Lactation MD

02/06/2026

This year's World Breastfeeding Week theme! 🎉

The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) announces the slogan for :
Breastfeeding for a Sustainable Start in Life: Strengthen What Works

will focus on tracking progress and evaluating breastfeeding impact on nutrition, food security and poverty reduction with highlights of successful implementation and lessons learnt. Target audiences including actors along the Warm Chain of Support for Breastfeeding; civil society organisations, governments, policymakers, health systems, workplaces, communities and parents will be engaged to strengthen proven solutions to improve breastfeeding protection, promotion and support. The theme is aligned with thematic area 1 of the WBW-SDG 2030 campaign.

Objectives of WBW2026:
🔹 Inform people about the importance of tracking progress in breastfeeding.
🔹 Anchor breastfeeding implementation through policies and guidelines across the Warm Chain.
🔹 Engage with individuals and organisations to enhance collaboration and support for breastfeeding.
🔹 Galvanise actions on improving breastfeeding protection, promotion and support using lessons learnt.

We invite everyone—governments, health systems, workplaces, civil society organisations, communities, and individuals—to join us in understanding what is working in countries that are reporting good breastfeeding progress. Tracking and evaluating progress in each country will let us learn what are the important elements to breastfeeding support.

01/22/2026

🎉Dr. Hall will be speaking at HMBANA's International Donor Milk Conference to be hosted in Chicago for the first time ever at Loews Rosemont April 20-21st, 2026!!!

Reserve your early bird registration by this Friday, January 23rd to learn from international experts in human milk science, milk banking, and pediatric nutrition.

Learn More and Register Here: https://www.hmbana.org/news/events.html

Milk Bank Western Great Lakes is thrilled to host a milk bank mingle as part of the program. Tour, dine, and network at our new milk bank on Monday night!!! 🥳

Premiere conference on milk banking and pasteurized donor human milk.

01/07/2026

Exciting news!!! Dr. Hall was quoted in a New York Post article on antenatal colostrum harvesting!!! Picture care of Taylor Aguirre. :)

Women with presumably healthy pregnancies are celebrating their stashes of colostrum-packed syringes,

12/05/2025

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our first annual holiday party! 🎉

Seasons Greetings from the Lactation MD team!!! ❄️☃️🌨

12/03/2025

Dr. Hall had the opportunity to meet last month with Governor J.B. Pritzker at the and discuss the importance of pasteurized human donor milk for feeding babies in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

11/20/2025

Dr. Hall is now officially a board-certified breastfeeding and lactation medicine physician! 🥳

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11/09/2025

Dr. Hall describing BFLM physician-IBCLC collaborative lactation care at !!! 💜

10/25/2025

Dr. Hall will be presenting at ILCA in November!!! 💗

📢 Session Spotlight for !

Join Miena Hall, MD, IBCLC, for "Strengthening Lactation Support Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration: A Model for Breastfeeding Medicine Physicians and IBCLCs."

As breastfeeding challenges become more complex, a unified approach is key. This session explores how the combined diagnostic and therapeutic expertise of physicians and the hands-on support of IBCLCs create a stronger, more cohesive support system for families. Learn actionable strategies for:
• Integrated clinical workflows
• Effective communication and referral pathways
• Co-management of complex cases

Advance your practice and elevate patient care through proven collaborative models.

For registration and more information 👉 https://ilca.org/2025-annual-conference/

09/03/2025

Dr. Hall was interviewed by Steve Alexander at WGN Radio regarding Lactation MD opening as a milk dispensary and depot for the Mothers' Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes. The segment will air tomorrow, 9/3 at 6:38 am and 12:45 pm.

Feel free to tune in! 😊

https://wgnradio.com/the-business-of-food-with-steve-alexander/

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08/22/2025

We had a great Open House!!! 🥳🎉

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to celebrate with us!!! 💗

08/21/2025

Can't wait to see everyone today for the Grand Opening of Lactation MD from 1-4pm at 2340 S Highland Ave, Suite 280 in Lombard!!! 🎉

08/19/2025

Got milk? 🍼 We do — and cookies too! 🍪🎉 Come celebrate the grand opening of Lactation MD in Lombard, where our breastfeeding medicine physician and IBCLCs are here to support every feeding journey (no matter the flavor 😉).

Join us this Thursday, August 21st from 1-4pm at 2340 S Highland Ave, Suite 280 in Lombard!