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What a Difference a {National Breastfeeding} Month Makes!
Written by Jennie Bever Babendure, PhD, IBCLC ILCA Marketing Committee Although my oldest son is the reason I got into lactation, my youngest has borne the brunt of my lactivist enthusiasm by virtue of...
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Reducing the Breastfeeding Disparities Among African American Women: A...
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...
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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...
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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,...
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American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Breastfeeding Launches New Facebook...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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Pumped Up: Supporting Nursing Moms at Work
When Brandon Wright, store manager for Goodwill Industries in Lafayette, IN, learned that two of his employees were pregnant, he wasted no time letting them know that if they planned to breastfeed, he...
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Seven Ways To Support Black Breastfeeding Week
This week marks the second annual Black Breastfeeding Week (learn more here). We asked Kimberly Durdin, IBCLC, SMW, to share with us her reflections on her path to becoming an IBCLC, why we need...
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