Ghost Written By: Gatini Tinsley as told by Ashli Burney This year Black Breastfeeding Week aims to Revive, Restore and Reclaim, a heavy call for Black moms to fulfill in 2020. It has undoubtedly become one of the most challenging years as black moms face breastfeeding, giving birth and raising children amid a global pandemic …
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The Transformative Power Of Breastfeeding
By Malikah Garner Recently, I had a conversation about all of the obstacles and various experiences I encountered in my breastfeeding journey. I breastfed as a stay at home mom, while working from home and latched exclusively for the first 6 months. When I transitioned to working outside the home, I pumped and hand expressed …
Read MoreLate Start: It’s Never Too Late To Begin A Breastfeeding Journey
By Mia Halthon After being a mom of 3 for many years, I unexpectedly became pregnant with my fourth child. At that time, breastfeeding was like a foreign concept to me. I had never known anyone in my family, friends, nor church circle who had any experience with breastfeeding their children before. After a conversation …
Read MoreFour Years Strong? Oh, It’s a Revival!
By Victoria Washington The only mention of breastfeeding I’d heard growing up was from my mother sharing that she’d tried to breastfeed each of us, but it just didn’t work out. With no known legacy of breastfeeding in my family, I have no idea what caused me to choose to breastfeed my child, but here …
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