The PUMP Act requires employers to provide a private room and break time for nursing employees, who can sue for violations. But new data finds that the majority of employers are not fully complying ...

There are many resources available to faculty, staff and students through the university’s Lactation Support Program as well as community and national resources, including the information below.

As more women have entered the workforce, the need for lactation support has increased, yet is still not recognized as an important health benefit. This can not only have a negative effect on ...

When the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released updated feeding guidelines in June—extending the recommended duration for providing human milk to children from 1 to 2 years—it drew swift ...

Kittery entrepreneur Amy VanHaren launched a $1.15 million seed round to grow her lactation-support company, Pumpspotting. She's seen here on a stop in New York City during a promotional tour.

Motherhood is not always a walk in the park, and many moms face similar struggles during their breastfeeding periods. International Board Certified Lactation Consultant Krystal Nicole Duhaney, is the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends infants be breastfed exclusively for the first six months. But the CDC says less than 60% of mothers are still breastfeeding at that ...

The breastfeeding clinic at Swedish Hospital Credit: Dawn Carlson, courtesy Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital Nursing a baby is one of those things that’s often portrayed as simple, natural, even easy.

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After giving birth in Brooklyn in 2015, before I had even eaten, I phoned the hospital lactation consultant to beg for help feeding my daughter. She never called back or came, so I attended her weekly ...

According to The New York Times, “only 61% of Black mothers initiated breastfeeding compared to 78% of white mothers.” Indeed, Woods explained how “[d]uring slavery times, African Americans has to ...