believing in myself
and I had to retrain my brain tostart believing in myself again
and telling myself that I coulddo it.
I had so much anxiety that Iwouldn't post on a Facebook
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group asking I will never forgetthis.
I wanted to know a good gym togo to that had like a baby
daycare and I had so muchanxiety just posting on Facebook
, like on a Facebook group,about that which now seems so
crazy.
But that's how high my anxietywas, because I didn't want to
put myself out there and I hadto retrain my brain and like
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believe in myself again that Icould do this.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
You launched Le Lolo Mother's Day of 2024.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
So you're almost a year in Congratulations.
That's awesome.
How has the last year been foryou?
Speaker 2 (23:59):
It has been quite a ride.
I honestly didn't think that itwould be so hard.
That's very naive of me tothink that.
But building a business and nothaving any background is really
tough and I've learned so much.
I've grown so much.
I've been very stressed also,but I think it's because I put a
lot of pressure on myself tosucceed.
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But I wouldn't change it forthe world.
Every day I learn something new.
Every day I meet someone newwho helps me in my journey and I
just feel so grateful that Iget to be on this journey.
And you know, I always say likeI wanted to create something,
not just for myself, butsomething that would better
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other people, and I'm sopassionate about this company
and the fact that it is going tohelp every mom in the future.
That means a lot to me.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
How has the feedback been for moms who are using your
product?
Speaker 2 (24:59):
We've had amazing feedback.
We've had a great community ofIBCLCs who have backed our
product and have shared withtheir communities our nipple
shields.
It's just been so amazing, youknow.
They are so impressed by thequality of the shield compared
to our competitors andespecially with our nipple
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shield sticker that we createdthat helps secure latch.
And we've just had amazingfeedback and we're so excited
because we're about to launchour 16 new accessories within
the next couple of months and Ijust I can't wait to see where
we go and how we continue togrow.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
Tell us a little bit more about the patch for the
nipple shield.
From my understanding thecompetitors, they don't have a
patch for the shield.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
Correct.
So while I was creating thenipple shield, I was doing a
little bit of research and theone thing that mom said about
using a nipple shield is that itwould always fall off.
The main concern was if itwasn't working for them.
The reason it wasn't working isbecause it was falling off.
So I thought, well, why can't?
Like I should create like asticker for it, because, it's
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true, like if it doesn't, if itdoesn't have the perfect suction
to your skin, then it's goingto fall off, or babies moving
around they knock the shield off.
It's just tough to stay in place.
So I created it's a piece ofsilicone and it has think of
like those sticky bras If you'veever used one that you put in
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your bra that it's strapless andit has that sticky silicone on
it.
Basically that's what oursticker is, and it's double
sided stick, so it sticks to theshield and then it sticks to
your skin and when you use ityou can actually put your shield
on first and then place babyonto the shield, rather than
having to hold the shield andthen put the baby on and make
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sure that it's lashed.
It really just makes sure thatthe shield stays in place, no
matter where the baby is or howthe baby's moving.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
For women who may find themselves in a similar
position as you.
They have an idea that's beenbrewing and they have two little
kids at home.
What advice would you give tothem to take that leap to start
their business?
Speaker 2 (27:09):
Go for it.
Like you, if you don't go forit, you're always going to
wonder what.
If so, take the leap.
It's going to be worth it inthe end and you will be so
thankful you did.
And if you need some moreencouragement, email me because
we can talk through it and Iwould love to help them, because
I just want every woman to feelempowered and chase her dreams,
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because it's so worth it in theend and you not only you will
thank yourself, but your kidswill thank you also.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
I love that you're creating a space for women to
feel beautiful in theirbreastfeeding journey space for
women to feel beautiful in theirbreastfeeding journey.
Honestly, I wish that mypatients had access to these
products.
In the hospital, there's somuch sterilization you feel like
a patient.
The products that are beingused in the hospital today don't
really set moms up to feelbeautiful and to be 100%
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successful in theirbreastfeeding journey that they
want to have.
I hope in the future, that yourproducts can be found more
accessibly in the hospitalsystem.
I think that would be amazing.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
Oh my gosh, stephanie .
Talk about a dream.
That would be incredible.
