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This post on Facebook links directly to a bunch of National Breastfeeding Month events:

🔗 www.facebook.com/share/15prWZ...

How conWEANient 😁😂

Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week. Tip your server and try the chicken!

#WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025 #NationalBreastfeedingMonth #WBW2025 🤱🛟
Join CHEER in celebrating National Breastfeeding Month! August 1-7 World Breastfeeding Week & National WIC Breastfeeding Week August 8-14 Indigenous Milk Medicine Week August 15-21 Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Week August 22-24 Military Lactation Celebration August 25-31 Black Breastfeeding Week September 1-7 Workplace Lactation Week September 8-14 Semana de La Lactancia Latina September 16-22 Deaf & Hard of Hearing Breastfeeding Week
August 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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#WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025
August 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
bridgetmcgann.medsky.social
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025 #WorldBreastfeedingWeek #WBW2025 #PublicHealth #SciComm #MedSky #PedSky #IBCLC #Lactation #LactSciComm 🤱🤱🏽🛟🩺🧪
August 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
bridgetmcgann.medsky.social
I had to pull this quote because it is

e v e r y t h i n g.

In the video, Hannah tells a 💔 story of having to leave her 5 month-old nursling to pursue higher ed. How she’d cry in the shower as her milk ran down the drain.

Breastfeeding experiences are truly universal.

#WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025
We say "support," we don't mean just lip service. We mean paid maternity leave, not just 3 months and a guilt trip. We also mean workplaces that have proper nursing rooms, not converted rooms that had no work, that were an afterthought. We mean health workers who encourage and educate, not shame. And we also mean fathers, partners, and families who understand and participate, not spectate. Last but not least, we also mean policies that walk the talk and actually put mothers first. So, it's not just about awareness. We already know that breastfeeding is great. It's about action-about building workspaces, health systems, and communities that don't just encourage breastfeeding, but actually make it possible. To the woman who breastfed for 2 years, and the one who didn't get a chance to start at all. And to that mom who cried in the shower as her milk ran down the drain. To the mom whose mental health was shaken by silent grief— I see you. I hear you. I am you. And today I speak for us—for all the mothers, all the mothers doing their best in systems that often forget us. So this World Breastfeeding Week, let's go beyond slogans. Let's push for real change. Let's build workplaces, health systems, and communities that actually support mothers. Hannah's Lens
August 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
bridgetmcgann.medsky.social
#PublicHealth professionals: The top breastfeeding tweet on Bluesky this week centers Western/rich/white narratives that breastfeeding is a lifestyle choice (vs. a health equity issue) and that breastfeeding is inherently difficult.

We have much work to do.

#WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025
A tweet from Aubrey Hirsch leading to her Substack article titled “breastfeeding isn’t free“ The tweet reads: In honor of World Breastfeeding Week, this comic about the many, many coats of breastfeeding is your reminder that BREASTFEEDING IS LABOR!
August 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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#WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025 highlights the theme “Invest in breastfeeding, invest in the future.” IFPRI research offers key insights on how #breastfeeding links to maternal and child #nutrition, care, and public health—informing better policies and programs.
www.ifpri.org/blog/world-b... @cgiar.org
World Breastfeeding Week: Research shows the vital importance of support for mothers and infants
Insights from IFPRI research.
www.ifpri.org
August 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
lll-leader.bsky.social
INFORMATION ABOUT WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025
#WBW2025
August 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
lll-leader.bsky.social
WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK
Objectives #WBW2025
• Inform
• Anchor
• Engage
• Galvanise
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025
@waba_global
August 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
equilactinc.bsky.social
Breastfeeding is one of the most cost-effective health interventions available. #WABA #PrioritiseBreastfeeding #CreateSustainableSupportSystems #worldbreastfeedingweek2025 #WarmChain #breastfeeding #SDGs #buildingbackbetter #maternalhealthmatters #maternalhealth #globalhealth #globalhealthequity
August 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
wrda-team.bsky.social
Women across the Mas project highlighted the need for improved support to breast- feeding and also to create a society here where breast- feeding is supported.

#MasMatter #WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025
Breast Feeding: Our Experience
Participants from our Maternal Advocacy and Support project share their experiences of breast feeding and talk about how support could be improved.
buff.ly
August 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
lll-leader.bsky.social
If you are interested in translating the #WBW2025 logo, poster and action folder into other languages, please fill in this form (docs.google.com/forms/d/1EED...).
Please note that the editing of the logo is NOT permitted.
#wbw2025
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025
#waba
#lalecheleague
March 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
bridgetmcgann.medsky.social
Reminder that, in addition to being acknowledged to varying degrees as a human right and reproductive right, breastfeeding is also a child right covered by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child ⚖️

#WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025 #WBW2025 #WarmChain 🛟
United Nations website UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER (e) To ensure that all segments of society, in particular parents and children, are informed, have access to education and are supported in the use of basic knowledge of child health and nutrition, the advantages of breastfeeding, hygiene and environmental sanitation and the prevention of accidents;
August 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
lll-leader.bsky.social
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025
#WBW2025
@waba_global
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action - WABA
August 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
profsarahjewell.bsky.social
As part of #WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025 see this blog introducing the Employer Toolkit from our Infant Feeding and Return to Paid Work study funded by
@nuffieldfoundation.org. The toolkit aims to help employers support their breastfeeding employees. #PrioritiseBreastfeeding
August 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
uor-research.bsky.social
This #WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025 make your workplace part of the #WarmChain of Support.

