Marigold Lactation

21/08/2025

Within our AANHPI communities, we have a diverse range of postpartum practices - from the postpartum confinement period to yoni steaming to bengkung belly binding (just to name a few!), these practices vary within social and cultural perspectives, and may or may not conflict with Western medical practices.

As families relocate further from their birthplaces and cultural roots, we continue to nurture our postpartum practices even though doing so is not without struggles.

What are some practices that were important to you during your postpartum period?
We would love to hear about them, and we're sure others will be happy to learn something new!




Special thanks to Junko Ziemba for sharing these photos for us to post!

19/08/2025

In order to help those who don’t speak the same language as yours, you don’t necessarily have to acquire the language. The Art of supporting is beyond words or research.

The AANHPI Breastfeeding Week is August 15-21. We celebrate our AANHPI communities’ diverse languages and cultures and share our vision of safe pregnancies, healthy babies and thriving families.

We invite you to be curious, to stayed connected and particiate in this important conversation with us

La Leche League USA helps parents, families, and communities to breastfeed, chestfeed, and human milk feed their babies through parent-to-parent support. LLL USA encourages, informs, educates, supports, and promotes the use of human milk and the intimate relationship and development that comes from....

18/08/2025

What did your postpartum support look like?

Postpartum support looks different for all families. In many families that have relocated, that sometimes means we live in a multigenerational household, or perhaps your family members are countries afar and you are managing on your own.

Many of us have different cultural backgrounds with different social and cultural expectations for "how" we should be recovering, and who should be supporting you.

Who was there to support you, or who do you wish would have been there for you? We would love to hear about your experience!

18/08/2025

In celebration of AANHPI Breastfeeding week, we would love to know about your favorite foods for postpartum nourishment!

In our diverse AANHPI communities, we hold many different postpartum practices and experiences.

Food plays a big role in postpartum recovery and nourishment for the birthing and lactating parent. Many of us are striving to retain this knowledge of traditional postpartum nutritional beliefs, in hopes that we can pass some knowledge down as next generations assimilate with Western culture.

We are seeking responses from those who identify as AANHPI ethically or culturally.
Share your personal story or experience with a favorite, delicious, and heart-warming postpartum dish that was prepared especially for you, helping you through the early days of breastfeeding and caring for a newborn, and most, importantly, reconnecting you with your own cultural roots.

Share your favorite recipes in the comments, or post and tag us so we can repost and share it with our communities!

09/08/2025

Have you registered yet?!

Join Breastfeed LA: The Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles and the Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Lactation Collaborative for a FREE webinar “Beyond Words: Lactation Support for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families”.
Friday, August 15 | 12:00pm – 1:30pm PDT
LIVE Registration is FREE | CEUs + Recording Access: $15

Register at tinyurl.com/linguallact-support

MEET OUR SPEAKERS:

Uyen Tran, MBA, CLC, IBCLC, CIMI
Uyen is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and a Certified Infant Massage Instructor. She is currently working at Gardner Health Services WIC as a Lactation Consultant and Breastfeeding Program Coordinator. Uyen has a private practice, Marigold Lactation, where she offers lactation support and infant massage classes. Besides her professional role, she volunteers for La Leche League in various capacities. This includes serving as a breastfeeding counselor for families in San Francisco and Half Moon Bay, and acting as a professional liaison to support the administration of her direct LLL Area and its Leaders. Additionally, she contributes as a Review Team member for LLL USA New Beginnings’ blog. Uyen is in a process of discovering how to incorporate Eastern traditional practices in lactation and postpartum care (herbalism, nutrition therapy, meridian massage, lactation massage, gigong practice supportive of breast health, etc). She is dedicated to holistic care for families throughout their breastfeeding journeys. She works to elevate AANHPI communities, share knowledge to raise awareness in the lactation field, and influence policy-making related to breastfeeding.

Wen Ting (Wendy) Fung, MS, RDN, IBCLC
Wendy is Registered Dietitian and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant with PHFE WIC, a program of Heluna Health. Her dual role at PHFE WIC is Regional Breastfeeding Liaison and Breastfeeding Services Manager. In her roles, she connects local hospitals and healthcare providers with WIC Program and she oversees the Peer Counselor Program.

