Lactation MD

08/22/2026

Getting ready for the picnic!!! 🧺

https://maps.app.goo.gl/3pQkMKaSFvpt4AkR6?g_st=ac

08/12/2026

Come join us on Saturday, August 22nd from 10am-1pm at Lombard Commons Park to celebrate our 1 year anniversary!!! 🥳

08/07/2026

Dr. Hall was recently interviewed by Barbara Robertson on !!! 🎙

07/31/2026

Kick off by posting your breastfeeding/lactation questions on Reddit!!!

05/29/2026

📢 We are excited to announce that research by Dr. Hall has been featured in ! 📢

The paper, “Building Breastfeeding Knowledgeable Health Systems: Focus Groups with Physician Leaders,” explores barriers and facilitators to breastfeeding support in health systems.

Recommended strategies for system-wide improvements include creating breastfeeding medicine divisions, coordinating lactation services, improving staff training and support for lactating employees, and increasing public awareness.

Additional authors include Dr. Anne Eglash, professor emeritus at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and colleagues from Northern Illinois University, Texas A&M University, University of Maryland, and Boston University.

Despite the growth of breastfeeding and lactation medicine as a specialty, the care of breastfeeding families is compromised because few standards and recommendations exist for its practice and integration into health systems. We conducted a qualitative study involving three focus groups (N = 13) wi...

05/20/2026

Happy World Human Milk Donation Day! 🤱🏻

Today is World Human Milk Donation Day! 🌍

Milk donors make a lifesaving difference for fragile infants in the NICU. Every donation helps provide vital nutrition and protection for babies when mothers’ own milk is not available.

Thank you to the donors whose generosity helps babies grow stronger every day. ✨

🔗 Interested in becoming a donor? Learn more at HMBANA.org.

05/17/2026

Today is NEC Awareness Day and for preterm infants, human milk feeding (either mother's own milk or donor human milk) can reduce the risk of Necrotizing Enterocolitis by 50%!!!

Please visit the to learn more. 💛

05/14/2026

Please join our blood drive on Monday, May 18th from 9:30am - 1:30pm. 🩸🅰️🅱️🅾️🆎️

NW corner of the parking lot
2340 S Highland Ave
Lombard, IL 60148

The sign up is here:
https://donors.vitalant.org/dwp/portal/dwa/appointment/guest/phl/timeSlotsExtr?token=NUgyjfAcbJqSazboEuEMbwaDMvniuBXQJ49BqstWPR4%3D

05/05/2026

Did you know 1 in 83 moms needs a blood transfusion after giving birth? 🤍

LactationMD is hosting a blood drive to support moms and families in our community—because every donation can help save a life.

🗓 Monday, May 18, 2026
⏰ 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
📍 LactationMD parking lot
2340 S. Highland Ave, Lombard, IL

In partnership with Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes & Vitalant Donate for Moms 💜

Scan the QR code or click the link below to register and check eligibility for donating whole blood or power red.

https://donors.vitalant.org/dwp/portal/dwa/appointment/guest/phl/timeSlotsExtr?token=NUgyjfAcbJqSazboEuEMbwaDMvniuBXQJ49BqstWPR4%3D

Give blood. Support mothers. Make an impact. 💕

04/26/2026

Dr. Hall presented at this week!

Many thanks to all the incredible attendees, speakers, exhibitors, sponsors, content experts, board members, and volunteers who helped make the 2026 International Donor Milk Conference such a great success! ✨

Your energy, passion, and dedication are driving meaningful progress every day. Thank you for being part of this mission, and we look forward to all that’s ahead.