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Category Archives: World Breastfeeding Week
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
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
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
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World Breastfeeding Week: Breastfeeding in Ireland
In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week, Lactation Matters will post every day this week, highlighting the stories of breastfeeding in different cultures and countries. By Geraldine Cahill, IBCLC The promotion of breastfeeding has been a key government health policy in Ireland … Continue reading
World Breastfeeding Week: Massachusetts, USA Hospitals Go Bag Free
By Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC Massachusetts is now the second state in the US, behind Rhode Island, to have had all of its maternity hospitals eliminate the practice of distributing formula company discharge bags. Ban the Bags is a campaign … Continue reading
World Breastfeeding Week: Supporting Hmong Women in Sacramento, CA
In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week, Lactation Matters will post every day this week, highlighting the stories of breastfeeding in different cultures and countries. At Lactation Matters, celebrating World Breastfeeding Week means not only highlighting breastfeeding in the many countries on earth, … Continue reading
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World Breastfeeding Week: Breastfeeding in Papua New Guinea
In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week, Lactation Matters will post every day this week, highlighting the stories of breastfeeding in different cultures and countries. Written by Jeralie Fairbanks, RN, IBCLC In June 2012, I had the opportunity to visit Kudjip Nazarene … Continue reading
World Breastfeeding Week: New Breastfeeding Bill in Israeli Parliament
In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week, Lactation Matters will post every day this week, highlighting the stories of breastfeeding in different cultures and countries. Written by Ellen Shein, IBCLC, LLLL In 2011, a member of of the Israeli Parliament, Danny … Continue reading
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Let’s Celebrate: World Breastfeeding Week and Happy Birthday, Lactation Matters!
One year ago, Lactation Matters launched with a focus toward informing and advocating for IBCLCs. It was no accident that the first posts were published every day during World Breastfeeding Week 2011. The theme of last year’s World Breastfeeding Week … Continue reading
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FREE Access to the Journal of Human Lactation during August in celebration of World Breastfeeding Week
The Journal of Human Lactation (JHL) is the premier quarterly, peer-reviewed journal publishing original research, commentaries relating to human lactation and breastfeeding behavior, case reports relevant to the practicing lactation consultant and other health professionals who assist lactating mothers or their breastfeeding … Continue reading
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