Ruta Lauleva Lua’iufi Aiono, BA, CLES, IBCLC
Ruta Lauleva is a traditional birth attendant who deeply believes in the innate wisdom of the birthing process & the power of pregnancy/birth/postpartum to heal our relationships to ourselves / the land, especially for Pacific families living in diaspora. Her work is focused on supporting Pasefika families to navigate their pregnancy journeys with joy and dignity and she is particularly interested in the potential for holistic & traditional perinatal practices to positively affect Pacific Islander rates of chronic disease, mental illness & overall well-being.

31/07/2025

I’ll be speaking during this panel discussion sharing my experience with counseling culturally and linguistically diverse families and tips on how to support these families on their breastfeeding and parenting journeys. Join us!

📣 We are excited to announce this year's theme for AANHPI Breastfeeding Week (August 15-21, 2025):
Diverse Voices, One Vision.

We recognize that while our communities are unique, we share the same vision of safe pregnancies, healthy babies, and thriving families.

Stay tuned for more details on what we have planned, and follow us here and on Instagram 🎉

Don't forget to tag us if your organizations have anything planned ❤️


U.S. Breastfeeding Committee - USBC

01/07/2025

📣 We are excited to announce this year's theme for AANHPI Breastfeeding Week (August 15-21, 2025):
Diverse Voices, One Vision.

We recognize that while our communities are unique, we share the same vision of safe pregnancies, healthy babies, and thriving families.

Stay tuned for more details on what we have planned, and follow us here and on Instagram 🎉

Don't forget to tag us if your organizations have anything planned ❤️


U.S. Breastfeeding Committee - USBC

12/06/2025

How fascinating it was watching a mama bird feeding her babies outside my windows! 🌷
Besides, my breastfed baby over the years has told me various facts about breast milk (now that he’s 7.5). He tells me it was warm and sweet and yummy 😁. He says he only liked the yummy milk from the source and didn’t like the pumped milk in the bottle! It tasted “plastic-y”. And the “last milk” before it all ran out (at the end of our breastfeeding journey) - “the flavors were fading away” like water, though still a bit sweet ❤️
I continue learning new things everyday!

06/05/2025

La Leche League USA helps parents, families, and communities to breastfeed, chestfeed, and human milk feed their babies through parent-to-parent support. LLL USA encourages, informs, educates, supports, and promotes the use of human milk and the intimate relationship and development that comes from....

01/05/2025

Hello, I will be speaking about BREASTFEEDING/CHEST FEEDING SUPPORT GROUP on Thursday May 8th, 2025 at 1:30 PM at hashtag conference!
https://calwic.org/events/annual-conference/

01/05/2025

"Pregnancy, postpartum, and lactation bring unique challenges that impact mental health, from navigating work transitions and family expectations to breastfeeding in public and during emergencies. Designed for both healthcare providers and community members, this webinar focuses on the experiences of the AANHPI community, offering practical strategies to support mental well-being while addressing real-life situations, including returning to work, managing family dynamics, and ensuring infant feeding during disasters.
Join experts for a culturally responsive discussion on fostering resilience, advocating for supportive environments, and prioritizing mental health throughout the parenting journey."
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/5dumdem/lp/1981d28d-00e6-4700-8477-a0522956a78d

Pregnancy, postpartum, and lactation bring unique challenges that impact mental health, from navigating work transitions and family expectations to breastfeeding in public and during emergencies. Join our LIVE webinar,

12/03/2025

Postpartum traditions and practices around the world are so incredible to learn about. They often focus on nurturing, healing and bonding of both parents and babies, and naturally, milk production will follow.
Have you heard about a lactation massage (by hand) that can bring in milk flow, even in grandmothers? This is such a strategy so effective during disaster relief.
Watch "East Meets West", a film by Stefanie Rosin to learn more! A review of this fascinating documentary here:
https://lllusa.org/east-meets-west/

La Leche League USA helps parents, families, and communities to breastfeed, chestfeed, and human milk feed their babies through parent-to-parent support. LLL USA encourages, informs, educates, supports, and promotes the use of human milk and the intimate relationship and development that comes from....