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Webinar Recordings
Purchase our Latest Recorded Webinar Watch Now The live webinar has now passed, but you can still purchase access to the recorded session! We are excited to offer you the opportunity to engage with our recorded webinar, which focused on fostering crucial support for breastfeeding within the Black community. Our discussion centered on addressing disparities…
Read MoreLactation Research and Clinical Resources
Lactation Research & Clinical Resources Your source for the latest evidence-based research and lactation interventions. Latest Research Blogs and Reports Scroll through the Research Corner of the SDCBC Blog. Sorry, we couldn’t find any posts. Please try a different search. California’s Maternal and Infant Health Assessment The California Department of Public Health has released updated…
Read MoreAdvocacy
2023 Advocacy Protect, promote, and support breastfeeding in San Diego County 2023 Policy PlatformSee our policy priorities and sponsored bills for 2023SDCBC is also closely following California Breastfeeding Coalition 2023 Bill Tracker State Legislation Bill Number Author Subject Description Position Status SB 616 Introduced by Senator Gonzalez (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo) (Coauthors: Senators…
Read MoreNews and views on breastfeeding, human milk, and all things lactation education
News and views on breastfeeding, human milk, and all things lactation education March 2022 News FDA Expands Infant Formula Advisory World Breastfeeding Week 2022 Theme Announced Health Affairs journal released an open access issue on racism and health Funding Opportunity for Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Programs, summarized from HRSA Impact Grants for Black Women-Led and…
Read MoreFrequently Asked Questions
SDCBC FAQ’s Have a Question? Get Some AnswersReview our Frequently Asked Questions below to get the answers to common breastfeeding questions, coalition programs, and community services. Breastfeeding 101 When will my milk come in? Mature milk production begins about 30 hours after delivery, but may not be evident for two to five days. Timing varies…
Read MoreLactation Practice Within Immigrant Communities
I once knew a woman who breastfeed on a refugee boat for 48 hours and saved her two young children’s lives—yes, saved their lives, not kept them alive. It was during the 1949’s Chinese Civil War, and that was a small boat packed with displaced people. Her fellow refugees were afraid that the kids’ crying…
Read MoreBlack Breastfeeding Week is A Celebration of Sisterhood
BBFW 2021 Chardá Bell, CLEC, CBE, CPE, FSD Perinatal Health & Wellness Consultant Owner, Melanin Milk SD Doula & Lactation Support www.melaninmilksd.com As a Black mother, doula and lactation birthworker, I look forward to encouraging others to acknowledge groups and/or individuals for the outstanding work to support, promote and protect Black breastfeeding. In 2012, birth…
Read MoreNational Breastfeeding Month 2021: Every Step of the Way
“If I could talk to myself eight years agoSeeing what I’ve seen, knowing what I knowI would tell that new motherThere’ll be days aheadWhen breastfeeding doesn’t seem to workI would tell her she can trust herselfCause now I gotta picture of landscape of infant feedingI can see with perfect clarityIt wasn’t impossibleIt was what we…
Read MoreCode Anniversary—How Far We’ve Come?
Last March in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, I received a LINE message calling to “stock up on infant formula in case there will be a formula milk shortage.” It was a commercial message from a pharmacy that I shopped at during my short visit to Taiwan back in 2019 and they have collected…
Read MoreWhy it’s Still Important to Promote Breastfeeding in Developed Countries
Whenever I write about “breastfeeding saves lives,” I always get some reader comments like this: “Only babies in underdeveloped countries would die from diseases that could be prevented by breastfeeding. Babies in developed countries would thrive with whatever milk they get.” Sounds about right. Indeed, when a country’s economy takes off and people’s income increases,…
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