Breastfeeding Medicine Podcast

The demand, access, and use of pasteurized donor human milk has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic. The executive directors of 3 large, successful nonprofit milk banks that are members of the Human Milk Banking of North America organization answer commonly asked questions about human milk banking during the pandemic. Recorded in May 2020.

Around the country it is common for new mother-infant dyads to leave their maternity centers earlier than pre-COVID-19. Since so many medical offices are closed to COVID+ individuals, how can COVID+ mothers find follow up for their newborn(s)? Drs Glassman and Saslaw share their solution for a population with high rates of COVID-19, Upper Manhattan and the Bronx, NYC. Recorded in April 2020.

Our medical practices are changing minute by minute with the exponential spread of COVID-19 in our communities. Join us for a discussion with physicians internationally who share their insights, policies, and practices from inpatient to outpatient experiences. Recorded in March 2020.

Join us to learn how to evaluate and treat oversupply (hyperlactation). What are the behavioral option for treatment, and when is medical treatment indicated? Does the corona virus transmit into breastmilk? Listen and you shall learn! Recorded in February 2020.

Is there healthcare inequity in the use of pasteurized donor milk (PDHM) in hospitals among well newborns? What is the role of consent for PDHM? Why does supplementation of cow's milk formula early postpartum increase the risk of cow's milk allergy? Does increasing hospital practices of skin-to-skin and rooming-in actually increase SUPC rates? Recorded in November 2019.