Five Tips For Breastfeeding With Chronic Illness: A Parent’s Story

K.P., Virginia I am writing this story about my experience with ulcerative colitis and breastfeeding/parenting. It is not a glamorous disease, but there may be a nursing parent reading this who is wondering how they’ll be able to… Read More

Breastfeeding In A Border Town

Alejandra Apolinar, with English translation by Véronique Lesoinne We say that human milk is the natural way to feed babies; even so, the experiences that each mother lives has a great impact on the way she will conduct… Read More

Life In A Rebozo

By Clara F. Zapata Tarrés, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, with English translation by Véronique Lesoinne Editor’s Note: Today’s blog post is the second of three blog posts that we are sharing from La Leche League Leaders with the LLL… Read More

Celebrating Latina/x Breastfeeding Week (Semana de La Lactancia Latina): Chuchú

Delta Viera, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. English translation by Véronique Lesoinne Editor’s Note: This year marks the first annual Latina/x Breastfeeding Week (Semana de La Lactancia Latina), which is celebrated Sept. 5-11, 2023. According to the Latina/x Breastfeeding Week Facebook… Read More

2023 United States Breastfeeding Committee National Breastfeeding Conference & Convening: LLL USA Participation

Ismatu Alison-Konteh LeBlanc, LLL USA Representative to the USBC I was able to attend the United States Breastfeeding Committee’s (USBC) National Breastfeeding Conference and Convening (NBCC) in Bethesda, Maryland, from June 8-10, 2023. I attended the conference in… Read More