Constance Pond, Board Certified Lactation Consultant

04/27/2024

Thank you, Penny, for how greatly you helped normalize the normal and for helping the world be a healthier place.
RIP

“I want people to appreciate how well their bodies are designed to give birth,” she once said.

08/30/2022

Beautiful.

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....

08/30/2022

Another encouragement for normal.

DALLAS, Aug. 23, 2022 — Breast milk has long been recognized as an ideal nutrient to strengthen the immune systems of newborns and infants. The American Heart Association says breastfeeding can also provide many heart-healthy benefits for babies and ...

08/27/2022

Important journalism.

Procedures got sloppy at the facility in Sturgis, Mich. Cronobacter bacteria proliferated. And when the FDA finally acted, America found itself in a desperate scarcity.

08/13/2022

Normal matters, individually and collectively

It's World Breastfeeding Week! DYK: Many women do not 🤱🏻 for as long as they would like. Here’s how we can ALL step up for breastfeeding mothers anytime, anywhere ⬇️

08/13/2022

The importance of breastfeeding. The importance of normal.

A CDC study of over 3 million U.S. births found that ever breastfeeding is associated with a 26% reduction in the odds of post-perinatal (between 7-364 days) infant death! Our work together is literally saving lives.

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08/01/2022

Welcome to World Breastfeeding Week!

As global crises continue to threaten the health and nutrition of millions of babies and children, the vital importance of breastfeeding as the best possible start in life is more critical than ever. This World Breastfeeding Week, under its theme Step up for breastfeeding: Educate and Support, UNICE...

07/01/2022

Have you given birth in the last year? We are seeking videos from breastfeeding mothers on their experiences with the early days of breastfeeding.

06/16/2022

What is right.

I have spent my career as a biocultural anthropologist researching, pondering, observing, and writing about breastfeeding and weaning.

06/10/2022

yep