Lactation MD

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.

03/08/2026

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the !!! 🍾🥂🎉

03/04/2026

Happy !!! 🎊🤱🏻

Happy !

Are you ready to join the global home for International Board Certified Lactation Consultants®? 🌍 In honor of IBCLC Day 2026, we are offering a special 20% discount for new first-time members! Gain access to the Journal of Human Lactation, exclusive CERPs, and a global network of peers. Join us today and save – use code IBCLCDay26 at checkout to take advantage of this special 20% discount!

Learn more here: https://ilca.org/ibclc-day-2026/

02/27/2026

Dr. Hall will be speaking at NIBTF in Rockford tomorrow! 🎉

Our Mini-Conference is coming up fast. Register for this great event on our website: https://nibftf.com/events-page/

02/06/2026

This year's World Breastfeeding Week theme! 🎉

The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) announces the slogan for :
Breastfeeding for a Sustainable Start in Life: Strengthen What Works

will focus on tracking progress and evaluating breastfeeding impact on nutrition, food security and poverty reduction with highlights of successful implementation and lessons learnt. Target audiences including actors along the Warm Chain of Support for Breastfeeding; civil society organisations, governments, policymakers, health systems, workplaces, communities and parents will be engaged to strengthen proven solutions to improve breastfeeding protection, promotion and support. The theme is aligned with thematic area 1 of the WBW-SDG 2030 campaign.

Objectives of WBW2026:
🔹 Inform people about the importance of tracking progress in breastfeeding.
🔹 Anchor breastfeeding implementation through policies and guidelines across the Warm Chain.
🔹 Engage with individuals and organisations to enhance collaboration and support for breastfeeding.
🔹 Galvanise actions on improving breastfeeding protection, promotion and support using lessons learnt.

We invite everyone—governments, health systems, workplaces, civil society organisations, communities, and individuals—to join us in understanding what is working in countries that are reporting good breastfeeding progress. Tracking and evaluating progress in each country will let us learn what are the important elements to breastfeeding support.