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LactNews.com is now BreastfeedingMaterials.com While our name has changed, all content is still written by Barbara Wilson-Clay and Kay Hoover, whose combined 60 years of experience as lactation consultants and library of teaching photos and videos are made available here.

We produce research-based professional training materials and a variety of patient education handouts related to lactation management and breastfeeding.  Our site also provides a clinical Q&A section called Ask Barbara and Kay and important commentaries on new science in the field of human lactation.

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  • The Breastfeeding Atlas
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    Over 400 photos and explanatory text on breastfeeding mothers and infants.
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    Hand-out for nursing mothers that shows the changes in the stool of a breastfeeding infant during the first week postpartum.
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  • Photo Identification Quiz
    Practice for the photo identification section of the IBLCE exam. Take our new clinical lactation photo identification practice quizzes.
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Latest News

Swallowing dysphagia as a cause of rejection of solid foods
September 14, 2011

Interesting updates on our recent Ask B & K case regarding the toddler who refused solids.  Ameera, the Egyptian IBCLC who wrote us about this case communicated the surprising news that the mother weaned the baby and the baby immediately began accepting solids.  This is a very counter-intuitive result, but in the interest of intellectual [...]

Ask Barbara and Kay

Counseling a Working Mother: Workplace Pumping and Embarrassment
September 30, 2011

Message: Dear Barbara and Kay, I have a client who has returned to work. Her baby was born 5/6/11. She is a PhD at a university. She asked about pumping frequency at work and the effects on supply if she skips a pumping. We discussed the implications of  regular milk removal. Breastfeeding is very important [...]