I would love that more thananything, and I don't think that
any dream can't be achieved, soI hope one day that that is the
case don't think that any dreamcan't be achieved, so I hope
one day that that is the case.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
We talk about the transition.
We talk about becoming moms inthe postpartum journey is
intense and anything that we cando to help women succeed in
their breastfeeding journey,feeling beautiful, feeling
empowered.
Together.
We're in this journey to helpother women.
I'm so glad that you took thetime to sit and chat with me
today and to share your storyand to share your products and
your growth and your business.
Leilolo, if anyone who islistening, who wants to find
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your products, where can theyfind you?
Speaker 2 (29:00):
Okay, so we are at wwwweareleilolocom, that's
L-E-L-O-L-O, and then we arealso on Instagram at
weareleilolo.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your
story and your beautiful family,and I'm excited to see where
you are in the next year andyour new products that are going
to be coming out.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Thank you, Stephanie.
I had such a great time.
I really appreciate you havingme on.
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Thank you, oh, yeah.
Welcome to the Maternal Wealth Podcast, a space
for all things related tomaternal health, pregnancy and
beyond.
I'm your host, stephanie Terrio.
I'm a labor and delivery nurseand a mother to three beautiful
boys.
Each week, we dive intoinspiring stories and expert
insights to remind us of thepower that you hold in
childbirth and motherhood.
We're here to explore the joys,the challenges and the
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complexities of maternal health.
Every mother's journey isunique and every story deserves
to be told.
Please note that this podcastis for entertainment purposes
only.
It is not intended to replaceprofessional medical advice,
diagnosis or treatment.
Always consult with yourhealthcare provider for medical
guidance that is tailored toyour specific needs.
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Are you ready?
Let's get into it.
Welcome back to the MaternalWealth Podcast.
Through many individuals I'vemet via this podcast, through
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the woman I've met at bedside asa labor nurse and, lastly,
through my own personalexperience, I've come to realize
that the journey of conception,labor, birth and motherhood can
transform us in so many uniqueways.
Today we have Courtney Boylan.
You created your business, leLolo, because of your story and
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your journey into motherhood.
I truly love the message onyour site.
We are beautiful, we are strong.
We are beautiful, we are strong, we are extraordinary.
We are mothers.
Yes, yes and yes, I love it.
I'm so glad that you're herewith us today.
I'm excited to hear about yourpersonal journey into motherhood
and the creation of yourbusiness, leilolo, and how
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Leilolo's products help empowerand make mothers feel beautiful.
Welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Thank you, stephanie.
When you said our phrase thatwe are beautiful, we are
stronger, extraordinary, we aremothers, you gave me goosebumps.
Hearing someone say it reallyresonated again with me and it
just is so powerful.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
It is so true.
When you've gone through thatexperience, the transition and
labor and motherhood you feel it.
It's, it's real.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Yeah, yeah, it really is.
It's.
You know a feeling like noother and can't understand it,
no matter what anyone tells you,until you experience it for
yourself.
And yeah, it's just, it's.
It's wild, isn't it?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
It truly is.
I love for you to share alittle bit about yourself.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Yeah, Before I became a mom, I was a workaholic, to
be honest.
I was a store director forTarget.
I worked really long hours andI did it to keep myself busy.
I always wanted to be a mom andI always wanted to have a baby,
but I didn't really understandwhat that meant until I actually
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had one.
So I met my husband, actuallyworking at Target.
He was also a store directorand we were peers and once I met
him it was like love at firstsight and kind of.
The rest is history.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I love it when couples meet at work.
That's the best.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
You know you spend so much time at work.
It's like I understand, I waslike I always said I'm never
going to meet my significantother at work.
And then it's like you spent somuch time there and it's like,
okay, well, you know, that'sjust kind of how it ended up, so
you have three kids.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Tell us a little bit about when you found out you
were pregnant and how that wentfor you.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Yes, so I have three kids.
My stepdaughter is nine yearsold, my son is five and then my
littlest is three.
So when we got married mystepdaughter was four and we
knew right away that we wantedher to have a sibling as soon as
we could.
So we tried to get pregnantpretty much right away was kind
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of our goal.
I did struggle with amiscarriage.
I had a miscarriage when Ifirst got pregnant.
