NC BFing Coalition @NCBreastfeeding
The North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition unites advocates, providers, agencies, organizations, & families to support, protect, & promote breastfeeding in NC. ncbfc.org North Carolina Joined May 2012-
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NCBC Statewide Meetings 2023
Voting for NCBC Board Members - forms.gle/YbxbpjcJWDmWib… Volunteer Coordinator nominee: Briana Smith, BS, MPH, CD, BFPC, IBCLC candidate ; Membership Chair nominee: Haleigh Woodard, RN
Healthcare providers- Feel free to share the Ready, Set, BABY virtual class flyers with your prenatal patients! 🤰 #CGBI #Breastfeeding #Prenatal #ENRICHcarolinas
The National Conference of State Legislatures has updated the "Breastfeeding State Laws" webpage to include recently passed legislation. The webpage also includes information on federal health reform and nursing... facebook.com/ncbreastfeedin…
NIce! "The Human Milk Banking Association of North America has published a news release describing a 12 percent increase in 2018 in nonprofit human donor milk distribution by HMBANA and its members in the U.S.... facebook.com/ncbreastfeedin…
Representative Doug Collins (GA-9) has introduced the "Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act" (FIRST STEP Act). The bill includes a provision that would prohibit... facebook.com/ncbreastfeedin…
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#ABM18 Highest brain cell connectivity for preterms who received EBM for > 90% of hospital days.
Breastfeeding reduces your cancer risk — but most people don't know. Breastfeeding Medicine in the news: a.msn.com/05/en-us/BBP7A… @BFMedicine
Anesthesia and Breastfeeding - compatibility of drugs with breastfeeding. Interesting that they used a bottle to depict the safety of drugs in breastfeeding. #ABM18
So far, we've identified 150-200 different oligosaccharides - and each mother has a distinct "footprint" #ABM18 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30247646
Breast milk intake is the strongest predictor of microbiome composition in the first year of life #ABM18 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30356187
Lactation is flexible! Divergent strategies for divergent circumstances #ABM18
Check out our "Hispanic Heritage Month Tools & Resources" webpage featuring key information on Latinx and breastfeeding as well as a compilation of resources, tools, and materials from USBC and the field. bit.ly/2y7Rc2T
Want to call in to today Region 1 meeting? Want to call in? Text Nicola at 919-610-8089
NCBC Next Meeting- TOMORROW! October 20th 10AM-1PM Perinatal Region I: Asheville The next NCBC Region I will be on Saturday, October 20th at Mountain Area Health Education Center- Family Health Center in the... facebook.com/ncbreastfeedin…
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Region IV networking and work plans for #breastfeeding #NCLCA18
Region IV networking and work plans for #breastfeeding #NCLCA18
Hearing from each of NC’s 6 Perinatal Regions - brainstorms of what to work on in our communities to improve #breastfeeding support. #NCLCA18
U.S. Breastfeeding Co.. @USbreastfeeding
10K Followers 685 Following A national nonprofit coalition driving collaborative efforts for policy/practices that create a landscape of breastfeeding support. Retweets ≠ Endorsements
La Leche League USA @LaLecheLeagueUS
7K Followers 264 Following La Leche League helps all families feed their babies human milk. Volunteers provide free support, education & promote a better understanding of #breastfeeding.
CHEERequity @CHAMPSBF
610 Followers 287 Following World class health equity center | Maternal-child health advocacy, training, and research | Home of the CHAMPS project
ROSE Inc. @Support_ROSE
3K Followers 822 Following ROSE seeks to enhance the overall health of #Black #American #women #babies & their families through #breastfeeding support #blkbfing #ATLbreastfeeding
Kimberly Seals Allers @iamKSealsAllers
8K Followers 5K Following Change agent for maternal & infant health. Author. Founder, @irthapp | Writing on race, culture & mamahood: @washingtonpost @slate @huffpost. Queen from Queens.
Alison Stuebe @astuebe
7K Followers 5K Following High risk OB, aspiring midwife, anti-racist. Manager @porgdownunder, happily married mom of 3 boys. She/her/hers. Here to get it right, not be right.
Kathy KendallTackett @UptySciChick
5K Followers 4K Following Owner/Editor-in-Chief, Praeclarus Press, Health Psychologist, Lactation Consultant, author, editor, speaker, mom of 2, loves celtic rock.
