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How To Become A Certified Lactation Educator™ And Why It Might Be Right For You

February 15, 2021 (EST) / 4 minutes of reading / CAPPA, Educating, Lactation / breastfeeding instructor, breastfeeding support, lactation consultant, le leche league, Nursing Mother's Council

CAPPA Certified Lactation Educator™, CLE® If you feel inspired to support people through lactation and breastfeeding/chestfeeding, you might have considered becoming a Certified Lactation Educator™. A CAPPA Certified Lactation Educator™, CLE® works with parents to offer unbiased, evidence based support. In order to determine if this profession might be right for you, you might wonder …

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Love Triumphs Lactation

July 14, 2020 (EDT) / 4 minutes of reading / Lactation / 1 Comment

Lactation education is in higher demand than ever. Social media has allowed for mass promotion of breastfeeding. This visible acceptance and saturation on the web, coupled with continued public health agencies echoing the importance of breastfeeding has families searching for high-quality, available classes in their areas. Breastfeeding can be the great equalizer. It is imperative …

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Pregnant? Prepare Now for Breastfeeding.

June 1, 2020 (EDT) / 6 minutes of reading / Lactation / 1 Comment

Breastfeeding is what makes humans mammals, and in some ways is the most natural of acts. If you’ve ever seen a parent nurse their baby while keeping up with a toddler at the playground, you know that. But breastfeeding and chestfeeding are also learned. And for most of us, because we haven’t spent our lives …

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Understanding Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex and Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding Aversion and Agitation

March 30, 2020 (EDT) / 5 minutes of reading / Lactation

As a mother, I enjoyed tandem breastfeeding my toddler and child…most of the time. Toward the end of the weaning process, I began to struggle when my toddler fed at the breast, especially when he would “tweak” my other nipple. It started as an itching sensation in my mouth and a resentful rage in my …

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Inside Black Breastfeeding Week with Co-Creator Kiddada Green

August 26, 2019 (EDT) / 6 minutes of reading / Black Breastfeeding Week, Lactation / 2 Comments

The month of August is National Breastfeeding Month. This month-long celebration culminates with Black Breastfeeding Week (BBW). This year’s theme is “The World is Yours: Imagine. Innovate. Liberate!” As an African American woman, I breastfed my babies the best I could, without having the resources or help that my counterparts received when they breastfed their …

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What We Know About Cannabis Use in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

April 22, 2019 (EDT) / 10 minutes of reading / Educating, Labor Doula, Lactation, Postpartum / 1 Comment

I have spent the last two decades as a birth worker, doula trainer, and labor & delivery and maternal child health nurse. I have been able to support families from prenatal education and yoga, labor and delivery, to watching children and families grow in so many directions. I have been hearing the same question tossed …

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Breastfeeding Support Equals Breastfeeding Success

February 25, 2019 (EST) / 7 minutes of reading / Lactation

The majority of families plan on breastfeeding. In the United States alone, 81.1% initiate breastfeeding in the hospital. Unfortunately, little is being done to help families reach their goals if breastfeeding issues arise or if mothers have to be separated from their infants. In fact, most medical professionals will recommend formula feeding in these situations. …

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Breastfeeding Friendly Workplaces Influences Breastfeeding Duration

January 29, 2019 (EST) / 4 minutes of reading / Lactation / 1 Comment

The percentage of mothers returning to work after delivery within 3 months has increased in the last 50 years. [1] With 1 in 4 women returning to work within 10 days after birth, one-third returning after three months, and another third by six months. [2] Working mothers continue to be among the fastest growing segment …

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“Milk Jugs, Tits, Cow”

December 11, 2018 (EST) / 4 minutes of reading / Lactation / 1 Comment

I had this interesting conversation with my client the other day which had to do with what people think they have the right to say when perhaps they should keep their comments to themselves. This has to do with breastfeeding, which is very close to my heart as I believe that is the best start …

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Studying the Microbiome

November 12, 2018 (EST) / 4 minutes of reading / Educating, Lactation

A few months back a colleague sent me information on a local study being done at MIT titled “Breast Fed Infant/Toddler Stool Sample Study”. She thought I would be interested in reading more about it and possibly participating. The criteria was: Being 18 years or older Having an infant/toddler 2-36 months Having an infant/toddler that …

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