Heather, the amazing photographer behind Heather Gallagher Photography, posted the following pic for #BlackBreastfeedingWeek. Please read...
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“Black breastfeeding is a revolutionary act. There are so many barriers to breastfeeding success including, lack of peer support and encouragement, lack of education and instruction, aggressive marketing from formula companies, less access to lactation consultants, lack of community support, policy gaps like lack of federal paid family leave, etc.

CDC found that of infants born in 2012, 66% of Black women breastfed. While 75% of White women and 80% of Latinex women choose to breastfeed.

Not all black mothers have the luxury...