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30/01/2026

💙 In support of our maternal and child health initiatives, Community Health Team Member Ms. Cristine Calabit empowered buntis mommies through breastfeeding education. Promoting breastfeeding is a vital step toward safe motherhood—protecting both mother and baby from pregnancy to early childhood.

#𝐵𝓊𝒽𝒶𝓎𝒮𝒶𝐵𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒫𝒶𝓉𝒶𝓀 #𝒫𝒶𝑔𝓈𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓃𝐻𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑀𝒾𝓁𝓀𝐻𝓊𝒷

30/01/2026

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24/01/2026

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21/01/2026

"On-demand feeding is about responding, nor watching the clock."

#𝐵𝓊𝒽𝒶𝓎𝒮𝒶𝐵𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒫𝒶𝓉𝒶𝓀 #𝒫𝒶𝑔𝓈𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓃𝐻𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑀𝒾𝓁𝓀𝐻𝓊𝒷

Feeding “every 2–3 hours” is a guide, not a rule.

Babies aren’t machines — and neither are adults.
We eat when we’re hungry, when we need comfort, when our bodies ask. Babies do the same.

On-demand feeding is about responding, not watching the clock.
Some feeds come closer together. Some stretch longer. Both can be normal.

Timing can be helpful when you’re learning — but cues matter more than minutes.

You’re not breaking a rule by listening to your baby.
You’re practicing physiology.

18/01/2026

The American Academy of Pediatrics new clinical report, "Promoting Human Milk and Breastfeeding for the Very Low Birth Weight Infant: Clinical Report," reaffirms that a mother’s own milk is the standard for very low birth weight (VLBW) infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Read it here: https://bit.ly/45IVvS8

17/01/2026

Dear NICU mama 💙

I see you sitting beside a pump instead of holding your baby. I see the quiet hours, the alarms in the background, and the ache of doing the work of motherhood without the closeness you deserve.

Pumping was not how you imagined feeding your baby. It feels mechanical, lonely, and exhausting. But please know this….

Every drop you pump is an act of love. It is nourishment, protection, and comfort traveling from you to your baby even when your arms cannot be there yet.

There are days when the bottles feel too small, when your body feels tired, and when you wonder if it is worth it. On those days, remember that pumping is still breastfeeding. Your milk is still your voice, your warmth, and your presence reaching your baby through those tiny feeds.

You are not just making milk. You are showing up. You are choosing your baby again and again through sore ni***es, interrupted sleep, and emotional weight that few truly understand. That dedication matters. It matters to your baby, even if they cannot tell you yet.

One day, this pump will be packed away. Whether your journey leads to nursing, bottle feeding, or a different path altogether, what will remain is the truth that you did everything you could with the information, strength, and love you had at the time 💕

Be gentle with yourself. Rest when you can. Ask for help without guilt. You are a good mother, not because of how much milk you make, but because of how deeply you love 🫶🏼

With so much respect,
From a lactation counselor who sees you 🤍

16/01/2026

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The global formula milk industry spends billions to influence decisions over what parents feed their babies. Marketing tactics are often covert, disguised as impartial health advice including:

💰 Sponsored advice networks or ‘helplines’
💰 Practices to influence health worker advice
💰 Secretly sponsored endorsements
💰 Freebies and marketing materials in healthcare

Parents always have the right to choose how to feed their baby, but they should have reliable information – free from corporate influence - to help them make these choices.

13/01/2026

🤱𝐌𝐠𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲, 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐛𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐨?
𝐈-𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐚 💞

𝐀𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐩𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐚.

𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙠 = 𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙜-𝙖𝙨𝙖.
👉 𝙎𝙖𝙛𝙚. 𝙎𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙. 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙙.
👉 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙋𝙖𝙜𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙟𝙖𝙣 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙠 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙠
✨ 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙞𝙩 𝙣𝙖 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝙨𝙖’𝙮𝙤, 𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙪𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝙨𝙖 𝙠𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙡𝙖.

#𝐵𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒻𝑒𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔𝑀❁𝓂𝓂𝒾𝑒𝓈 #𝒫𝒶𝑔𝓈𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓃𝐻𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑀𝒾𝓁𝓀𝐻𝓊𝒷 #𝐵𝓊𝒽𝒶𝓎𝒮𝒶𝐵𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒫𝒶𝓉𝒶𝓀 🎀

10/01/2026

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Human milk is the biologic norm for infant feeding. It is *species-specific*, dynamically regulated, and metabolically matched to the human infant. In contrast, infant formula is a static substitute that requires different digestive and metabolic processing.

Research shows that formula-fed infants have higher insulin responses, altered lipid metabolism, and different gut microbiota. These differences reflect increased metabolic workload, sometimes described in the literature as “metabolic stress” which means the infant’s body must work *harder* to regulate glucose, insulin, and fat storage.

Large population studies consistently demonstrate associations between formula feeding and higher risks later in life of:

- overweight and obesity
- type 2 diabetes
- dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease
- non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Breastfeeding appears protective through mechanisms that include improved insulin sensitivity, self-regulated intake, hormone signaling (leptin, adiponectin), and favorable microbiome development.

This does not mean formula-fed infants are destined for poor health. Many factors influence long-term outcomes, including genetics, environment, and lifestyle. However, from a physiologic and epidemiologic standpoint, breastfeeding remains the feeding method most consistently associated with optimal metabolic health across the lifespan.

References:
- Horta BL et al. Breastfeeding and long-term health outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis. Acta Paediatrica, 2022.
- Qiao J et al. Infant feeding patterns and childhood obesity risk. Nutrients, 2023.
- Patro-Gołąb B et al. Breastfeeding and risk of type 2 diabetes: systematic review. Nutrients, 2019.
- Perng W et al. Infant feeding and cardiometabolic risk factors. JAMA Network Open, 2021.
- Ayonrinde OT et al. Early life nutrition and adolescent NAFLD. Journal of Hepatology, 2020.
- Nobili V et al. Breastfeeding and liver health outcomes. Hepatology, 2021.

13/09/2025

02/09/2025

At One Breastfeeding CALABARZON
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02/09/2025

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