I’m a 38-year-old Black woman, weeks away from giving birth to my third child, which will be the sixth in our blended family. My partner, Dr. Tre Watkins, is a professor and social justice scholar whose influence has shaped my perspective on lactation through a social justice lens. As a soon-to-be breastfeeding mother again, ten…
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Thanksgiving is upon us. This year, I’m grateful for family, friends, my fellow breastfeeding activists, and most of all, San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition. I started to blog for SDCBC in November, 2013, when my first child was six months old and when I lost my last job over a breastfeeding discrimination claim. With that being…
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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…
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As parents, we all want to provide the best for our children. And there is rarely a better opportunity for us to nourish our kids than breastfeeding—especially for new parents, breastfeeding is a wonderful opportunity to nourish our babies, both physically and emotionally. Of course, breastfeeding also presents challenges. And that’s what I want to…
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I was a breastfeeding mom for six years. During the six years, I have been separated from my baby for three months for work reasons, I have flown to four different cities with my pump within six months, I have been sent to the emergency room with mastitis and high fever, my milk supply has…
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Top July 2023 Headlines: Top Headlines: Pride Month, LGBTQIA+ lactation support resources, research, events, and more
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Top July 2023 Headlines: Top Headlines: Pride Month, LGBTQIA+ lactation support resources, research, events, and more
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Last month, I attended a PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act and Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) celebration event with the White House Gender Policy Council. The victories are very personal to me, and it was my great pleasure to share my story at the event. I have been advocating for the PUMP since 2013, when I was denied the…
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As embarrassed as I am, I decided to share the experience here because it’s important for new parents to understand that while breastfeeding is natural, it is a learned skill for both mother and baby.
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Top June 2023 Headlines: Top Headlines: Pride Month, LGBTQIA+ lactation support resources, research, events, and more
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I’m a 38-year-old Black woman, weeks away from giving birth to my third child, which will be the sixth in our blended family. My partner, Dr. Tre Watkins, is a professor and social justice scholar whose influence has shaped my perspective on lactation through a social justice lens. As a soon-to-be breastfeeding mother again, ten…
The post The Role of Justice in Promoting Black Breastfeeding appeared first on San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition.
Thanksgiving is upon us. This year, I’m grateful for family, friends, my fellow breastfeeding activists, and most of all, San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition. I started to blog for SDCBC in November, 2013, when my first child was six months old and when I lost my last job over a breastfeeding discrimination claim. With that being…
The post Ten Years with SDCBC appeared first on San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition.
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.
As parents, we all want to provide the best for our children. And there is rarely a better opportunity for us to nourish our kids than breastfeeding—especially for new parents, breastfeeding is a wonderful opportunity to nourish our babies, both physically and emotionally. Of course, breastfeeding also presents challenges. And that’s what I want to…
The post A Wonderful Opportunity appeared first on San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition.
I was a breastfeeding mom for six years. During the six years, I have been separated from my baby for three months for work reasons, I have flown to four different cities with my pump within six months, I have been sent to the emergency room with mastitis and high fever, my milk supply has…
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