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
Category Archives: Breastfeeding Advocacy
World Wide Impact in 10 Minutes or Less: Using Social Media for Powerful Change
By Amber McCann, IBCLC One week ago, Lactation Matters posted a blog entitled If YOU Don’t Advocate forMothers & Babies, Who Will? If there was any doubt that you, the Lactation Matters readers, were willing to step up to the … Continue reading
How IBCLCs Can Make an Impact Through Social Media
Written by Robin Kaplan, M.Ed., IBCLC With 93% of adults born after 1982 (the Millennial Generation) communicating online and nearly 3 out of 4 using social networking websites, such as Facebook and Twitter, breastfeeding promotion and support has been taken … Continue reading
If YOU Don’t Advocate for Mothers & Babies, Who Will?
Written by Jennie Bever Babendure, PhD, IBCLC As IBCLCs, part of our Code of Professional Conduct (IBLCE November 1st, 2011)calls on us to adhere to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes and Subsequent Resolutions. For those of us who … Continue reading
A Day in the Life of Breastfeeding Support and Promotion in Public Health
By Lisa Akers, MS, RD, IBCLC, RLC I have worked in public health for over a decade and it never ceases to amaze me the number of people who truly do not understand public health or the work that public health officials … Continue reading
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Supporting Active Duty Military Mothers as an IBCLC
By Robyn Roche-Paull, BS, IBCLC, and LLL Leader As the author of the book, Breastfeeding in Combat Boots, I am often asked by my fellow lactation consultants how to best support active duty military mothers who wish to continue breastfeeding while serving their … Continue reading
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Tagged Active Duty, breastfeeding, Combat Boots, Military, Robyn Roche-Paull
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American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Breastfeeding Launches New Facebook Page
By Jennifer Thomas, MD, MPH, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM The internet has increasingly become a tool for people seeking health By Jennifer Thomas, MD, MPH, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM information. A Pew Internet and American Life survey in 2011 showed that 80% of internet … Continue reading
Bryson’s Legacy: A Story of Milk Donation and the Love of a Family
Those who attended the 2012 ILCA Conference had the wonderful privilege to view a video presented by Ryan Comfort, of Milk for Thought, which told the story of Amy and Bryan Anderson and their son, Bryson. There was an intense emotion in … Continue reading
IBCLCs Play a Critical Role in the US Best Fed Beginnings Program
By Debi Ferrarello, MSN, MS, IBCLC The National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality (NICHQ) launched it’s CDC-supported Best Fed Beginnings program with the ambitious goal of preparing 90 US hospitals for Baby-Friendly designation by September, 2014. The 90 hospitals were selected from 235 … Continue reading
Reducing the Breastfeeding Disparities Among African American Women: A Commentary from ROSE, Inc.
Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere, Inc. (ROSE) seeks to enhance, encourage, support, and promote breastfeeding throughout the USA, by working to reduce the breastfeeding disparities among African American women. We also seek to strengthen the health of their families through, mentoring, breastfeeding support groups, … Continue reading
What a Difference a {National Breastfeeding} Month Makes!
Written by Jennie Bever Babendure, PhD, IBCLC Although my oldest son is the reason I got into lactation, my youngest has borne the brunt of my lactivist enthusiasm by virtue of being born after I became an IBCLC. For the first … Continue reading
