Humboldt County Breastfeeding Support

Providing in-home lactation support to families across Humboldt County

It’s November which means it’s time for The Humboldt County Virtual Milk Drive! @breastfeedhumboldt is partnering with the @mothersmilkbankca to host this event throughout the whole month of November. Your donated milk can make a life-ch
🗓️ Mark your calendars & check your freezers! @breastfeedhumboldt is partnering with the @mothersmilkbankca for a Virtual Milk Drive this November! Your donated milk can make a life-changing difference for premature and medically fragile babies
Can’t remember which side you fed from last? (same🙋🏼‍♀️) especially in those early postpartum days. Enter: the hair tie hack. Slip a hair tie on the wrist of the side you’re nursing from to help keep track and maintain an even milk
It’s August! Which means National Breastfeeding Month🌞 This year I’m celebrating by nursing my little girl💛 And by pumping once a day with the goal of donating 100oz to the @mothersmilkbankca !
Our baby Dela❤️ born at home🥰 She makes life feel like heaven
It took me a week of antenatal expression to collect even just a drop! I added a couple minutes to expression sessions and experimented with a little different hand placement and now I can produce 2ml per session (1ml per side) - it’s already b
37 weeks today💛 and cleared to begin antenatal hand expression! I squealed when I saw my very first drop of colostrum!! I’ll be hand expressing 2 or 3 times a day for 3-5 minutes, expecting to just get very small amounts. I’ll collect
We’re so excited to be moving Postpartum Circle to the new beautiful @opendoorcommunityhealth building, the Arcata Community Health Center🌞 Join us on Fridays from 11:00-12:30 for breastfeeding & postpartum support & community💛