Nancy Kleinfeld - Lactation Support

11/30/2025

Marypumpins 🙂‍↔️

11/04/2025

Immediate skin-to-skin contact between newborns and their mothers offers a better start in life, improving a number of key health metrics, according to a newly-updated Cochrane review.

11/02/2025

If Motherfed likes it, I like it. I think I might have seen this before. Can’t wait to read it!I am sharing

My body is not like most. The internet tells me my odd deformity will not shorten my lifespan, but it makes me different. It affected my breastfeeding experience, but what was truly unexpected was the way breastfeeding affected my most peculiar body. Why should you care? And why should I reveal now....

10/31/2025

This is just some of IT.

breastfeeding supports your baby’s whole body, from brain to belly to immune system.💛

every feed counts !

share this with a new mama or save this for when you need a little motivation.

10/23/2025

Great information. So many variables to consider before tongue tie release. Everyone deserves good evaluations based on function.

10/13/2025

NYU Langone study shows human breast milk regulates an infant’s microbiome during the first year of life and lowers the child’s risk of developing asthma.

10/12/2025

Getting help to challenging beginnings makes the possibilities real.

October 10th marks World Mental Health Day - and invites us to open up the conversation about perinatal and maternal mental health.

Studies have shown that breastfeeding can have a positive effect on parents' mental health - by increasing oxytocin production, lowering inflammation and cortisol levels, and more.
And while breastfeeding cannot cure depression, it can be an incredibly rewarding experience for a new parent and many mothers report a boost in self confidence when breastfeeding is going well.

However, we're also all too familiar with the heartbreak & grief a mother may experience when she had hoped to breastfeed, but wasn't able to.
We recognize how important it is for any new parent to feel supported in their feeding choices and how crucial it is to receive evidence based information and compassionate support when breastfeeding becomes difficult.

At La Leche League, we often say "for every breastfeeding problem, there is a breastfeeding solution".
This doesn't mean that we disapprove of families choosing to discontinue breastfeeding - it means that if you want to breastfeed, our volunteers will listen to you, take your choice seriously and support you in finding ways to make breastfeeding possible.

All La Leche League Leaders are volunteers who have personal breastfeeding experience and have been internationally trained and accredited.

To learn more about breastfeeding and mental health, check out the below article on the LLL website:
https://llli.org/news/why-breastfeeding-is-good-for-mothers-mental-health/