ILCAWorldwide @ILCA1985
8K Followers 269 Following We are an NGO whose mission is to advance the profession of lactation consulting worldwide through leadership, advocacy, professional development, and research.
KS Breastfeeding @KSBreastfeeding
806 Followers 402 Following Mission: To improve the health and well-being of Kansans by working collaboratively to promote, protect and support breastfeeding/human milk feeding.
NM Breastfeeding Task.. @NMBfingTskFrce
671 Followers 449 Following Our mission is to improve the health of New Mexico families by creating supportive environments in which breastfeeding is the cultural norm.
Tina Sherman @TinaShermanNC
1K Followers 1K Following Advocate I Policy Junkie I National Director at @MomsRising I Mom of twins & their big & baby brother I Lovin’ the #JeepLife I Tweets are my own
Brenda Bandy @BandyBrenda
289 Followers 307 Following Mom, wife, Kansan, Executive Director, Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition, Tweets = my own
Jill Wodnick/ Speakin.. @JillGW
2K Followers 5K Following #SpeakingOfBirth: Improving Maternity Care in New Jersey, maternal policy, scaling up childbirth education, plants, hiking, lamaze CBE, mom, UU, joy & justice.
Dr. Cecília Tomori @DrTomori
9K Followers 8K Following Anthropologist/Public Health Prof 🇭🇺🇺🇸soc/structural drivers, repro, lactation, equity, justice🤱🏾🤱🏽🤱 posts=own| she/her @ https://t.co/SIJer7Vz8d
Baby Friendly USA @BabyFriendlyUSA
845 Followers 117 Following Baby-Friendly USA, Inc. is the accrediting body for the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative in the United States.
California Breastfeed.. @CALIFORNIABF
2K Followers 464 Following The California Breastfeeding Coalition facilitates collaborative partnerships to #protectpromotesupport lactation and chest/breastfeeding in the Golden State.
Breastfeeding USA @Bf_USA
14K Followers 715 Following Breastfeeding USA commits to diversity, equality, and inclusion in our support of individuals, families, communities and within our own organization.
USLCA @USLCA
4K Followers 2K Following Advancing the lactation profession for the health of families everywhere! RTs are not endorsements.
Hearts Milk Bank @heartsmilkbank
4K Followers 5K Following Providing screened donor milk to babies when breastfeeding is impossible or taking time to get on track. Part of the @milk_foundation.
Academy of Breastfeed.. @BFMedicine
10K Followers 325 Following Dedicated to the promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding and human lactation.
Rose Hinnant @HinnantRos
39 Followers 5K Following
Dra. Gabriela Moscoso.. @DraLactancia
9 Followers 63 Following 🔸𝗠é𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗘𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮 🤱💪🏻🧡 (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona) 🔸 Mamá de 2 princesas 😍💗
Ryan Pace @Dr_RyanPace
507 Followers 1K Following Assistant Professor at University of South Florida. Microbiome, development, lactation, maternal/infant health. Find me at @ https://t.co/2Lv5ZkoEZH
🤱🏾 Melanoid Bre.. @arianerandolph
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Flight Speech Therapy.. @flight_speech
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Stacy Davis @stacy_davi
177 Followers 93 Following Maternal Child Health Leader. Lactation Consultant. DEI & Belonging Strategist. Innovator. #HustlerByNature #BoyMom #DetroitLove4Life #MPH
Alana Gilbert @alana__gilbert
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Winter-Lori @WinterLori1
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Jayne Carpenter, IBCL.. @Branches_iycf
78 Followers 583 Following she/her•Appalachia•PMH•HumanMilk• First Food Equity• Egalitarian•social,reproductive, and healing futures
Ivana L @IvanaL84354657
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Karmayodha @muboorkan
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West Central Illinois.. @WCILBFTF
83 Followers 577 Following Supporting breastfeeding awareness, education, and advocacy in18 counties in West Central Illinois.
Osama El Safi @OsamaElSafi5
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PURPLE Crying @PURPLEcrying
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Shawn Rene @ShawnRene4
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GOLD Lactation Academ.. @LactAcademy
197 Followers 333 Following Our brand new 95+ hour Lactation Consultant Course is a revolutionary approach for your lactation training!
Md Firose uddin @mdfiroseuddin
112 Followers 1K Following Nice nice breast and want to message there breast and want to suck thee nipples and drink there breast milk from there breast...
Melinated Moms @melinatedmoms
1K Followers 2K Following A global women empowerment platform for moms & women across the Melinated Spectrum utilizing the voices of our community to be the change we want to see.
