by Leigh Ann Torres | Aug 28, 2023 | Nutrition
August 25-31 marks Black Breastfeeding Week, a week established to raise awareness of the gaping racial disparity in breastfeeding rates. Recent CDC data show that 58.9% of black women have ever breastfed versus 75% of white women. Common breastfeeding challenges...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Aug 18, 2023 | Life after the NICU, NICU Life, Nutrition
UPDATED AUGUST 2023 The month of August marks Breastfeeding Awareness Month, a campaign funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services which hopes to empower women to commit to breastfeeding. Breast milk is especially important for premature and...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Aug 1, 2023 | NICU Life, Nutrition
Breastfeeding can be challenging under the best of circumstances, but when your baby is in the NICU, a whole new set of challenges presents itself. Every family’s feeding journey looks different. Feeding your baby may not look the way you imagined it, but feeding...
by Guest Blogger | Mar 10, 2023 | NICU Life, Nutrition
by Trish Ringley, RN When a baby is in the NICU, there is a good chance that the baby will need extra attention paid to his or her nutrition. So much attention is given to human milk and breastfeeding that by now most people are very well aware that human milk is the...
by Guest Blogger | Mar 6, 2023 | NICU Life, Nutrition
It’s good to become familiar with the types of nutrition your baby will receive while in the NICU. by Melinda J. Elliott, MD, FAAP Chief Medical Officer, Prolacta Bioscience Pregnancy is a special journey in life. Every parent wants an idyllic pregnancy without...
by Leigh Ann Torres | Aug 16, 2021 | Medical Info & Resources, NICU Life, Nutrition
This article was created in partnership with Medela. Reviewed and updated in August 2021. Medela asked NICU moms what questions they have about providing breast milk to their premature babies, and teamed up with Hand to Hold to provide their expert guidance to answer...
