Mission Statement
The San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition is a 501©3 non-profit organization that has been serving the San Diego bringing together health care providers, agencies, organizations, individuals, families, and other breastfeeding advocates to support, protect and promote breastfeeding who are passionate about making breastfeeding attainable for all families in the San Diego and Imperial Counties.
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The Cherry Blossom Program provides essential education, supplies, and emotional support to grieving families. It guides mothers through the weaning process or offers the option to pump and donate their milk, should they choose. The program honors these families by memorializing their babies on a beautiful cherry blossom mural. For many mothers, milk donation becomes a meaningful part of their healing journey, offering a way to honor their child and potentially save the lives of other infants.
We hope you'll join us for this important discussion.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the stages of lactogenesis during pregnancy.
- Explain lactation after pregnancy loss and the options available to mothers.
- Understand the process of milk donation and the role of milk banks.
- Learn how to sensitively communicate with families following perinatal loss.
- Illustrate how milk donation can be part of a family's grief journey.
- Understand the importance of offering bereaving mothers support for both suppression and expression of breastmilk, as well information about possible donation
- Recognize possible gaps in the care for mothers who experience a perinatal loss and how we can improve
- Understand the goals of the Cherry Blossom Family program at UC Health Milk Bank.
Continuing Education Webinars Now Streaming
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Have Questions about Breastfeeding? Need Support?
Lactation Educators Now Available to answer your calls in English, Tagalog, French, Arabic, Korean, Haitian, and Spanish
Call 1-800-371-MILK (6455) with your questions and we will call you back!
Thank you so much to all those who attended, shared our event flyer, donated an item to the auction or raffle, and/or made monetary donations. Every single act of support helps contribute to our goal of making a positive impact in the lives of breastfeeding families across San Diego County.
We are still over the moon about how special the evening was. We were so grateful to share space with some of San Diego County's most committed and dedicated breastfeeding advocates.
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2023 Annual Report
In 2023, SDCBC remained steadfast in its commitment to enhance the health and well-being of our community by advancing breastfeeding through education, outreach, advocacy, and service.
Throughout the year, we diligently expanded our programs and member services, delivering impactful initiatives such as our continuing education program and the San Diego County Breastfeeding Resource Guide. The SDCBC distributed approximately 9,500 resource guides to hospitals, clinics, providers, and small businesses/nonprofits—a record-breaking achievement. Additionally, 2023 marked the most successful year for the SDCBC continuing education program.
Download our 2023 Annual Report Below or click the photo to view online.
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