Category: breastfeeding

You are what you eat…and so is your baby

Asian baby drinking breastmilk

“As a mother of a baby born in 1973 when nobody was breastfeeding, I didn’t know why, but I instinctively knew breastfeeding was the best thing to do.” After my first son was born, I went back to school to become a nurse. During my interview I said, “I’m not interested in sick people, but Read More >

Posted on by Patti Carroll, RN, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Registered Lactation Consultant15 CommentsTags , , , , , , , , ,

One Humanity: Supporting Mothers and Infants in the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Train tracks into WRTC

The scale of the Syrian crisis is nearly beyond comprehension: 4.8 million refugees, 8.7 million people displaced inside Syria’s borders. But the numbers don’t tell the whole story. Across the world, CDC has people on the ground working to protect the health of those affected by the crisis – people like Leisel Talley, whose mission Read More >

Posted on by Adrienne Lefevre, Emergency Response and Recovery Branch1 CommentTags , , , , , , , ,