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SDCBC Newsletter

What do these breastfeeding guidelines tell us?

By To-wen Tseng | July 14, 2022

Last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics released an updated policy statement on breastfeeding that suggested increasing the duration of breastfeeding to two years or more from one year or more. This is the first update to the breastfeeding recommendations in a decade.

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Breastfeeding Contributes to the Survival of All

By To-wen Tseng | April 23, 2021

Recently, I was informed by my agent that a book I wrote ten years ago will be reproduced as an e-book and be relaunched. So I did a second proofreading, and recalled that I had written an article covering the 2010 Haiti earthquake: “…One day, a mother brought her baby, who was less than six months old,…

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Breastfeeding: Our Stories

By To-wen Tseng | February 15, 2021

Writing blog posts for my local breastfeeding coalition is all about storytelling for social good. So today I am going to tell another breastfeeding story. It was 1949, in the middle of Chinese civil war. A mother trying to escape from the war-torn China got on a refugee boat in Guangzhou with her 3-year-old and…

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How to Promote Breastfeeding in Ethnic Groups? Study Says Prenatal Education Might be the Answer.

By To-wen Tseng | January 15, 2021

When I was pregnant with my first child, during a prenatal interview, my then future pediatrician asked me if I planned to breastfeed. I said, “I will try if I have milk.”  He told me, “With proper support, virtually every mother has milk.” It was this statement that motivated me to make a breastfeeding plan.…

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A Look Back at SDCBC’s Activism in 2020

By To-wen Tseng | December 18, 2020

This year may feel different to many of us, but here at San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition, we continue to protect, promote and support breastfeeding through education, outreach and advocacy in our community. While we might have to do things a little differently, we are grateful that we are able to carry on with our…

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Celebrating Breastfeeding and Giving Back

By To-wen Tseng | November 29, 2020

The season of Thanksgiving is upon us. I am especially in the mood of gratitude these days because my youngest child turned three years old in late October and weaned himself in early November. With that being said, I have completed my breastfeeding mission—a mission that I once considered impossible! I credit my success to…

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All About Extended Breastfeeding

By To-wen Tseng | October 18, 2020

Extended breastfeeding, which is considered breastfeeding beyond one year in the U.S., has been a popular topic among my mom friends and readers. It seems my mom friends never stopped debating and my mom readers never stopped asking “shall I stop breastfeeding when my child turns one?” “Does extended breastfeeding lead to tooth decay?” “Why…

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Goodbye, Pump—What to do with your breast pump when you’re done with pumping

By To-wen Tseng | September 15, 2020

Today I said goodbye to my breast pump.

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Breastfeeding: A Vital Pandemic Response

By To-wen Tseng | September 1, 2020

The infant formula advertisements have increased since the outbreak of COVID-19. The World Health Organization(WHO) warned that countries failed to stop harmful marketing of breast-milk substitute. Market Watch predicted that the global infant formula market is going to grow due to the COVID-19 impact. Investigative journalists reported on the evidence of this harmful practice of formula marketing. Pandemic…

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To Decrease the High Rates of Black Infant and Maternal Mortality, We Must Increase the Low Number of Black IBCLC’s

By Charda Fontenot | August 27, 2020

There is currently only one Black IBCLC in the entire county of San Diego that doesn’t also work as a doctor or nurse.

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