Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Breastfeeding Coalition

08/21/2025

We know the composition of colostrum (the first milk) differs when babies are born term or preterm. But did you know it also differs among term babies who are born small for gestational age (SGA), large for gestational age (LGA), and appropriate for gestational age? Download this study free here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40583475/

08/21/2025

08/20/2025

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August is National Breastfeeding Month and at SPTHB we strive to make meaningful connections in our communities. Our work is stronger through collaboration and this month we're highlighting one of our community partners, Stephanne Rupnicki, and her continued commitment to improving maternal health outcomes for Native communities and honoring culturally rooted care for Indigenous mothers and families.

08/20/2025

With Indigenous Milk Medicine Week at a close, we want to highlight some of the ways that milk is medicine. When we breastfeed or chestfeed, we engage in an act of love and care that nourishes our bodies, our spirits, and our community bonds. Milk Medicine is a sacred tradition that goes beyond lactation.

Human milk:
- is antibacterial, antifungal and anti-inflammatory
- provides essential nutrients
- reduces the risk of SIDS
and many more.

Learn more about the benefits of breastfeeding at https://hubs.la/Q03DfNps0

08/12/2025

Jasha is such an inspiration! Beautifully said!

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....

08/11/2025

The 4th trimester

08/08/2025

✨ Welcome to Indigenous Milk Medicine Week 2025! ✨ We begin this week with deep gratitude and fierce love. Our theme, Unapologetically Indigenous: Love, Landback, and Liberation. It calls us to honor the sacredness of Milk Medicine and the communities who carry it forward.

🧡 Whether you're joining a session, moving in the Virtual 5K, or simply holding space in your heart, today we celebrate the strength of Native breast/chestfeeding families and the traditions that nourish generations.

🎉 Spirit Week Starts Today! ✨Let’s flood the feed with joy, pride, and unapologetic presence. Today we celebrate what it means to be Unapologetically Indigenous—in all the ways we show up, shine, and carry our cultures forward.

Rock your keenest cultural attire—whatever that looks like for you. We want to see it!

📸 Snap a pic, share your vibe, and tag us or use:

08/08/2025

Absolutely stunnnnning! Will be downloading these forsure 🥰🥰

08/07/2025

Every drop counts