MEDIA

A must-read for anyone writing or speaking about breastfeeding is Diane Weissinger’s classic editorial essay, “Watch Your Language” (Journal of Human Lactation, March 1996).  Breastfeeding is a normal expectation for mother and child after birth, and it is important to consider other issues, cultural to medical, within that framework.

Periodically organizations concerned with maternal and pediatric health issue press releases and statements of interest to breastfeeding families and others.  We will update such statements on this page.

CDC Guidance on Covid 19 and Breastfeeding

Resources, information, and tools for pregnant people, breastfeeding people and health care professionals who care for them.

American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk

Breastfeeding should be continued for at least the first year of
life and beyond for as long as mutually desired by mother and child.

There is no upper limit to the duration of breastfeeding and no evidence of psychologic or developmental harm from breastfeeding into the third year of life or longer.

American Academy of Family Practice Physicians Policy Statement on Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is the physiological norm for both mothers and their children.

If the child is younger than two years, the child is at increased risk of illness if weaned.

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Position Statements on Breastfeeding Topics

Breastfeeding is, and should be considered, normative infant and young child feeding. Health professionals widely acknowledge that breastfeeding is biologically uniquely appropriate for the mother and infant. As the norm, breastfeeding is the standard against which all other forms of infant feeding are compared in research and in clinical support. Feeding other than direct breastfeeding should be supported only for valid medical reasons or absence of the mother. Breastfeeding should be continued for up to 2 years and beyond for as long as the mother and child desire.

Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) in the USA implementing the WHO / UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative

Utah’s first Baby-Friendly Hospital:  University of Utah Medical Center

 

Baby-Friendly USA envisions an American culture that values the enduing benefits of breastfeeding and human milk for mothers, babies, and society.