by Leigh Ann Torres | Aug 28, 2023 | Nutrition
August 25-31 marks Black Breastfeeding Week, a week established to raise awareness of the gaping racial disparity in breastfeeding rates. Recent CDC data show that 58.9% of black women have ever breastfed versus 75% of white women. Common breastfeeding challenges...
by Shanna Thompson | Aug 3, 2017 | NICU Life, Nutrition
Breastfeeding in the NICU is a daunting task, but it can also be an amazing achievement. When we entered the NICU at 27 weeks and 6 days, I knew there was very little I could do to care for our newborn. Yet, there was one thing I knew could do more than any doctor or...
by Marty Barnes | Aug 15, 2012 | Life after the NICU
My daughter was born in 2006 with MANY medical issues, including no gag, suck or swallow. Not being able to use her mouth to eat, she had a gtube placed shortly after she was born. Although I was never able to breast feed in the traditional sense, I knew how...