I actually didn't know I waspregnant until I miscarried,
which I felt like was kind of agood thing because I wasn't
really attached to the baby atthat point.
But it was still of a goodthing because I wasn't really
attached to the baby at thatpoint.
But it was still tough to knowthat my body didn't take the
baby and that was kind of aletdown for me.
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But when I found out I waspregnant with my son, we were so
excited and I literally Icannot keep a secret.
So I took a pregnancy test whenI got home from work and the
minute I saw that it waspositive I called my husband.
I wanted to do like some cutesurprise and you know, do a
thing and make a video, but Ijust I couldn't hold it in, so I
call him right away.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
How was your pregnancy for you?
Speaker 2 (04:52):
With my son.
It was actually pretty, prettyeasy.
I was a bit tired but I wasn'tnauseous.
I didn't really feel anysickness or or have any of those
aches and pains that you hearabout through pregnancy.
I definitely wasn't comfortableat the end, once he was about
to come, but overall it was apretty smooth pregnancy Probably
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the only thing for me beingpregnant.
I didn't really enjoy it eithertime that I was pregnant and
you know I think it's beautifulwhen a mom enjoys that piece but
for me that just it was toughto see my body go through those
changes and you know my hormoneswere going crazy and it was
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just hard for me.
So I was happy when it was overand I think I struggled the
most as I entered intopostpartum.
That was the toughest part forme, for sure.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Talk a little bit more about the struggle into
postpartum.
What specifically was hard foryou?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
I just remember when I had my son, when he came out I
didn't know how to feel aboutholding him or I didn't know.
I knew like I was supposed tobe happy and I was supposed to
feel this love for my baby.
But it felt so weird to me tobe holding this baby that I was
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meeting for the first time inthe world.
Obviously I had carried him butI almost like put too much
pressure on myself to love himand to feel this certain way and
when I didn't feel that, I kindof got down on myself and of
course that came and that thatlove built over time.
But I think when he first cameout and I didn't feel that
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immediate connection and bondwith him, it was really hard for
me.
And I just remember when we weresupposed to leave the hospital,
I didn't want to leave, Iwanted to stay there because I
was so scared to take him homeand care for him, because I had
no idea what I was doing.
And I just remember getting inthe car with him and I just
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broke down and I was bawling myeyes out and I was like I'm so
scared, I don't want to leave.
I just I didn't know how tohandle those feelings of now
having to care for another humanand not having any idea what I
was supposed to do to keep himalive.
So I was actually extremelygrateful that my husband had
been through it before with hisdaughter and he had some
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experience bringing a new babyhome, because I just think it's
such a crazy.
Obviously I comprehend and Iunderstand that you know it's
your baby, so you leave, butthere's no manual on how to take
care of a baby.
They don't tell you what to do,you just kind of have to figure
it out on your own, and thatwas really scary for me.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
I appreciate you bringing this up, because I
think that this is somethingthat we as women don't
collectively discuss frequentlyenough.
Sometimes, when we birth ourchildren, that bond, those
fireworks, aren't immediatelythere.
It takes time and it happens,and I have patients who talk to
me about that too, who are likeI don't feel the bond and I'm
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worried.
This is a natural process thatsome of us go through.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Yeah, absolutely Absolutely.
And it grows over time and youget more comfortable.
The saying a mother's intuitionand instincts, like that is a
real thing.
You just figure it out and youlearn and you, you just grow and
you do start to build thatconfidence in yourself as a mom
and realize that, okay, I can dothis, like I do know how to
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care for my baby, I know whatthat, I know what my needs and
and I'm the person that can giveit to him.
So it was just such an oddfeeling for me, but I do think
it's important to talk aboutbecause you know it's there's a
lot of there's a lot of beautytalk that goes into becoming a
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new mom, and we need to talkabout the realities of becoming
a new mom as well, for forpeople who haven't been through
before, so we can educate andlet them know that you know it's
not always sunshine andrainbows.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Yes, absolutely great care.
That's why we created amaternal health care provider
database.
Maternal health providers caneasily create profiles to
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promote their services andbusiness, helping to increase
access for those seeking theircare.
This is a one-of-a-kinddatabase that offers a new and
exciting way for women to searchfor and find maternal health
providers near them and tailoredto their specific needs.
