Breastfeeding and Breast Cancer
While USLCA maintains our commitment to using gender-inclusive language, the following post utilizes gendered terms in line with the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine’s protocol to maintain medical accuracy. —- By Katrina B. Mitchell, MD, IBCLC, PMH-C,...
A Tribute to Hospital Lactation Consults
By Angela Lober, PhD, RNC, IBCLCOctober 21, 2021 As hospital lactation consultants, we are advocates, academics, clinicians, educators, and mystics. When we meet a family, some of us meet thousands of families every year, we immediately adjust ourselves to fit the...
Providing Lactation Support to Families After Loss: In Honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
The following piece discusses infant loss and may be triggering for some. —- By Hope Logghe, IBCLCOctober 15, 2021 October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month when we remember all the families who are grieving after facing the most unimaginable...