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Lactation consultant helps Black mothers on breastfeeding journey
Friday marks the start of Black Breastfeeding week and in Connecticut, one professional lactation consultant has made it her mission to teach Black women that they can breastfeed and there is support from people who look like them to do it.
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Rights new moms should know during National Breastfeeding Month
August is National Breastfeeding Month. It comes not long after new federal legislation was passed that protects more workers.
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Access to Nutrition, Supplies Raise Breastfeeding Costs: Yale Study
“Because of the costs associated with pumps and you know breast milk supplies, and those kinds of things,” new mother Laura Callachan said. “I got a pump through insurance but had to buy another one, too, because it got banged up so much from traveling all over the place for work.” Callachan says nursing was very important to her for…
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Raising Awareness for Black Maternal Health
Black Maternal Health Week is a time to raise awareness of the issues during pregnancy that cause Black women to die at significantly higher rates than white women.