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
Tag Archives: Jennie Bever Babendure
The Top Lactation Matters Blog Posts of 2012!
As we wind up 2012, we thought we’d take a look back at our most read blog posts of the year. It has been an exciting year at Lactation Matters, as we have passed our 100,000 views mark. We are … 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
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
Increasing breastfeeding duration: One Sling at a Time!
Written by Jennie Bever Babendure, PhD, IBCLC By now, most of us in the lactation field have heard of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC). Maybe you’ve even been lucky enough to hear Nils Bergman speak passionately about the work he’s done using KMC, and … Continue reading
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How can we best support mothers to reach their breastfeeding goals?
Written by Jennie Bever Babendure, PhD, IBCLC Despite the recent media attention on toddler breastfeeding, a majority of women in the US and many other countries struggle to reach even 6 months of breastfeeding. To help mothers reach their breastfeeding goals, researchers … Continue reading
Synthetic Oxytocin and Depressed Newborn Feeding Behaviors; Could There be a Link?
Written by Jennie Bever Babendure, PhD, IBCLC The ever increasing rates of labor induction and augmentation have caused many to begin to ask if the use of synthetic oxytocin to start or augment labor may impact mothers and babies after … Continue reading
Implications of Obesity in Breastfeeding Women – A Follow-Up
Lactation Matters would like to thank all of our readers who left comments about the Implications of Obesity in Breastfeeding Women article. Your comments clearly raised some very important issues about how we, as lactation consultants, should use research articles to … Continue reading
Can a Change in Pediatric Office Policy Begin to Change the Culture of Infant Feeding?
Written by Jennie Bever Babendure, PhD, IBCLC In the February issue of Breastfeeding Medicine, Ann M. Witt and her colleagues analyze the impact of integrating lactation consultants into a pediatric practice1. Although providing referral to or in-office lactation services if … Continue reading
Do Children See Breastfeeding?
By Jennie Bever Babendure, PhD, IBCLC With the recent push to Bring Breastfeeding back to Sesame Street, and deletion of breastfeeding images by Facebook, this month’s article seems particularly timely. In countries where the act of breastfeeding is often done … Continue reading
Do Interruptions Interfere with Early Breastfeeding?
By Jennie Bever Babendure, PhD, IBCLC In the Jan/Feb 2012 edition of the American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, Barbara Morrison and Susan Ludington-Ho published a study looking at Interruptions to Breastfeeding Dyads in an LDRP Unit(1). They observed the doors … Continue reading