Shawna A Daniels, MEd @MNarwhaldreams
17 Followers 62 Following Early Childhood and Adult Educator||PhD student @NCStateCED|| Mother of two cats and one king|| Curious lifelong learner|| *please say child care, not daycare*
Danielle Nazarenko, M.. @researchCNM
98 Followers 550 Following She/Her. Certified Nurse-Midwife & IBCLC. PhD Student @UBNursing. Research interests: birth autonomy/postpartum support/lactation. Views mine.
First 1000 Days Kansa.. @First1000DaysKS
201 Followers 348 Following Building a movement in Kansas to reset systems so all families thrive during the first 1000 days, from pregnancy to the child's 2nd birthday. Join us!
Impact Health @ImpactHealthWNC
85 Followers 376 Following Impact Health is a nonprofit formed to manage and oversee the NC Healthy Opportunities Pilot across WNC's 18 counties and Qualla Boundary.
Stephanie Martin @smartinutrition
163 Followers 524 Following Public health nutrition researcher studying families + social support. she/her
terri denington @TDenington
35 Followers 188 Following Making the most of life one day at a time. Midwife, mother, always looking for the good in a situation... cat, gin and chocolate cake lover...
Carey Sipp @TurnAroundMom
2K Followers 5K Following Director, Strategic Partnerships https://t.co/iNUcMmbPYB. Join us to prevent and heal trauma, build resilience. Inventor. Author: The TurnAround Mom.
Maggie Moore @magsmoore25
225 Followers 1K Following
APPPAH @APPPAH
594 Followers 529 Following APPPAH is Birth Psychology. For 30 years, we have illuminated the life-long impact of conception, pregnancy, and birth on babies, families, and society.
Pamula Floyd @pamulasfloyd
1K Followers 4K Following Mother Knows Best: A Memoir available now. A mom knew she couldn't nurse, medical professionals didn't listen, and her son paid the price with his life.
Dogwood Health Trust @DogwoodWNC
528 Followers 347 Following Our purpose is to dramatically improve the health and wellbeing of all people and communities of Western North Carolina.
Daphne Kuehl @DaphneKuehl
142 Followers 799 Following CNM. IBCLC. Passionate about #birth and #breastfeeding. Feminist. Science lover. Will never stop learning.
Dr Norrina @NorrinaJ
30 Followers 182 Following ❤Wifey to Capt Syarizad❤ ❤Mom of 4 boys❤ ❤MD, MPH❤ ❤MomSter❤ ❤Breastfeeding Peer Counselor❤ ❤Fellows GHLC 2021, WHO WPR❤
Candace E. Martin @cannylou
1K Followers 5K Following loves dogs, global health, & key lime gelato. Black maternal & infant health, perinatal health equity (she/her) RTs don’t = endorsement
Conscious Parenting N.. @ConParNews
436 Followers 458 Following Sharing headlines, science and inspiration of the "New Story of Childhood, Parenthood, and the Human Family." Sustainable, holistic, peaceful parenting.
Milk-O-Maniac @Milk_O_Maniac
2K Followers 2K Following Breastfeeding Conspiracy Theorist | Mother of 3 | #NoDemUnder1K
LiquidGoldConcept @LiquidGOLDcncpt
312 Followers 1K Following Providing learning experiences in clinical lactation and improving maternal health through high-fidelity breastfeeding simulators and on-demand telesimulations.
Emma Pickett @makesmilk
15K Followers 8K Following Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), Author, Volunteer w/ https://t.co/a795pCJbz5, Podcaster, Natural term breastfeeding and weaning. She/her
Tytina Sanders-Bey @Thatmskizzy
353 Followers 1K Following #parent CLC~Doula #socialjusticeadvocate #birthworker #chronicallyill since 2019 #nutcrackersyndrome #pelviccongestionsyndrome fighting to get my health back
First 1000 Days @First1000DaysFL
234 Followers 316 Following Florida initiative convening dozens of organizations and leaders surrounding efforts to improve the first 1000 days of a child's life, from pregnancy to age 3.
BeauGen Breast Pump C.. @beaugenmom
33 Followers 160 Following ☁️ Comfortable solutions for your pump 💞 Fits most major breast pump brands 🙌 Helping over 100K mamas in pumping journey 🇺🇸 Made in the USA
FSU Center for Preven.. @FSU_CPEIP
90 Followers 276 Following Follow us on Facebook /PartnersFSU Training & research in maternal-child health, lactation training & our award-winning home visiting curriculum @FloridaState.
