Hilary Jacobson
@hiljac.bsky.social
Author: Mother Food, Healing Breastfeeding Grief, A Mother's Garden of Galactagogues, Red Madder Root.
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☝🏼"But what about moms who CAN'T breastfeed?"
🤔“This economist says #breastfeeding is 'oversold.'”
📱"I read that BFHI starves babies!"
Talking about #LactSci🤱🏽🔬 is hard! Our workshop at #HMI26 at UCSD will teach you to share #lactation research with empathy AND accuracy.
Info & link👇🏼
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🤔“This economist says #breastfeeding is 'oversold.'”
📱"I read that BFHI starves babies!"
Talking about #LactSci🤱🏽🔬 is hard! Our workshop at #HMI26 at UCSD will teach you to share #lactation research with empathy AND accuracy.
Info & link👇🏼
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January 21, 2026 at 11:40 AM
☝🏼"But what about moms who CAN'T breastfeed?"
🤔“This economist says #breastfeeding is 'oversold.'”
📱"I read that BFHI starves babies!"
Talking about #LactSci🤱🏽🔬 is hard! Our workshop at #HMI26 at UCSD will teach you to share #lactation research with empathy AND accuracy.
Info & link👇🏼
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🤔“This economist says #breastfeeding is 'oversold.'”
📱"I read that BFHI starves babies!"
Talking about #LactSci🤱🏽🔬 is hard! Our workshop at #HMI26 at UCSD will teach you to share #lactation research with empathy AND accuracy.
Info & link👇🏼
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New research on low milk supply:
🤔 1 in 4 moms incorrectly *perceived* supply as normal (but it was low) or low (but it was normal)
🤱🏻 29% truly had low supply
🤷🏻♀️ Over half of cases had no clear explanation
#breastfeeding 🧪
internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
🤔 1 in 4 moms incorrectly *perceived* supply as normal (but it was low) or low (but it was normal)
🤱🏻 29% truly had low supply
🤷🏻♀️ Over half of cases had no clear explanation
#breastfeeding 🧪
internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Characteristics and experiences of lactating women with measured low milk production - International Breastfeeding Journal
Objective This study aimed to compare the characteristics and experiences of women with measured low and normal 24 h milk production. Methods We analysed data from a nested case-control study of 136 p...
internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com
August 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
New research on low milk supply:
🤔 1 in 4 moms incorrectly *perceived* supply as normal (but it was low) or low (but it was normal)
🤱🏻 29% truly had low supply
🤷🏻♀️ Over half of cases had no clear explanation
#breastfeeding 🧪
internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
🤔 1 in 4 moms incorrectly *perceived* supply as normal (but it was low) or low (but it was normal)
🤱🏻 29% truly had low supply
🤷🏻♀️ Over half of cases had no clear explanation
#breastfeeding 🧪
internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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"Pregnancy loss needs to be chronologically integrated into manuals on pregnancy & birth rather than ghettoized & secluded in chapters on abnormal pregnancies." (Layne 2003:246)
July 31, 2025 at 7:23 AM
"Pregnancy loss needs to be chronologically integrated into manuals on pregnancy & birth rather than ghettoized & secluded in chapters on abnormal pregnancies." (Layne 2003:246)
Reposted by Hilary Jacobson
"In retaining a studied silence on pregnancy loss, feminists have not only abandoned their sisters in hours of need, they have contributed to the shame & isolation that attends these events, & have, defacto, surrendered the discourse of pregnancy loss to antichoice activists." (Layne 2003:239)
July 31, 2025 at 6:54 AM
"In retaining a studied silence on pregnancy loss, feminists have not only abandoned their sisters in hours of need, they have contributed to the shame & isolation that attends these events, & have, defacto, surrendered the discourse of pregnancy loss to antichoice activists." (Layne 2003:239)
Ambiguity around food stamps? What are you seeing on the ground? www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
SNAP benefits under threat as Donald Trump freezes federal aid
President Donald Trump issued a federal funding freeze. Here's what that means for SNAP benefits.
www.newsweek.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Ambiguity around food stamps? What are you seeing on the ground? www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Correction: no freezing of WIC: www.reuters.com/world/us/nut...
January 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Correction: no freezing of WIC: www.reuters.com/world/us/nut...
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The gut 'remodels' itself during pregnancy and #breastfeeding - nearly doubling its surface area! 🧪
www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
The gut 'remodels' itself during pregnancy, study finds
The inner lining of the small intestine nearly doubles in size during pregnancy and breastfeeding, according to new research in mice and human tissue.
www.livescience.com
December 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
The gut 'remodels' itself during pregnancy and #breastfeeding - nearly doubling its surface area! 🧪
www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
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www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/feat... (not keen on title but article good) #EarlyYears #Nutrition #UPF #NutSky @daynabrackley.bsky.social @barbscrowther.bsky.social @katfoodjenner.bsky.social
Health & Wellbeing: Just how bad are ultra-processed foods and how should they be avoided? - Nursery World
Annette Rawstrone discusses ultra-processed foods and how settings can make changes to provide healthier meals for children
www.nurseryworld.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 11:34 PM
www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/feat... (not keen on title but article good) #EarlyYears #Nutrition #UPF #NutSky @daynabrackley.bsky.social @barbscrowther.bsky.social @katfoodjenner.bsky.social