Breast milk is a common food for infants. While breastfeeding rates are rising, many lactating parents supplement breast milk with pumping and/or formula. Breastfeeding, or chestfeeding, has numerous ...

Breastfeeding is a natural way for mothers to supply their infants with all the nutrition and food they need for the first months of life. It may also help mothers recover more quickly from childbirth ...

Breastfeeding offers many benefits for mothers — including the potential to lose weight more quickly after having a baby. In fact, many women seem to consider this an important perk (1, 2). The time ...

A new National Academies report makes recommendations to promote and support breastfeeding in United States, including a national strategy to ensure mothers and families have access to effective ...