Profiles feature badges thathighlight various services, such
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as tollback-friendly practices,all-female practices, lgbtqai
plus inclusivity, languageoptions, access to vaginal
breach services and more andmore.
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How was your delivery?
You were in the hospital, did?
Speaker 2 (10:12):
you have an OB?
Did you have a midwife, avaginal delivery, a C-section?
I had an OB and I was inducedin both of my deliveries.
My son was just supercomfortable in there.
He did not want to come out andso I was induced at 41 weeks
with him and then with mydaughter I was induced at, I
believe, 40 weeks, which Ienjoyed being induced because I
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knew it was coming.
I think I have like a littlebit of a control thing and I
knew exactly what day it wascoming, so I didn't have a
problem with being in.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
For your first, the induction.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
How long was it?
You went in on what day?
And then he was born on whatday, yeah.
So I went in at like they hadme come in at like midnight,
which I thought was so odd, butI went in at like midnight and
then he was there by 8am thenext morning.
So it was pretty quick and withmy daughter it was really quick
.
Also, I do have to say like Iwas very lucky to have very
smooth deliveries with both ofthem.
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They were both quick, they wereboth smooth from the minute I
went in.
So I that was not a traumatic,a traumatic thing for me
whatsoever, which I know can befor a lot of moms.
So I feel very grateful in thatpiece of my delivery.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Did you have any tearing or were you intact?
Speaker 2 (11:28):
I did have a little bit of tearing with my son, but
with my daughter I didn't haveany, which I thought was so
crazy to me.
I was walking the neighborhoodthe next day after having her
and one of my neighbors saw meand she was like what are you
doing?
Didn't you just have a baby?
And I was like I feel so great,like I'm just out here walking
the streets I know I just poppeda baby out.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
I know how much did they weigh?
My son was six pounds 15 ounces, and then my daughter was seven
pounds three ounces, I think,so they weren't too terribly big
.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
No, nice and healthy.
Healthy babies, healthy babies.
You decided to breastfeedbottle feed.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Yes.
So I decided to breastfeed andI knew I wanted to breastfeed my
babies and this is kind ofwhere my company Lay Lolo kind
of started.
So I will never forget, with myson, my first birth.
I was in the hospital and mymilk was coming in and my boobs
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were just, oh my gosh, they hurtso bad because they were so
full.
And the lactation consultantcame in and she was trying to
position the baby it's like theywere like so full he couldn't
get a good latch and his latchdidn't hurt, but my boobs hurt
because they were so engorgedand moved his head and, like,
stuck him on my boob to feed andit was fine and dandy, but I
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couldn't do it on my own.
And so I remember coming homeand I was just in so much pain
because of the engorgement and Icalled my sister and I was just
crying and she was like she waslike you need to pump.
She's like you need to pump,you need to get the milk out,
just so that you feel somerelief.
And I was like, but thelactation consultant said, don't
pump because it's going to ruinmy milk supply and my milk
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supply is going to go crazy.
She's like Courtney, you haveto do what's best for you, like,
don't listen to what someoneelse says, make the decision for
yourself and do what's going tobe best for you, to make you
feel comfortable as well as forthe baby.
I couldn't even feed because Iwas in so much pain and so I
pumped and I immediately I feltrelief, and the lactation
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consultant had also told me notto use a nipple shield because
it would mess with the baby'slatch.
Well, my sister was a big fanof nipple shields and she's like
use a nipple shield also.
It'll help her with the latchjust for the first couple of
days.
You don't necessarily need oneafter that if you don't feel
like you do, but it will helpthe baby just learn how to feed
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and if you want to use it afterthat, go for it, if you don't,
don't use it.
So I used a nipple shield and Ididn't have inverted nipples.
I you know my baby didn't havea tongue tie.
They didn't have any of thosereasons that you typically would
use a nipple shield for.
I just needed help with thebaby sucking and then also
relief from the pain frombreastfeeding because my nipples
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were so sore, getting used tothat sucking motion all the time
.
And so I used the nipple shieldand it was so helpful for me,
it was so, so helpful.
But the nipple shields are clearand I would lose it all the
time.
