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Nichole’s Story – Challenges and empowerment
National Breastfeeding Month Breastfeeding, work, and milk donation: Making it work … and then some By Naomi Bar-Yam, Ph.D., Executive Director, MMBNE In 2014, HMBANA certified milk banks dispensed 3.77 million...
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Prematurity, breastfeeding, and work: Making it work
National Breastfeeding Month 2015 By Naomi Bar-Yam, Ph.D., Executive Director In honor of Mother’s Day this year, John Oliver (Last Week Tonight) ran a segment...
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Donor Story: Jessica Scillieri Smith
I pump at work and was able to donate! Pumping is the best part of the work day since I get to think about my...
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Making Breastfeeding and Work – Work: Paid Leave
National Breastfeeding Month 2015 By Naomi Bar-Yam, Ph.D., Executive Director, MMBNE Paid maternity and parental leave are crucial to making breastfeeding and work, well… work....
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HuffPost: 5 Truths About Donating Breast Milk
MMBNE Donor Blog Republished in Huffington Post: 5 Truths about Donating Breast Milk Congratulations to MMBNE donor and blogger Chelsea Vassi for her original blog...
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sheknows.com – The Mamafesto: What moms need to know about breast milk banks
There’s a new article out on milk banking from the online media site ‘SheKnows.com’. Mamafesto blogger Avital Norman Nathman interviews our director Naomi Bar-Yam and...
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