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[Lactation College @lactationcoll]

If it’s Monday, it’s new Blog day. This week we dive into Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs). Hail to the Chief. https://t.co/V7VRwZDXa8 #CERPS #midwifery

[Lactation College @lactationcoll]

Learn about Baby Cafes from this week’s blog #cerps #midwifery #lactationcollege https://t.co/OVwtzsNN0b

[Lactation College @lactationcoll]

Laid-back breastfeeding. As Ina Garten would say, “How easy is that?” It is the topic of our free blog this week. A new blog is posted every Monday. Come Learn With Us #lactationeducation #ibclcs #lactationcollege #breastfeeding #breastfeedingtips
#midwifery

[Leicester Mammas @LeicesterMammas]

Just four days after Tony Waterson and Charlotte Wright wrote this on 9th February for the Lancet. the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK) announced that they will stop accepting sponsorship from manufacturers of breast milk substitutes.

@thelancet @RCPCH

[Lactation College @lactationcoll]

@MagdaBotho Learn more about this bacteria from a Lactation College course- Infant Formula Recall and Crisis: What’s the Scoop and Who’s to Blame. Cost is $14, some of which goes to LC free training. https://t.co/7dFAHcJKa8

[Lactation College @lactationcoll]

@MagdaBotho Agree 1000%

[Lactation College @lactationcoll]

Given all the viruses around New England now, 5 week old Izzy appreciates the secretory IgA in her mom’s milk. https://t.co/sR92XjAI3r

[Rafael Perez-Escamilla @rperezescamilla]

📣 The 🔑 2023 Lancet Series on Breastfeeding has just been released! @YaleSPH is a proud contributor!
THIS!
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🔗 https://t.co/A8phATxZuN

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

'Experts call for an end to the exploitative marketing used by the baby formula milk industry'

Combining research and recommendations, a new Lancet Series highlights the overlooked value of #breastfeeding: https://t.co/fdLqxytUVp

[Lactation College @lactationcoll]

Guest blogger, Michelle Visser, “As with all mental health conditions, Postpartum Psychosis is no one’s fault.” Learn more about the illness
https://t.co/sR92XjBfSZ

[Breastfeeding News @dailyBFnews]

Health Canada reviewing safety of breastfeeding drug domperidone - Global News https://t.co/PYPRrtHJSW #breastfeeding #breastfeedingnews #normalizebreastfeeding

[Lactation College @lactationcoll]

Lactation College blog this week is about alternative feeding methods and why bottles in the early days can affect breastfeeding success. https://t.co/sR92XjBfSZ

[Breastfeeding News @dailyBFnews]

Breast Milk of Vaccinated Moms Provides COVID-19 Protection to ... - Physician's Weekly https://t.co/GNrdHITZAS #breastfeeding #breastfeedingnews #normalizebreastfeeding

[Lactation College @lactationcoll]

Lactation Politics / Have I got this right? Manufacturer Abbott causes the US infant formula crisis, recall and shortage due to their unsanitary plant conditions and NOW Abbott is marketing off the shortage they created Shameful. #breastfeeding #CodeHeroes #WHOCode

[Lactation College @lactationcoll]

While doing more digging on the components of colostrum for this week’s blog, I learned primips have lower concentrations of carotinoids (from Vit A) in their milk fat globules than multips - so their colostrum may not be as yellow !!

[Lactation College @lactationcoll]

US DOJ is investigating Abbott after tainted infant formula sickened and killed infants. Good. Someone needs to go to jail.

[Lactation College @lactationcoll]

Tip >If you are advising a mother on antenatal milk expression, SOMEBODY find out if the hospital maternity unit knows what to do with it. https://t.co/aYXkMn01ID

[Neel Shah, MD @neel_shah]

NEW: When people across the world are attended by midwives they are most likely to give birth between 1am and 6am

By marked contrast, those who give birth in American hospitals attended by obstetricians are most likely to give birth between 8am and 5pm https://t.co/nGhg2u40Bt

[Lactation College @lactationcoll]

Fun fact >Colostrum production begins about the 16th week of pregnancy. Recommendation >Start antenatal milk expression at 36 weeks. @lactationcoll

[Lactation College @lactationcoll]

Is Antenatal Milk Expression safe? Spoiler alert - Yes. Check out our FIRST Lactation College Blog. https://t.co/7dFAHcJKa8. Come Learn With Us