Journal of Human Lactation- Discard the Stereotype, Strengthen the Science, and Experience Success
- Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: The Role of Human Milk in Preventing Disease in the 21st Century
- Punching Above Its Weight: Does New Zealand's Responsibility for Protecting, Promoting, and Supporting Breastfeeding Extend beyond Its Own Borders?
- Thickened Milk for the Management of Feeding and Swallowing Issues in Infants: A Call for Interdisciplinary Professional Guidelines
- From Breast Milk to Brains: The Potential of Stem Cells in Human Milk
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Hats Off to Kentucky Educational Television for An Awesome Breastfeeding Panel Discussion!
Kentucky Educational Television (KET) is Kentucky’s educational television network with a mission of “educating, inspiring, informing, and connecting its citizens through the power of public media.” With Kentucky’s breastfeeding rates ranked 48th among states in the US according to the … Continue reading
Interview with Trish MacEnroe of Baby Friendly USA
Lactation Matters recently caught up with Trish MacEnroe, Executive Director of Breastfeeding USA. While the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative is well established in many areas of the world, the number of facilities pursuing the designation has soared recently in the … Continue reading
Posted in Breastfeeding Advocacy, US news, WHO Code/BFHI
Tagged Baby Friendly USA, BFHI, hospital, Trish Macenroe
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Just When You Didn’t Plan Anything for World Breastfeeding Week…..
World Breastfeeding Week brought about wonderful opportunities to engage with our communities about the incredible impact of breastfeeding. This is one IBCLCs account of her thought process as she navigated doing a live, on-air television interview. By Denise Altman, RN, … Continue reading
JHL’s Newest Podcast: Challenges and Successes: The Baby Friendly Initiative in Norway
The Journal of Human Lactation’s (JHL) newest podcast is now available on their website. Based upon “Challenges and Successes: The Baby Friendly Initiative in Norway” from the latest issue of JHL, this podcast is an interview by Editor-in-Chief, Anne Merewood, … Continue reading
Posted in JHL article, JHL News, Norway, WHO Code/BFHI
Tagged BFHI, JHL, Norway, podcast
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Making Connections: Serendipity + Opportunity + a Few Lily Pads
As a follow-up to Tuesday’s post about mother-to-mother support, we asked Melissa Vickers to share about how she came to be a co-editor with Dr. Virginia Thorley on this project. By Melissa Clark Vickers, MEd, IBCLC Try something with me…. Instead … Continue reading
Posted in Networking/Relationship Building
Tagged 10th Step, Connections, Melissa Vickers, Networking, writing
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Conference Wrap-Up
By Amber McCann, IBCLC Truthfully, its takes me about this long to gather my energy, edit some photos, gather some links and get my head out of the “That was amazing!” clouds! As a conference “newbie”, I was unsure of … Continue reading
Posted in ILCA 2012 Conference
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The 10th Step and Beyond: Mother Support for Breastfeeding
By Virginia Thorley, OAM, PhD, IBCLC, FILCA Mother support for breastfeeding has been my passion for more years that I care to admit, starting when Marian Tompson, La Leche League’s first president, provided me with the confidence and encouragement to reverse iatrogenic … Continue reading
Welcome Baby Eden!
Welcome to the World, Eden Christopher Sroka! Natalie Sroka (ILCA’s Executive Director) and her husband Adam welcomed baby Eden on July 19, 2012. He was FUELED UP AND READY TO GO for World Breastfeeding Week! Congratulations Natalie & Adam … Continue reading
Posted in ILCA News
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The LCANZ Conference is Coming Soon!
ILCA’s Multinational Affiliate, Lactation Consultants of Australia & New Zealand LCANZ, is celebrating its Inaugural conference in just 4 weeks ! “Breastfeeding: the blueprint for life” Held at the Sydney Masonic Centre, there’s still plenty of time to register online at www.LCANZconference.org ! The … Continue reading
Posted in Australia News, Conferences, IBCLCs around the globe, LCANZ
Tagged Conference, LCANZ, Sydney
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World Breastfeeding Week: More babies are receiving donor human milk in Canada
By Jodine Chase It’s been almost two years since the Canadian Pediatric Society called for a network of donor human milk banks across Canada to join the country’s single milk bank in Vancouver. Now, across the country, more babies have the … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Milk Banking/Sharing, World Breastfeeding Week
Tagged Calgary, Canada, HMBANA, Jodine Chase, Milk Banking, Milk Sharing
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