What is Vitamin D?
By Cynthia Sears, MS, BC Did you know that “Vitamin D” is not really a vitamin? It’s actually a steroid hormone produced in the body… Read More »What is Vitamin D?
By Cynthia Sears, MS, BC Did you know that “Vitamin D” is not really a vitamin? It’s actually a steroid hormone produced in the body… Read More »What is Vitamin D?
By Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC, FILCA Just like in the fictional Minnesota town of Lake Wobegon, where “all the children are above average,” many parents believe… Read More »Should All Breastfed Babies Have Above Average Weight Gains?
By Rosalie Rust You may have heard someone say that breastfeeding our babies is a basic human right. However, it isn’t uniquely human. In fact,… Read More »Amazing Mammal Mothers Making Milk
By Stormy Miller Are you pumping milk for your baby while you are at work? Are you exclusively pumping your milk for your baby? Are… Read More »Are You Ready to Wean From Your Breast Pump?
By Sharon Knorr, BSMT (ASCP), Breastfeeding USA Counselor For most of human history, the sharing of human milk has taken place in the form of… Read More »Milk Sharing: Formal and Informal
By Betty Crase and Sharon Knorr, BS, IBCLC, BRAID Chair Part of the mission of Breastfeeding USA is to provide evidence-based information. What does that… Read More »What Does Evidence-Based Mean?
By Mia Gonzalez There it is: one beautiful beating heart on the ultrasound screen… and then you see another. Whether you knew it was a… Read More »Breastfeeding Twins and More
By Norma Ritter, IBCLC, RLC Have you noticed how so many babies these days are being diagnosed with tongue and/or lip ties? What are tongue… Read More »Tell Me About Tongue Ties!
Escrito por Norma Ritter, IBCLC, RLC ¿Te has fijado en la cantidad de bebés hoy día que están siendo diagnosticados con frenillos linguales o frenillos… Read More »¡Cuéntame sobre los frenillos cortos!
By Nancy Layish, LCSW, ACSW OVERVIEW Postpartum depression (PPD) is a form of depression that develops following childbirth and impacts functioning to various degrees depending… Read More »Hiding in Plain Sight: Postpartum Depression