NC Alliance for Healt.. @NCAlliance4Hlth
2K Followers 1K Following NCAH is a statewide coalition that convenes, mobilizes, supports, and empowers partners to advance equitable health policies.
U.S. Breastfeeding Co.. @USbreastfeeding
10K Followers 685 Following A national nonprofit coalition driving collaborative efforts for policy/practices that create a landscape of breastfeeding support. Retweets ≠ Endorsements
CHEERequity @CHAMPSBF
610 Followers 287 Following World class health equity center | Maternal-child health advocacy, training, and research | Home of the CHAMPS project
ROSE Inc. @Support_ROSE
3K Followers 822 Following ROSE seeks to enhance the overall health of #Black #American #women #babies & their families through #breastfeeding support #blkbfing #ATLbreastfeeding
Global Breastfeeding @_breastfeeding
24K Followers 1K Following Ted Greiner, involved in research and policy work on breastfeeding for nearly 50 yr, edits World Nutrition https://t.co/hAadsWvreP
Kimberly Seals Allers @iamKSealsAllers
8K Followers 5K Following Change agent for maternal & infant health. Author. Founder, @irthapp | Writing on race, culture & mamahood: @washingtonpost @slate @huffpost. Queen from Queens.
Alison Stuebe @astuebe
7K Followers 5K Following High risk OB, aspiring midwife, anti-racist. Manager @porgdownunder, happily married mom of 3 boys. She/her/hers. Here to get it right, not be right.
Kathy KendallTackett @UptySciChick
5K Followers 4K Following Owner/Editor-in-Chief, Praeclarus Press, Health Psychologist, Lactation Consultant, author, editor, speaker, mom of 2, loves celtic rock.
ILCAWorldwide @ILCA1985
8K Followers 269 Following We are an NGO whose mission is to advance the profession of lactation consulting worldwide through leadership, advocacy, professional development, and research.
MomsRising @MomsRising
67K Followers 19K Following A movement of 1M+ people rising for all families to thrive. All content from MomsRising Together 501c4 social welfare org unless otherwise stated.
NM Breastfeeding Task.. @NMBfingTskFrce
671 Followers 449 Following Our mission is to improve the health of New Mexico families by creating supportive environments in which breastfeeding is the cultural norm.
Dr. Cecília Tomori @DrTomori
9K Followers 8K Following Anthropologist/Public Health Prof 🇭🇺🇺🇸soc/structural drivers, repro, lactation, equity, justice🤱🏾🤱🏽🤱 posts=own| she/her @ https://t.co/SIJer7Vz8d
California Breastfeed.. @CALIFORNIABF
2K Followers 464 Following The California Breastfeeding Coalition facilitates collaborative partnerships to #protectpromotesupport lactation and chest/breastfeeding in the Golden State.
Breastfeeding USA @Bf_USA
14K Followers 715 Following Breastfeeding USA commits to diversity, equality, and inclusion in our support of individuals, families, communities and within our own organization.
USLCA @USLCA
4K Followers 2K Following Advancing the lactation profession for the health of families everywhere! RTs are not endorsements.
March of Dimes @MarchofDimes
62K Followers 3K Following March of Dimes leads the fight for the health of all moms and babies.
Academy of Breastfeed.. @BFMedicine
10K Followers 325 Following Dedicated to the promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding and human lactation.
Julie Darling @JulieAnnDarling
2K Followers 606 Following True Chicagoan, Animal Lover, Beauty Addict, Connector, will fight for what's right, and at times a pure enigma.
womenshealth.gov @womenshealth
855K Followers 823 Following The Office on Women’s Health is part of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Following/being followed and RTs do not equal endorsement.
Stacy Davis @stacy_davi
177 Followers 93 Following Maternal Child Health Leader. Lactation Consultant. DEI & Belonging Strategist. Innovator. #HustlerByNature #BoyMom #DetroitLove4Life #MPH
BabyCafeUSA @BabyCafe_USA
692 Followers 856 Following Growing Villages Together - Establishing free Breastfeeding Support sites offering professional-level care and peer social connection. All parents welcome!
