Marca Lactation

09/03/2026

🗣️📣 SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE ONES IN THE BACK!!! 🗣️📣

09/03/2026

09/03/2026

Because even & Ken need help breastfeeding from their local !

08/11/2026

As World Breastfeeding Week 2026 draws to a close, we remind ourselves that advocacy, education, and community-building are year-round endeavors. Mark your calendars and join ILCA in supporting these crucial upcoming cultural and health observances:

🗓️ Indigenous Milk Medicine Week: 8-14 August

🗓️ Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Week: 15-21 August

🗓️ Black Breastfeeding Week: 25-31 August

🗓️ Workplace Lactation Week: 1-7 September

🗓️ Latina/x Breastfeeding Week (Semana de La Lactancia Latina): 8-14 September

🗓️ Deaf and Hard of Hearing Breastfeeding Week: 16-22 September

Let’s stand in solidarity to dismantle systemic inequities and support every family’s unique lactation journey.

08/11/2026

08/01/2026

Join us as we celebrate the many cultural and community observances that make National Breastfeeding Month such a powerful time for learning, advocacy, and connection. Throughout August and September, we'll honor the diverse voices, traditions, and movements that strengthen the First Food field.

Check out the 2026 observance calendar and visit our NBM webpage to learn more about each observance and discover ways to get involved. https://bit.ly/3PUR38w

Together, let's RISE. 🌄

08/01/2026

Happy World Breastfeeding Week and the beginning of National Breastfeeding Month! 🤍

To all my Breasties—

It has been one of the greatest honors of my life to play even a small part in your feeding journey. Thank you for trusting me during some of the most vulnerable, exhausting, beautiful, and rewarding moments of parenthood.

This week—and this entire month—we celebrate breastfeeding, but more importantly, we celebrate you. The late nights, the tears, the victories, the questions, the perseverance, and the incredible love you pour into your babies every single day.

I look forward to continuing to learn, grow, and better serve the families who trust me with their care. Thank you for allowing me to do work that fills my heart every single day.

Happy Breastfeeding Month to all of my Breasties. I'm so proud of you. 💛

07/09/2026

Some days I leave to help other moms feed their babies.

Then I come home to this.

A living room that looks like a tornado rolled through, dishes in the sink, laundry that somehow multiplied... and four kids who remind me why I do this in the first place.

My work matters. But these messy, loud, beautiful people will always be my greatest purpose.

The mess can wait. These moments won't. 🤍

07/01/2026

Newborn Stomach Capacity

Day 1: 5–7 ml (0.1–0.2 oz) – about the size of a cherry
Day 3: 22–27 ml (0.8–1 oz) – about the size of a walnut
Week 1: 45–60 ml (1.5–2 oz) – about the size of an apricot
1 Month: 80–150 ml (2.5–5 oz) – about the size of a large egg
By one month, most lactating parents are producing close to the full amount of milk their baby will ever need.

Even as your baby grows, the total daily volume of milk stays about the same from one month onward. What does change is the feeding pattern—how often and how long your baby nurses may shift, but the overall intake remains steady.

07/01/2026

When we talk about breastfeeding, we often focus on the science, the benefits, and the challenges mothers face today. But there is also a painful chapter in breastfeeding history that many people never learned in school.

During slavery in America, many enslaved Black women were forced to breastfeed the children of slave owners, often while being separated from their own babies or unable to fully care for their own children. Their bodies, their labor, and even their ability to nourish were treated as something that belonged to someone else.

Today, on Juneteenth, we honor not only the celebration of freedom, but also the resilience of the mothers who endured unimaginable hardships while continuing to nurture the next generation.

We also recognize the Black mothers, lactation professionals, educators, and advocates who continue working to improve support and breastfeeding outcomes for families today.

History matters. Mothers matter. And every breastfeeding story deserves to be heard.

❤️ Happy Juneteenth.