*Featured on this blog post are also a bunch of willing mamas who wanted to share their photos from our Facebook community. From Cassandra @keeponboobin: “I currently am nursing my 13 month old daughter and I plan on allowing her to naturally wean. After celebrating my 12 month anniversary of nursing my daughter, I wanted to commemorate with a nursing photo that I could hang on the wall. I had recently learned about how breast milk was considered a living organism and that ha

The National WIC Association announced its decision to sever ties with infant formula manufacturers at the their conference in Denver, Colorado this morning. The press release reads: “Denver, CO: This morning, National WIC Association (NWA) Board of Directors Chair, Donna Bister, announced during NWA’s 2016 Nutrition Education & Breastfeeding Promotion Conference the Association is ending its relationships with infant formula manufacturers, putting into effect a resolution pa

The owner of Breastfeeding Mama Talk, Kristy Kemp, has used her platform to support breastfeeding in many ways. Last week, she aligned her community with the efforts of Black Breastfeeding Week, which is celebrated annually August 25-31. She manages the largest following in the online breastfeeding community and actively uses her influence to promote change regarding discrimination towards moms nursing in public. The BFMT community, nearly reaching 800k people across social m

As we kickoff Black Breastfeeding Week 2016 as part of  the Instagram Takeover, it is only appropriate that I share my extensive documentation of black mothers breastfeeding over the past year. However, I want to encourage everyone who views these photos to take a moment to educate themselves about why this week even exists. It is a celebration that raises awareness about the devastating statistics that women of color are up against due to minimal lactation education, a lack

If you are following my personal profile on Facebook you know that I have been training Judo at the Heisei Judo Dojo in Chula Vista twice a week for more than a year! I have been making an effort recently to be more consistent with training since I am often out of town for the #NBFtour. Around this time last year, I bumped into this mama who came to class with her son pictured below. She mentioned that she was still nursing him. At the time her son was about 17 months old, on

To all of the breastfeeding moms in Flint, Michigan, please be encouraged. Nursing is still a healthy option for you and your baby. Contact the Michigan Breastfeeding Network for more information. “Breastfeeding is almost always the best option for both mothers and babies – despite lead exposure. “During environment disasters, such as this, nature has provided its own filter. And in fact the mother’s body actually protects the baby from exposure to the environmental contamina

Hi, I’m Linn. I am a 38-year-old mother. The mother of Mia. Her birth took about 5 hours, from the time we left home to head over to the hospital. I was clear with my partner to not let them give me epidural. When the pain worsened, I could have killed someone! I begged for relief, the nurse offered me something to help me sleep, and I took it. At that point, I was feeling all of the pain, but I fell asleep every few minutes. After a few hours of labor and only opening to 2 c

Today is a day when we reflect on the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On this day, I bet most people won’t be thinking about breastfeeding. But I will be. African American women have the highest rates of perinatal maternal and infant mortality in the U.S. – they are more than twice as likely as women in other groups to have complications in pregnancy and childbirth that lead to death. African American babies are born earlier and sicker than other babies. They a

Breastfeeding has taken over social media during the last 5 years and only for the past two years has Facebook created a policy that “supports” breastfeeding for mothers to share their breastfeeding images, without having them removed due being sexual content or nudity. Unfortunately, the ability to report images for nudity can be abused by those who simply don’t agree with the community standard. Because of this, many mothers face harassment by “trolls” and others who are un

I joined the U.S. Navy right out of high school, following in a long line of family members who have served in the military. My grandfather served in the Army in WW1, my uncle served in the Air Force during Vietnam, and my older brother served 20 years in the Navy.  In fact, it was my brother in whose footsteps I followed the most closely. He was an aircraft mechanic and that’s what I wanted to do too (I grew up helping my dad and brother restore old cars, and I spent weekend

Have you walked by a Victoria’s Secret store in your mommy outfit and felt, well, a little uneasy? Furthermore, have you ever had the opportunity to breastfeed in front of the store, take the time to observe their marketing campaign, and think about motherhood? Seems like too much for a junior mommy comforting her screaming baby while struggling to get her breast out, right?! Well, this happened to me and I would like to share my thoughts about this particular postpartum day