Like it would get stuck in thecouch, it would get stuck in the
blanket in the middle of thenight, it would fall under the
bed.
I'd have to turn the lights on.
I could never find the thingand I was like, oh my gosh, this
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is so crazy.
Like I need a colored nippleshield.
And so I went to Google.
I searched for colored nippleshield.
There was nothing there and Iwas like this are you like I
can't be the only mom losing mynipple shield all day and all
night?
Like where are the colorednipple shields?
And I've always had, you know,an entrepreneurial spirit and
like I always am like, okay, I'mgoing to make this thing.
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I come up with a new idea and Iwas like this would be so much
better, so much easier foreveryone if we had this or that.
And I always tell my husbandall these crazy ideas, shield.
And of course I didn't do it.
And then I had my daughter andthen I went through the same
thing I needed a colored nippleshield.
There still wasn't one outthere, and so, after I had my
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daughter, I decided you knowwhat I'm going to do it I'm
going to make the nipple shieldand I can make it beautiful for
moms also.
I'm kind of getting off trackhere, but as I was also using
the nipple shield with my son, Irealized that all the other
products that I was using are sostale and sterile and they feel
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so medical grade and they'renot pretty.
And as you're transitioningthrough postpartum, which it can
be a very tough time in a mom'slife, she deserves to feel
beautiful and she deserves tofeel worthy and she should enjoy
the products that she has touse during this time of her life
.
And I thought well, what if Ican make all of these products
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that a new mom uses beautiful?
And that's kind of where myidea sparked to create Lay Lolo.
So it started with a nippleshield and then this spring
we're going to be adding 16 newaccessories, all related to
breastfeeding for this firsttime, and they're all beautiful.
They have beautiful colors,beautiful shapes, and I just
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want every mom who uses ouraccessories to be reminded of
her beauty and her strength, andI just hope that when she sees
the accessories she's usingshe's just reminded of those
things and how worthy she is.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
I love the concept behind Le Lolo in bringing back
the beauty of the postpartumperiod and thinking about the
nipple shields that are on themarket right now that are so
sterile, and, in my role as alabor and delivery nurse, and
when a patient does want or needto use the nipple shield that
already exists, it does feelsterile and it almost feels like
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her body isn't working.
So now we have to add somethinglike a medical instrument make
her body work, as opposed toyour product with Lelolo, it's
beautiful, it's cute.
You're bringing something inthat decreases the stress, that
feels natural, that feelsbeautiful, it's cute.
You're bringing something inthat decreases the stress, that
feels natural, that feelsbeautiful, and I think that will
only help women in producingmore milk and having the bond
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with their child.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Totally.
I love how you said that, yes,you're using this piece of
equipment when you feel likeyour body's not working, when
you're using accessories thatmake you feel good.
Also, I remember when peoplewould come over to my house, I
would always hide all of mybreastfeeding things because
they're just so ugly and Ididn't want anyone to see them.
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And I don't ever want a mom tofeel like she has to hide her
accessories because she'sfeeding her child or because
they're not pretty, or becausesomeone might I don't even know
that.
Judge is the word but sheshouldn't have to hide those
things and if it's pretty, maybeshe will enjoy leaving them out
when her family comes over tosee the baby.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
When you first start breastfeeding and you put the
baby on so much of theproduction of milk and producing
the hormones, and the letdownis about the bond.
So you can't be stressed, youcan't be worried, you just have
to enjoy and relax, and I thinkthat's what your products are
going to help women do.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
Thank you.
That is my dream.
If I can help just one mom feela little more joy in her
journey through postpartum, thenmy job is done.
I want every mom just toremember how worthy and
beautiful she is.
And you know, every mom is madespecifically for their baby.
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That will never change, youknow you.
You only ever have one mom andthere's nothing better than a
mom's love.
So I just want every, every newmom to remember that.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Starting a business with two little children.
Talk us through that.
How did you manage being a mom?
Speaker 2 (19:29):
with two little kids and then starting Le Lolo.
Oh man, yes, it was prettycrazy.
I have to give most of mycredit to my husband.
He is amazing, and I was alwaysso scared to take the leap.
I was a stay-at-home mom when Ihad my son.
I left my job at Target and Idecided to stay home with him,
which I never thought.