HealthConnect One @HealthConnctOne
3K Followers 1K Following The national leader in advancing equitable, community-based, peer-to-peer support for pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and early parenting
Blactavist @blactavist
1K Followers 728 Following Felisha Floyd, IBCLC 🤱🏾 Racial Equity Strategist ✊🏿 UNAPOLOGETICALLY decolonizing breastfeeding in the Black community! 🙅🏾♀️(B)lack (lacta)tion acti(vist)
Ifeyinwa Asiodu 🤱�.. @IVAPhD
5K Followers 4K Following Associate Professor @UCSF | Director @MILKRLab | RN researcher + PHN + IBCLC + FAAN + Black Feminist | Tweets: human milk feeding, lactation, equity | ΧΗΦ | 🐶
Camie Goldhammer @nabcwa_camie
373 Followers 46 Following Indigenous breastfeeder, lactation consultant, social worker, Breastfeeding activist and Native mama.
NAPPLSC @NAPPLSC
325 Followers 199 Following
CACFPtakeACTION @CACFPtakeACTION
614 Followers 984 Following CACFP take ACTION Challenge: An Awareness Campaign designed to educate, inspire and energize the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the public.
Rebecca Costello @Rebecca__LC
259 Followers 189 Following IBCLC, MPH. Lactation consultant, advocate, educator. Webinars and workshops: https://t.co/ubefFbKGdH
HMBANA @hmbana4babies
1K Followers 219 Following Human Milk Banking Association of North America - Network of #NonProfitMilkBanks helping #prematureinfants and others through human milk donation.
Ban the Bags @banthebags1
95 Followers 19 Following
EMPowerBreastfeeding @EMPowerBF
84 Followers 4 Following EMPower Breastfeeding is a quality improvement initiative comprised of hospitals from 24 states selected in a competitive application process in 2015.
Marissa Honey-Jones @MarissaIBCLC
332 Followers 334 Following She/her | Dreamer | Wanderer | Mama | Wife | Activist | Lactivist | Student of Life
Erika @lifeingeekville
17 Followers 69 Following
Senator Thom Tillis @SenThomTillis
142K Followers 4K Following Official Twitter account of North Carolina U.S. Senator Thom Tillis.
Mother Child Trust @MotherChild
594 Followers 281 Following Using technologies that facilitate the flow of knowledge to families, to educate, motivate, empower and inspire around better health and nutrition practices.
🌈Tori🐙 @ToriOreo
715 Followers 347 Following The photo on my library card was once described as “mostly accurate”.
LactSpeak @LactSpeak
2K Followers 299 Following Bringing lactation experts to conferences the world over. LactSpeak is the hub for lactation speakers, conference organizers, and professionals.
LLLI #LaLecheLeagueIn.. @lalecheleague
9K Followers 458 Following Inactive account of LLLI Local support here https://t.co/ZwXclmVBII Breastfeeding/chestfeeding info here https://t.co/uEKPvsonyc LLLI office [email protected]
Norma Escobar @NormaEscobar66
194 Followers 72 Following
Dr Sally Dowling @sallyjdowling
2K Followers 1K Following Lecturer @TLHP, Co-Director MSc Reproduction and Development @BristolUni, @BristolUniBMERG member, @HRA_Latest REC member, AssEd Intl Breastfeeding Journal
GNOBAC @GNOBAC
510 Followers 643 Following The Greater New Orleans Breastfeeding Awareness Coalition aims to increase awareness of the benefits of and support for breastfeeding in the New Orleans area.
Gabriela Maradiaga Pa.. @GabrielaPedsMD
1K Followers 1K Following Pediatrician / Latina / Breastfeeding / Advocacy / Childhood Obesity / En Español / Viva Honduras / Tweets are not medical advice
SELCA @SELCAforIBCLCs
169 Followers 137 Following SouthEastern Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA/ILCA chapter/affiliate) promotes breastfeeding! Official account; tweets may not reflect chapter stance.
Hope Lima, PhD, RDN, .. @hopefeedsbabies
518 Followers 627 Following Assistant prof @WinthropU (#NIPLlab); DI @OhioState; Alum @MILKlabNCSU, @CGBI, & @WVWesleyan; fur-mama who helps babies eat 🤱🏿🤱🏽🤱🏼
Mothers' Milk Bank @texasmilkbank
708 Followers 408 Following Mothers' Milk Bank of North Texas accepts donor human milk from screened moms to pasteurize & dispense by physician prescription to ill infants. #nonprofit
BWDBF @BlkWmnDoBF
1K Followers 66 Following Making the community of black breastfeeding moms visible.
