One key to breastfeeding success.
A young mother in the Breastfeeding Foundations for Your Community 20-hour course told this story. She was recovering from giving birth in the postpartum ward and was given a feeding log and told to check a box for every breastfeed. The log had 10 boxes for each day. When she got to 10 boxes checked,.. read more →
Rooted in community.
If you are a childbirth educator or doula (or a nurse or a midwife, or a physician or a social worker) working with breastfeeding families, how do you stay relevant with the latest research and successful strategies? How do. you learn enough to serve your community? You find a guide; someone you can trust, someone.. read more →
Apply now: CEUs and scholarships.
Welcome. You are reading this because you are interested in helping birthgivers, new mothers, babies and families reach their breastfeeding goals. I have spent my entire career in that area of care, and still love it as much as I did when I started in 1975. When I started, I was a new mother; today,.. read more →
50 years later and still all in.
I started my career as a licensed practical nurse in 1971. I loved working in the ICU; the more acute the illness, the more drama in the clinical situation, the more engaged and excited I became. I worked in different ICUs in New York City and in Baltimore. After marrying, I shifted my work from.. read more →
