Monthly Archives: December 2011

Preparing for the New Year

As Lactation Matters enters 2012, we would like to revisit our mission and assess if we are meeting your professional needs.  As we launched this blog in August 2011, our goals were to: Nurture your education and self-confidence as a … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays!

From those of us at Lactation Matters, we wish you well during this holiday season.  May you find joy and happiness spending time with family and loved ones.  May you find a few quiet moments to spend by yourself, relaxing … Continue reading

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Becoming a FILCA: Part Two

In Becoming a FILCA: Part Two, Joy Heads shares her story.  Don’t miss Kathy Parkes reflecting on her designation as FILCA in Becoming a FILCA: Part One. Joy Heads RM; CM, MHPEd, IBCLC, FILCA ILCA BOD Global Outreach 2011-2014 Joy … Continue reading

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Becoming a FILCA: Part One

Become a Fellow of ILCA! Applications for this year are closing soon! The deadline for applications for the 2012 Fellow of the International Lactation Consultant Association (FILCA) are about to close on December31, 2011.  This is a self-nominated, self-funded designation … Continue reading

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Nursing is Normal – A Video from the Central District Breastfeeding Coalition

Thank you so much to Betsy Ayers, a lactation consultant at Meridian St. Luke’s hospital in Boise, Idaho, for sending this video to Lactation Matters.  What a beautiful testiment to normalizing breastfeeding, especially in public! If you have a video … Continue reading

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IBCLCs Around the World – Natalya Razakhatskaya

I was born in Belarus in 1978. While in school, I wanted to be a doctor just like my granny. Later, I entered the linguistic university and became an interpreter. After graduation, I started to work in a French IT … Continue reading

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Let’s Share Our Breastfeeding News!

The greatest aspect of a blog is that it can be used as a launching point for conversations.  Blog articles are not traditional stagnant news articles.  Instead, they are living documents that can be added to, modified, and created by … Continue reading

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