Mona Liza Hamlin @Monalizalc
615 Followers 587 Following We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society - Angela Davis Views are my own!
Lisa Amir @Lisa_H_Amir
3K Followers 768 Following Breastfeeding researcher, practising breastfeeding medicine and Editor-in-Chief of the International Breastfeeding Journal.
Mothers' Milk Bank No.. @MMBNorthEast
873 Followers 775 Following @HMBANA4babies #nonprofitmilkbank. Pasteurized donor human milk for #preemie and #NICU infants. Hospital donor milk programs. Donate breast milk.
Black Mothers BF @BMBFA
6K Followers 1K Following Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association, reducing inequities in breastfeeding support for Black families.
Sahira Long @dr_s_long
504 Followers 135 Following
BreastfeedingOR @BreastfeedingOR
437 Followers 387 Following BCO was convened in 2005 by Nursing Mothers Counsel of Oregon and Oregon Public Health Institute. BCO became a 501C-3 in October of 2014
WABA @WABAsecretariat
4K Followers 821 Following World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action #WABA: A global network dedicated to the protection, promotion & support of breastfeeding worldwide.
Andrea Serano, CLC, I.. @Andrea_ROSEBUD
867 Followers 602 Following Young #Naturalhair #Breastfeeding #Advocate working with Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere Inc. ( #ROSE ) #Lactivist #BlkBfing
NMA Breastfeeding @NMABreastfeed
1K Followers 470 Following The National Medical Association's Breastfeeding Alliance Will Increase Rates of Breastfeeding in 2017
Rebecca Ruhlen @rnruhlen
480 Followers 779 Following Anthropologist, breastfeeding advocate and volunteer counselor, Quaker, feminist, knitter, mother.
Commercial Alert @CommercialAlert
712 Followers 796 Following Keeping commercial culture within its proper sphere. A project of @Public_Citizen.
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Dear neighbors: our Christmas lights are now our Black History Month celebration lights.
“We need this country to become something different, something more. Black people need to be seen as fully human beings made in the image of God, not a menace to be managed, controlled and extinguished.” via @nytopinion nytimes.com/2020/05/10/opi…
Healthcare providers- Feel free to share the Ready, Set, BABY virtual class flyers with your prenatal patients! 🤰 #CGBI #Breastfeeding #Prenatal #ENRICHcarolinas
Most of Twitter is probably too young to remember this, but about 30 years ago, a toddler fell into a well in Texas and the country was spellbound until she was safe. Now, we're all like, "Who needs grandmas if your roots are showing, amirite? lol"
Great conference slide: “we’d now like to open the floor to shorter speeches disguised as questions.” #ABM18
@Dr_LarsBode Prebiotic effects are structure specific! Adding random HMO's to formula may lead to long-term unintended consequences. No evidence this will result in better outcomes #ABM18
Lactation is flexible! Divergent strategies for divergent circumstances #ABM18
UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights: “States should take urgent action to stop the ‘misleading, aggressive and inappropriate’ marketing of breast-milk substitutes in a multi-billion-dollar global industry." #ABM18 ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/…
Fórmula companies use #predatorymarketing of toddler formulas bc they are exempt from #WHO Code to intentionally confuse parents to feed it to infants - S Sundberg, Gates Foundation at #ABM18
It’s important to disclose #coi Missing here are patents with formula industry, recent papers funded by 2 formula companies (not Gerber). Honesty matters.
The Los Angeles Kings are saying 'Enough' to gun violence after the Thousand Oaks shooting
It’s lightly raining. Trump: cancel everything. Three broken ribs. Ginsburg: sorry I’m late.
Loved hanging out with perinatal region 4 and talking about how to move our region forward!! #nclca18
Resource for breastfeeding moms returning to work—for moms, families, employers! #nclca18 ncbfc.org/making-it-work
I’m at the NCLCA breastfeeding summit—looking forward to learning and also sharing about resident breastfeeding education! #nclca18
WIC support is helping increase #breastfeeding initiation and duration rates in NC. Similarly, requests for fully breastfeeding food packages are increasing. #NCLCA18
No counties in NC are meeting the healthy people 2020 goals for breastfeeding at 6 months. We’ve still got some time though! #NCLCA18
Listening to Chiara Phillips—in NC, minority moms receive formula gift bags at hospital discharge at much higher rates than Caucasian moms, undermining health of minority moms and babies. #nclca18
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