In this blog @profsarahjewell.bsky.social introduces a new toolkit designed to help employers create breastfeeding-friendly workplaces.

#PrioritiseBreastfeeding #WBW2025 #CreateSustainableSupportSystems
#WABA
Creating a breastfeeding-friendly workplace: Why employers hold the key - Connecting Research
rdg.ac
August 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
bridgetmcgann.medsky.social
@brandeisuniversity.bsky.social is hosting a webinar TOMORROW discussing how to support parents with a variety of disabilities in lactation and breastfeeding their child.

🔗 zurl.co/UMvAl

#NationalBreastfeedingMonth #NBM #DisabledPregnancy #WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025 #MCH
Graphic for a webinar titled "Lactation and Breastfeeding with a Disability" on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at 12 PM ET, featuring speakers Alesha Thomas, Elizabeth Campbell Soper, and Norma Morán. The flyer features a purple background with speaker photos and accessibility icons indicating the availability of sign language interpretation and closed captioning.
August 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
equilactinc.bsky.social
It's International Breastfeeding Week! This year's theme is about creating "sustainable support systems". Your donation to EQUILACT help us do just that. Learn more at www.equilact.org. #PrioritiseBreastfeeding #CreateSustainableSupportSystems #worldbreastfeedingweek2025 #SDGs #maternalhealth
August 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
bridgetmcgann.medsky.social
Last week, several breastfeeding, lactation, and human milk experts did an "Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit ahead of #WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025. Here are the top 3 most upvoted questions we got. 👇

Without peeking at the thread, how would YOU answer them?

#WBW2025 #SciComm #OBsky #PedSky 🧪🛟
alpacalypse-llama • 4d If the newborn's stomach is initially colonized by the vaginal bacteria during birth which allow for fully digesting the breastmilk, how much difficulty do babies born by c-section have in digesting it? I assume their stomachs are colonized by the bacteria in the milk but lacking the specific ones to digest the special oligosaccerides (might have butchered that spelling)? 14 upvotes scotty_the_newt • 4d Elisabeth Anderson Sierra holds the world record for breast milk donations. Because of her hyperlactation syndrome she produces multiple liters of milk per day. Is the milk from somebody like that naturally "watered down" or do the recipients of her milk receive as much nutrition as from other womans donations? 11 upvotes hiphiphf • 4d Are there any evidence-based strategies (e.g., foods, behaviors) for boosting milk supply (beyond the obvious ones of eating enough, staying hydrated, sleep)? Are all the supplements on the market claiming they can help with this just...bullshi*t? I'm currently nursing my 8M old, but have unfortunately begun to see a decrease in my supply only when pumping (which I have to do during the day while she's at daycare and I'm at work). I'm hoping to make it to at least a year. 9 upvotes
August 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
bridgetmcgann.medsky.social
The lactation science Ask Me Anything is live and open for questions! We will begin answering at noon Eastern.

www.reddit.com/r/askscience...

#BlueSci #WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025 #OneHealth #PedSky 🧪🛟
August 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
bridgetmcgann.medsky.social
🧪🛟 #breastfeeding #publichealth #worldbreastfeedingweek2025 #wbw2025 #mch #nicu
July 24, 2025 at 5:42 AM
equilactinc.bsky.social
Get to know the leaders of EQUILACT this week. #WABA #PrioritiseBreastfeeding #CreateSustainableSupportSystems #worldbreastfeedingweek2025 #WarmChain #breastfeeding #SDGs #buildingbackbetter #maternalhealthmatters #globalhealth #infanthealth #workingmom
August 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
bridgetmcgann.medsky.social
The party isn’t over!

As #WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025 draws to a close, I will post takeaway materials in this thread.

Starting with this calendar! ↓
bridgetmcgann.medsky.social Bríd Nic Annaidh ☘️ @bridgetmcgann.medsky.social · Aug 5
This post on Facebook links directly to a bunch of National Breastfeeding Month events:

🔗 www.facebook.com/share/15prWZ...

How conWEANient 😁😂

Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week. Tip your server and try the chicken!

#WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025 #NationalBreastfeedingMonth #WBW2025 🤱🛟
Join CHEER in celebrating National Breastfeeding Month! August 1-7 World Breastfeeding Week & National WIC Breastfeeding Week August 8-14 Indigenous Milk Medicine Week August 15-21 Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Week August 22-24 Military Lactation Celebration August 25-31 Black Breastfeeding Week September 1-7 Workplace Lactation Week September 8-14 Semana de La Lactancia Latina September 16-22 Deaf & Hard of Hearing Breastfeeding Week
August 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
lll-leader.bsky.social
Create sustainable support systems
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#WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025
#WBW2025
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek
#WBW
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action - WABA
@waba_global
August 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
wrda-team.bsky.social
Thank you to the participants from our Maternal Advocacy and Support project for sharing their experiences of breast feeding and how support could be improved #WorldBreastfeedingWeek2025
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August 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
equilactinc.bsky.social
Kate's why. #WABA #PrioritiseBreastfeeding #CreateSustainableSupportSystems #worldbreastfeedingweek2025 #WarmChain #breastfeeding #SDGs #buildingbackbetter #maternalhealth
August 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM