Breastfeeding and Parenting Solutions

05/11/2026

Molly Huddle shares how the Every Woman's Marathon supported postpartum runners with stroller-friendly features, lactation spaces and a relaxed race vibe.

12/29/2025

https://sjodaily.com/2025/12/29/illinois-mandates-paid-break-time-for-nursing-mothers-starting-january-2026/

Beginning January 1, 2026, employers will be required to compensate nursing mothers during breaks taken to express breast milk.  Under the amended statute, Illinois employers with more than five employees must provide reasonable paid break time to employees who need to express breast milk for their...

11/19/2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) announced that the House of Representatives passed the Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening (BABES) Enhancement Act unanimously on November 17, a bipartisan victory that will make air travel safer, more consistent, and more humane for pa...

08/13/2025

Full-term breast feeding. Courtesy photo By MONIQUE KOERNERCottonwood

08/12/2025

World Breastfeeding Week, celebrated annually during the first week of August.

08/12/2025

Official website of the City of Philadelphia, includes information on municipal services, permits, licenses, and records for citizens and businesses.

04/26/2025

Interesting research -

Aim: Pain during breastfeeding is the first reason for stopping breastfeeding. When conventional aids are ineffective, osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) may be an option to reduce pain and improve the quality and duration of breastfeeding. The objective is to compare conventional aids (untrea...

04/02/2025

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250401865015/en/Museum-Centre-Vapriikki-A-Finnish-study-reveals-Longer-breastfeeding-in-the-Middle-Ages-Weaning-began-at-age-one-in-the-1800s

A research project by the Museum Centre Vapriikki has shed new light on infant feeding practices in medieval and early modern Finland.

04/02/2025

Great to see, will share the full article upon publication

Pain during breastfeeding is the first reason for stopping breastfeeding. When conventional aids are ineffective, osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) ma...

02/11/2025

In the last NLCA Newsletter we mentioned that the type of freezer used to freeze and store expressed breastmilk may contribute to the off odor and taste sometimes occurring in frozen breastmilk. New research suggests that the changes in smell and taste are not necessarily caused by high lipase levels in the milk but instead are about freezer temperatures causing damage to the membrane surrounding the milk fat globule. The crystallization of milk lipids that occurs during freezing can damage this membrane, allowing lipases access to lipids, and subsequently breaking down the lipids that result in the off odor and taste. The researchers found that milk samples with the rancid smell were not generally higher in lipase than those that didn't change in smell. The research team is investigating the use of safe natural additives (vitamin C and pectin) that would protect human milk from such freezer damage.

Silpe, J.E., Damian-Medina, K., & Bassler, B.L. (2025). Food-derived compounds extend the shelf-life of frozen human milk. bioRxiv [Preprint]. Jan 12, 2024.12.11.627965.

Breastmilk is known to provide optimal nutrition for infant growth and development. A cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative US data from 2016 to 2021 revealed that >90% of lactating mothers reported using breast pumps to express milk.[1][1] We conducted a survey of n = 1,049 lactatin...