Letdown Podcast

U.S. Breastfeeding Committee - Camille Abbe & Cheryl Lebedevitch

The U.S Breastfeeding Committee is a national coalition of over one hundred organizations that come together to protect, promote and support human milk feeding. My guests

The Center for WorkLife Law - Pregnancy and Breastfeeding at Work - Juliana Franco

My guest today is staff attorney Juliana Franco at the Center for WorkLife Law. We discuss the support provided by the Center for employees and employers in relation to a

IABLE - Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding & Lactation Education #18

Lactation is not part of the standard medical training for nurses, and physicians, despite the fact that they are often the first port of call when a mother or a baby nee

The cost of suboptimal breastfeeding - Melissa Bartick, M.D. #17

My guest today is Melissa Bartick, M.D., assistant professor of medicine at Harward Medical School. She conducted an in-depth analysis of the health outcomes and costs of

Continuity of Care Blueprint - NACCHO Harumi Reis-Reilly Lead Program Analyst #16

Today my guest is Harumi Reis-Reilly, Lead Program Analyst at NACCHO. We are discussing the Continuity of Care in Breastfeeding Support Blueprint, which is a guideline fo

LactApp free breastfeeding support - Christi Gross #15

Today my guest is Christi Gross, International Dev Lead for LactApp. This app provides free support for breastfeeding mothers, and let's face it, we need all the help we

The Effectiveness of Breastfeeding Support - Anna Gavine #14

Today my guest is Anna Gavine, a lecturer in the field of health sciences at the University of Dundee, UK. She completed an extensive Cochrane review to evaluate the effe

OT and breastfeeding - Kinzie Weiss paediatric occupational therapist #13

My guest today is Kinzie Weiss, a pediatric occupational therapist who specializes in lactation. She will walk us through the many ways OT can help breastfeeding mothers

Freeze-drying breast milk - Kym Kish, founder of Made By Mum #12

Technology allows us to turn our breast milk into breast milk powder. The process is called freeze-drying. My guest today is Kym Kish, founder of Made By Mum, a company o

Feeding choices vs work - Professor Sarah Jewell #11

Today my guest is Professor Sarah Jewell from the University of Reading in the UK. We talk about her onging study that focuses on maternal well-being in relation to the c

Breast pumps suck! #10

Breast pumps suck… Babies suckle… The questions in today’s episode are how these two things differ from each other and why it matters. This is a special episode for me pe

New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force - Monica Esparza & Siboney Rodriguez #9

Today we sit down with the New Mexico Breastfeeding task force and discuss the wide range of care and support they provide for breastfeeding mothers, hospitals, clinics,

Eats on Feets - Maria Armstrong and Shell Walker Luttrell #8

My guests today are Maria Armstrong and Shell Walker Luttrell who established the fundamentals of safe breastmilk sharing and run a platform called Eats on Feets where do

Catriona MacLean - Breastfeeding mermaid #7

My guest today is infant feeding coordinator Catriona MacLean from Inverclyde, Scotland. She is the brains and brawn behind the 40 feet tall mural of a breastfeeding merm

Bill Burr podcast review - Breastfeeding in public - Letdown Podcast ep#6

Today we have an end-of-year special episode: we review a segment of Bill Burr's podcast where he and his wife Nia Renée Hill discuss breastfeeding in public.    Link to

Dr. Katie Foss - Formula Marketing - Letdown Podcast #5

My guest today is Dr. Katie Foss professor of Media Studies at MTSU. We discuss formula marketing and how it affects us.

Catherine Newell and Dr. Ian Tyndall - Familiarity and positive attitude - Letdown Podcast #4

My guests today are Catherine Newell & Dr. Ian Tyndall. In their study, they used images of a mother breastfeeding in public to show that familiarity with the sight incre

Kim Chelf - Business Case for Breastfeeding - Letdown Podcast #3

My guest today is Kim Chelf, community health educator. We talk about how a company can benefit from providing a lactation support programme, and how to implement it easi

Dr Katie Foss - Breastfeeding and Media - Letdown Podcast #2

My guest today is Dr. Katie Foss, professor of Media Studies at MTSU. We talk about the role of media in the perception of breastfeeding in public and its influence on mo

Vanessa Simmons - Normalize Breastfeeding - Letdown Podcast #1

My guest today is Vanessa Simmons founder of the Normalize Breastfeeding movement. We talk about what has been achieved in the last 8 years and what is still ahead of us.