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Black Breastfeeding Week: August 25-31

Black Breastfeeding Week: August 25-31

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...
Breastfeeding Basics in the NICU

Breastfeeding Basics in the NICU

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...