Queens Lactation

We are calling all fathers, partners, grandparents, aunties, siblings, and support people to join us on Saturday, August 31, for an interactive class on breastfeeding basics.

Throughout the workshop, we will discuss the advantages of breastfeeding from nutritional benefits to emotional bonds. Interactive learning stations will be arranged around the room, providing hands-on opportunities to learn about breastfeeding positions, the art of latching, and the effective use of breastfeeding accessories. The practical portion is designed to impart real-life skills and foster a supportive community atmosphere.

We will also address how family members can play an essential role in supporting breastfeeding, ensuring that mothers feel encouraged and assisted throughout their journey. It's a class you will want to attend!

Click the link here to register and secure your spot:
bit.ly/breast101

Hey Village! Meet our Lactation team at the 4th Annual DC Citywide Baby Shower! This Saturday, April 27th, from 10 am - 3 pm, our Lactation team will be doing 1:1s and group counseling, as well as hosting our Milk Bar class from 11 am - 12 pm, where we will dive into lactation topics such as mastering the perfect latch to boosting milk supply and refining pumping techniques, we're going to cover it all.

This event will also include speakers educating on the benefits of leave types in DC, providing community resources, and workshops to help families plan for parenthood!

Date: Saturday, April 27
Time: 10 a.m –3 p.m.
Location: Hook Hall, 3400 Georgia Ave NW, Washington DC 20010
Register: https://bit.ly/DCShower

See you there! ✨💜

With permission from this mom, I wanted to celebrate her tandem breastfeeding her twin girls. If you’re birthing and need lactation support, let’s link.

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Listen, I am an EXPERT in infant nutrition. I am also an EXPERT in Human Breastmilk. In what ever ways your family needs support, I will provide this comfort.

Deciding not to breastfeed is a valid choice for parents struggling with breastfeeding. As a parent, choosing your own mental health, physical health or emotional health by electing to switch to bottle feeding is a viable option to feeding your baby when the situation dictates it. What situations dictate the switch to bottles? It's a very short list:

1) Whenever the parents would like to bottle feed instead of breastfeed.

We need to take a step back and support families instead of blindly chasing ideals because on occasion, chasing those ideals can cause harm.

(A quick aside - any mentions of "breast is best", "fed is best", bottle shaming, etc will get deleted and that person will immediately get banned. This is a support page. Be supportive or leave.)

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.022746

Breastfeeding Is Associated With a Reduced Maternal Cardiovascular Risk: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis Involving Data From 8 Studies and 1 192 700 Parous Women Background Breastfeeding has been robustly linked to reduced maternal risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and type 2 diabetes. We herein systematically reviewed the published evidence on the ass...

The left is the appropriate amount of a feed for a newborn on day one. Do NOT let the right fool you. You're not starving your child

EDIT: please read. R E A D. Day one. One feed. This is not formula vs breastmilk. If your child took more then 5/7/10 ml per feed on day one, willingly thats great! If on day one your breastfed infant got 5 ML, great. This is not the case of starvation. This post does not address actual starvation it’s about stomach volume. The comments went entirely out of control and will soon be turned off