I was a stay-at-home mom when Ihad my son.
I left my job at Target and Idecided to stay home with him,
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which I never thought I wasgoing to do.
But I'm so glad and gratefulthat that opportunity was given
to me and that I was able to dothat with him.
But I knew from, being astay-at-home mom is so, so hard.
Shout out to all thestay-at-home moms out there If
there that is, that is literallythe hardest job in the world.
I was just going a little crazy,though, so I needed, I needed
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to go back to work, and I know Ineeded to do something, and so
my husband was like you knowwhat?
You should start this business.
You should, you should go forit.
Like we will figure it out, youshould do this.
And I was like, okay, so I wentback to work, Actually I.
So I went back to work Actually, I went back to work for Amazon
and I went for one year and wedecided that we were going to
save every single penny of themoney that I made and we were
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going to save it to fund LayLolo.
So for a year I got up at 4am, Idrove an hour to work and I
drove an hour home.
I would just on my way to workand on my way home I would
daydream about what Lay Lolo was.
I would take notes like voicenotes in my phone about what I
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wanted it to be.
And I just amped myself uphonestly on these drives and
built this vision of what Iwanted this company to be.
And my precious husband is justso amazing.
He would take the kids toschool, he would pick them up,
he was like a stay at home dad,but he was also working full
time while I was working atAmazon, trying to save this
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money so that we could startthis business.
And on my drives I hired adesigner.
I found a manufacturer in Chinato manufacture my goods and I
just used that year of drivinghonestly to build a Lolo and to
get my product ready and tolaunch it and it was probably
one of the hardest years becauseI had to sacrifice the time
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with my kids to be able to setus up for success from a money
standpoint in order to launchthe business.
But I wouldn't change that yearor anything and I'm grateful.
I'm definitely grateful it'sbehind us, but it was a great
learning year as well for me anda great year of growth.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
I love how women, we manage so many things to be able
to do what needs to be done,and I love how, in your story,
you're a mom, you're working,you have your children, you have
your partner and you're gettingit all done.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Yeah, yes, I mean, I think when you're a mom, when
you become a mom, this drivekicks in you because you just
want to make your kids proud.
Kicks in you because you justwant to make your kids proud and
, to be honest, if I didn't havelike, my kids are really my
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driving force behind thiscompany.
Obviously, I would never havehad this idea without them, but
I just want to build somethingto make them proud and to show
them that if there's somethingthat you want to do and you
believe you can do it, if youput your mind to it you can.
And when I was a stay at homemom, I created I think it was
myself a lot of anxieties in myown head and started believing
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and telling myself that I wasn'tgood enough and that I you know
, I could never do somethinglike this.
It was like I was scaring myselfinto not believing in myself
and I had to retrain my brain tostart believing in myself again
and telling myself that I coulddo it.
I had so much anxiety that Iwouldn't post on a Facebook
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group asking I will never forgetthis.
I wanted to know a good gym togo to that had like a baby
daycare and I had so muchanxiety just posting on Facebook
, like on a Facebook group,about that which now seems so
crazy.
But that's how high my anxietywas, because I didn't want to
put myself out there and I hadto retrain my brain and like
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believe in myself again that Icould do this.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
You launched Le Lolo Mother's Day of 2024.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
So you're almost a year in Congratulations.
That's awesome.
How has the last year been foryou?
Speaker 2 (23:59):
It has been quite a ride.
I honestly didn't think that itwould be so hard.
That's very naive of me tothink that.
But building a business and nothaving any background is really
tough and I've learned so much.
I've grown so much.
I've been very stressed also,but I think it's because I put a
lot of pressure on myself tosucceed.
(24:20):
But I wouldn't change it forthe world.
Every day I learn something new.
Every day I meet someone newwho helps me in my journey and I
just feel so grateful that Iget to be on this journey.
And you know, I always say likeI wanted to create something,
not just for myself, butsomething that would better
(24:42):
other people, and I'm sopassionate about this company
and the fact that it is going tohelp every mom in the future.
That means a lot to me.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
How has the feedback been for moms who are using your
product?
Speaker 2 (24:59):
We've had amazing feedback.
We've had a great community ofIBCLCs who have backed our
product and have shared withtheir communities our nipple
shields.
