Breastfeeding as a Black woman can oftentimes feel like a challenge. Luckily Black Breastfeeding Week helps highlight and celebrate the health benefits, empowerment, and community engagement ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A newly developed proactive app could instantly connect breastfeeding mothers with pediatricians or lactation consultants to help collect data, monitor patients and provide ...

Up to 87% of mothers in the United States breastfeed their babies at some point, but the process isn't always seamless. New moms can face issues with milk supply, pain, soreness and improper latches — ...

Breastfeeding isn’t always an easy experience. Your nipples can end up feeling painful or sore. You may wonder if you’re producing enough milk for the baby. If you’re a first-time mother, you may be ...

New students may begin the program in the fall or spring term. Didactic classes meet on the Drexel Center City Campus once per week from 6 to 9:50 p.m. Supervised practice is completed in Philadelphia ...

Credit: mlgkhc on Flickr, under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). (WOMENSENEWS)–Sakia’Lynn Johnson was cautiously optimistic. Last year, as one of two African American international board certified ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Having access to even a few hours with a professional specially trained to help women breastfeed may raise the number of women who start breastfeeding and stick with it, ...

Carrie Cohen (left) and Dixie Whetsell, both certified lactation consultants, will teach courses in Portland State University's new lactation education concentration. (Amy Wang/The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Hsieh, M.D., covers healthcare economics, innovation, and policy. I just read an excellent essay by lawyer Jaimie Cavanaugh, ...

Over the past two decades, Mary Jackson has helped countless women, especially women of color, to embrace breastfeeding by promoting its benefits and providing them with valuable techniques. The ...