August is National Breastfeeding Month. Many moms know of the health benefits for babies who are breastfed. For decades, clinical research has shown how breastfeeding is beneficial to babies.

I am a new mom who is fortunate to be able to breastfeed. We’ve had several guests come to our house to meet the baby, and if she needs to nurse, I go to the couch and allow her to breastfeed. I don’t ...

The issues of choice and motherhood have dominated headlines over the past week. This discourse has centered around a woman’s choice to have a child, but there is also a lesser-discussed maternal ...

Background. Research suggests that home visiting interventions can promote breastfeeding initiation, though their effects on breastfeeding continuation are unclear. No known studies have assessed the ...

"We haven't stopped breastfeeding because breastfeeding works for us," Yarrow tells PEOPLE Beowulf Sheehan Allison Yarrow has loved the connection she's formed with her son through breastfeeding — and ...

The current crisis has exacerbated an already emotionally charged health care issue in the U.S. Jane Varghese Williams has grappled with feelings of guilt around not breastfeeding her son — who has a ...