It's just been so amazing, youknow.
They are so impressed by thequality of the shield compared
to our competitors andespecially with our nipple
(25:19):
shield sticker that we createdthat helps secure latch.
And we've just had amazingfeedback and we're so excited
because we're about to launchour 16 new accessories within
the next couple of months and Ijust I can't wait to see where
we go and how we continue togrow.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
Tell us a little bit more about the patch for the
nipple shield.
From my understanding thecompetitors, they don't have a
patch for the shield.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
Correct.
So while I was creating thenipple shield, I was doing a
little bit of research and theone thing that mom said about
using a nipple shield is that itwould always fall off.
The main concern was if itwasn't working for them.
The reason it wasn't working isbecause it was falling off.
So I thought, well, why can't?
Like I should create like asticker for it, because, it's
(26:03):
true, like if it doesn't, if itdoesn't have the perfect suction
to your skin, then it's goingto fall off, or babies moving
around they knock the shield off.
It's just tough to stay in place.
So I created it's a piece ofsilicone and it has think of
like those sticky bras If you'veever used one that you put in
(26:23):
your bra that it's strapless andit has that sticky silicone on
it.
Basically that's what oursticker is, and it's double
sided stick, so it sticks to theshield and then it sticks to
your skin and when you use ityou can actually put your shield
on first and then place babyonto the shield, rather than
having to hold the shield andthen put the baby on and make
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sure that it's lashed.
It really just makes sure thatthe shield stays in place, no
matter where the baby is or howthe baby's moving.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
For women who may find themselves in a similar
position as you.
They have an idea that's beenbrewing and they have two little
kids at home.
What advice would you give tothem to take that leap to start
their business?
Speaker 2 (27:09):
Go for it.
Like you, if you don't go forit, you're always going to
wonder what.
If so, take the leap.
It's going to be worth it inthe end and you will be so
thankful you did.
And if you need some moreencouragement, email me because
we can talk through it and Iwould love to help them, because
I just want every woman to feelempowered and chase her dreams,
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because it's so worth it in theend and you not only you will
thank yourself, but your kidswill thank you also.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
I love that you're creating a space for women to
feel beautiful in theirbreastfeeding journey space for
women to feel beautiful in theirbreastfeeding journey.
Honestly, I wish that mypatients had access to these
products.
In the hospital, there's somuch sterilization you feel like
a patient.
The products that are beingused in the hospital today don't
really set moms up to feelbeautiful and to be 100%
(28:04):
successful in theirbreastfeeding journey that they
want to have.
I hope in the future, that yourproducts can be found more
accessibly in the hospitalsystem.
I think that would be amazing.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
Oh my gosh, stephanie .
Talk about a dream.
That would be incredible.
I would love that more thananything, and I don't think that
any dream can't be achieved, soI hope one day that that is the
case don't think that any dreamcan't be achieved, so I hope
one day that that is the case.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
We talk about the transition.
We talk about becoming moms inthe postpartum journey is
intense and anything that we cando to help women succeed in
their breastfeeding journey,feeling beautiful, feeling
empowered.
Together.
We're in this journey to helpother women.
I'm so glad that you took thetime to sit and chat with me
today and to share your storyand to share your products and
your growth and your business.
Leilolo, if anyone who islistening, who wants to find
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your products, where can theyfind you?
Speaker 2 (29:00):
Okay, so we are at wwwweareleilolocom, that's
L-E-L-O-L-O, and then we arealso on Instagram at
weareleilolo.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your
story and your beautiful family,and I'm excited to see where
you are in the next year andyour new products that are going
to be coming out.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Thank you, Stephanie.
I had such a great time.
I really appreciate you havingme on.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
We need your help by making a donation, you'll be
supporting us and bringing youeven more great content.
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I truly believe creating thisspace for women all across the
globe to share their story willallow us to collectively heal,
grow and become more empoweredin the space that we deserve to
be.
Motherhood, womanhood andhowever that looks and feels for
each and every one of us, everycontribution, big or small,
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will make a huge difference.
If you can head over to supportus today, there's a link in the
bio to support the podcast.
From the bottom of my heart,thank you for being a part of
this journey.
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Thank you, bye.
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