Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition designated Wichita State University as a “Breastfeeding Welcome Here” campus back in September. The news caught my attention not because WSU provides private lactation rooms through the campus—lactation facilities on university campuses are not rare. Take our local university, UCSD, for example. UCSD provides fourteen lactation rooms throughout its campus, many of… The post The Importance of Supporting Lactating Students appeared first on San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition.

Between my two children, I breastfed for six years. During the six years, my breast pump accompanied me to a dozen cities, from Columbus to Austin to Berkeley, because as a working reporter, I travel frequently for assignments. For six years, my breast pump and the baby photos I pinned on the pump bag got me through many long nights… The post How I Keep My Breast Pump Clean appeared first on San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition.

Last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics released an updated policy statement on breastfeeding that suggested increasing the duration of breastfeeding to two years or more from one year or more. This is the first update to the breastfeeding recommendations in a decade. The post What do these breastfeeding guidelines tell us? appeared first on San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition.

Recently, I was informed by my agent that a book I wrote ten years ago will be reproduced as an e-book and be relaunched. So I did a second proofreading, and recalled that I had written an article covering the 2010 Haiti earthquake: “…One day, a mother brought her baby, who was less than six months old,… The post Breastfeeding Contributes to the Survival of All appeared first on San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition.

Writing blog posts for my local breastfeeding coalition is all about storytelling for social good. So today I am going to tell another breastfeeding story. It was 1949, in the middle of Chinese civil war. A mother trying to escape from the war-torn China got on a refugee boat in Guangzhou with her 3-year-old and… The post Breastfeeding: Our Stories appeared first on San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition.

When I was pregnant with my first child, during a prenatal interview, my then future pediatrician asked me if I planned to breastfeed. I said, “I will try if I have milk.”  He told me, “With proper support, virtually every mother has milk.” It was this statement that motivated me to make a breastfeeding plan.… The post How to Promote Breastfeeding in Ethnic Groups? Study Says Prenatal Education Might be the Answer. appeared first on San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition.

This year may feel different to many of us, but here at San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition, we continue to protect, promote and support breastfeeding through education, outreach and advocacy in our community. While we might have to do things a little differently, we are grateful that we are able to carry on with our… The post A Look Back at SDCBC’s Activism in 2020 appeared first on San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition.

The season of Thanksgiving is upon us. I am especially in the mood of gratitude these days because my youngest child turned three years old in late October and weaned himself in early November. With that being said, I have completed my breastfeeding mission—a mission that I once considered impossible! I credit my success to… The post Celebrating Breastfeeding and Giving Back appeared first on San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition.

Extended breastfeeding, which is considered breastfeeding beyond one year in the U.S., has been a popular topic among my mom friends and readers. It seems my mom friends never stopped debating and my mom readers never stopped asking “shall I stop breastfeeding when my child turns one?” “Does extended breastfeeding lead to tooth decay?” “Why… The post All About Extended Breastfeeding appeared first on San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition.