Lakeshore Lactation

09/06/2026

A baby is born—and so is a mother. 💗💙

After giving birth, a mother is recovering physically, adjusting mentally and experiencing enormous emotional and hormonal changes—all while caring for a newborn on very little sleep.

Recovery does not magically end at six weeks, and she should not be expected to do it alone.

Support can be simple but powerful: bring her a meal, refill her water, wash the bottles, fold the laundry, hold the baby while she rests and—most importantly—listen without judgment.

Instead of saying, “Let me know if you need anything,” offer something specific. Continue checking in after the first few weeks, when many new mothers receive fewer visitors but still need care and reassurance.

Let’s do a better job of mothering the mother. She deserves time, patience, support and space to heal. 🤍

Save this post and share it with a partner, family member or friend who is supporting a new mother.

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Donna Kimick, IBCLC, RLC
Lakeshore Lactation
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08/15/2026

🚨 New Study: increasing breastfeeding rates to 90% could save 72,300 noncommunicable disease deaths globally per year.

✨️ Formula feeding does carry risks, which is why breastfeeding on a population level is a public health concern. Individual benefit vs risk is different for each mother baby dyad.

This study also found increasing breastfeeding to 90% could prevent 10 million cases of diabetes across the lifespan of the cohort.

Of the delayed NCDSs, most delayed deaths were from ischaemic heart disease (43%) and stroke (33%), with cancer accounting for 18%.

Study authors interpreted the data to mean: Scaling up exclusive breastfeeding coverage could lead to benefits in reducing NCDs, complementing its established benefits for child mortality and early childhood development.

Essentially, this study added to the importance of breastfeeding on a global population level. Breastfeeding absolutely saves lives.

This study, published in the Lancet, focused on low and middle income countries. What does this mean for people in wealthier countries? Breastfeeding benefits still exist wherever you live and reduce the risk of developing cancer, diabetes, etc. However, in a wealthier country, you may have access to additional preventative measures and care, and access to medical care if you become sick.

Wherever you live, breastfeeding is the biological norm following a pregnancy

At the population level, breastfeeding reduces risk and has significant benefit.

As parents, we make decisions on individual levels.

For simple math, let's say on a population level the risk of allergies is 15 in 100 in not breastfeeding infants but in breastfeeding infants it's 5 in 100. Breastfeeding does not mean there's a 0% chance of allergies and not breastfeeding doesn't mean a 100% chance of allergies. Simply, when we look at large groups, more formula fed infants have allergies compared to breastfed infants.

All this said, breastfeeding is not easy. Low rates are often associated with lack of support, early return to work, birth complications, etc.

What support did you wish you had?

08/14/2026

08/05/2026

Happy World Breastfeeding Month

08/02/2026

Happy World Breastfeeding month 🥳🤱

Rumer Willis is breastfeeding her 3 year old daughter, and during World Breastfeeding Week, this is exactly the kind of visibility that matters. She recently shared a video nursing Louetta while refusing to apologize to people who judge her parenting.

Because breastfeeding does not suddenly become strange when a child has another birthday.

For some families, breastfeeding lasts weeks. For others, months or years. It may provide milk, comfort, connection, regulation, security, or simply a familiar place to land after a long day.

World Breastfeeding Week is not only about celebrating newborns at the breast. It is about supporting the entire journey, including the parts society still struggles to understand.

You do not have to breastfeed for three years.
You do not even have to understand why another mother does.

You simply have to respect that the decision belongs to the mother and child.

Thank you, Rumer, for showing the world that natural term breastfeeding is still breastfeeding. ❤️

08/01/2026

No swaddling.

07/07/2026

06/15/2026

This is about powdered infant formula, please don’t feed powered formula to babies under 3-5 months old.

Parents urged to immediately stop using all Nara Organics Whole Milk Organic Infant Formula.

06/04/2026

Can you feed a baby without the baby? United Healthcare seems to think so. 🤦‍♂️

UnitedHealthcare has announced a horrific new policy: they will no longer cover the infant's portion of a lactation appointment.

By pretending the baby isn't an active participant in learning to feed, UHC is loudly declaring that infant health doesn't matter to their bottom line.

This loophole slashes lactation consultant pay by 50%, which will drive top providers out of network and leave regular families stranded without affordable care.

The clock is ticking. We only have 9 days to make them walk this back.

👇 TAKE ACTION NOW: 👇

Instagram: Head over to https://www.instagram.com/unitedhealthcare to comment AND DM them, and demand they protect infant care.

Mail a Letter: Grab a 1-minute template at https://paperlesslactation.com/blog/fight-uhc/ to print and mail to UHC management.

Contact NJ Reps: Let your local state assembly people and senators know UHC is violating NJ Law (§ 52:14-17.29cc). Look them up here: njleg.gov/district-map.

Don't let a massive insurance company compromise the health of our newest community members. Please SHARE this post! 🔄