SDCBC Breastfeeding Blog

with Guest Blogger To-wen Tseng

May 2023 News and views on breastfeeding, human milk, and public health

By San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition | May 15, 2023

Top May 2022 Headlines: Infant Formula Shortage Resources, Protections for Working Mothers, New Trainings, and more.

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Got a breastfeeding problem? Well, the problem is not breastfeeding

By To-wen Tseng | May 11, 2023

We need to talk about how to solve the difficulties that hinder mother’s chance of successfully breastfeeding, not what to use instead of breast milk. 

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Study finds no evidence for the effect of consuming “lactation cookies”

By San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition | April 20, 2023

A recent study found no evidence for the effect of consuming “lactation cookies” on milk production, perceived insufficient milk, or breastfeeding self-efficacy in exclusively breastfeeding parents with an overall adequate perceived milk supply. Recommendations to consume LCs for increasing objective or subjective milk supply may deliver false hope and unnecessary financial costs at a vulnerable…

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April 2023 News and views on breastfeeding, human milk, and public health

By San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition | April 15, 2023

Top May 2022 Headlines: Infant Formula Shortage Resources, Protections for Working Mothers, New Trainings, and more.

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News and views on breastfeeding, human milk, and all things lactation education-March 2023

By San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition | March 14, 2023

Top May 2022 Headlines: Infant Formula Shortage Resources, Protections for Working Mothers, New Trainings, and more.

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We Knew What Is Relactation. Now We Know How.

By To-wen Tseng | March 14, 2023

In the past year, formula shortage has caused moms across the US to relactate to feed their babies. Relactation is when moms start breastfeeding again after a gap. That gap might be as little as a few days, or as long as several weeks or even months. There are different reasons why moms want to relactate, including changing their…

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News and views on breastfeeding, human milk, and all things lactation education-February 2023

By San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition | February 14, 2023

Top May 2022 Headlines: Infant Formula Shortage Resources, Protections for Working Mothers, New Trainings, and more.

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News and views on breastfeeding, human milk, and all things lactation education-January 2023

By San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition | January 14, 2023

Top May 2022 Headlines: Infant Formula Shortage Resources, Protections for Working Mothers, New Trainings, and more.

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The PUMP Act is Now Signed Into Law. What Changes Is It Gonna Make?

By To-wen Tseng | January 14, 2023

Unless you live in a cave, I’m sure you’ve heard that the Senate passed the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers (PUMP) act, a milestone protection for new mothers in the last few days of 2022. You’ve also probably heard that it’s a major milestone for women’s workplace civil rights. But what does it really…

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To-wen

To-wen Tseng

To-wen is a Chinese American journalist, author, and breastfeeding activist. For years To-wen has advocated for family-friendly policy and gender equity at the workplace, blogging about breastfeeding as a human right, and speaking out about breastfeeding barriers in Asian-American communities and beyond. She co-founded the Asian American Breastfeeding Taskforce in 2017.

To-wen received the 2018 HealthConnect One Foundation's Birth Equity Leader Academy Community Project Award, and in 2019, she was recognized by US Breastfeeding Committee as the Emerging Leader of the year. This year, an Asian breastfeeding photovoice project she led won 2020 California Breastfeeding Coalition's Golden Nugget Award for "excellence in reducing a key barrier to breastfeeding the social norm."