Empowering Lactation

Empowering Lactation Lactation care with a mental health lens. Katie Prezas, IBCLC PMH-C
In-Home in Chicagoland & Virtual

Services include:
~ Prenatal education
~ Breastfeeding, chestfeeding and body feeding
~ Pumping or exclusive pumping
~ Return to work planning
~ Introduction of solids
~ Nursing a toddler
~ Weaning

Gain knowledge and information via:
~ In-Home visits in and around Chicago
~ Telehealth appointments (best suited for prenatal education or follow-up visits)

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11/04/2025

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Stop normalizing failure of the system
and calling it choice!!!

Moms aren’t choosing exhaustion, cracked ni***es, poor support, or returning to work 10 days postpartum with no pumping space. They’re doing what they have to, inside a system that makes breastfeeding nearly impossible, then calls it “a choice.”

We don’t need more “fed is best” marketing. We need better policies, postpartum care, lactation support, and workplaces that don’t punish mothers for feeding the way biology intended.

Say it how it is:
Breastfeeding isn’t failing, the system is!

10/30/2025

If saying “breast milk is better” offends you, the problem isn’t the science, it’s how society has conditioned mothers to feel shame for acknowledging it.

Breast milk is not just “food.” It’s a living, dynamic tissue packed with antibodies, hormones, stem cells, and protective properties that adapt to your baby’s needs in real time. No lab has ever been able to replicate that. That’s not an insult to formula-feeding moms, it’s simply biology.

We’ve reached a point where facts about human milk are labeled “judgmental,” but billion-dollar formula companies can advertise their product as “close to breast milk” and no one blinks. The truth is, mothers deserve to know why breastfeeding matters, not to feel guilty, but to be properly supported.

If facts feel like judgment, maybe it’s because too many mothers were failed by a system that made breastfeeding nearly impossible… and then told to pretend it didn’t matter. Acknowledging that breast milk is better isn’t about shaming, it’s about demanding better for moms and babies. 💛

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10/20/2025

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