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  • About Us
    • Mission Statement
    • The Baby Café Service Model
    • In the News
    • Baby Café USA History
    • Baby Café USA Administration >
      • Director and Board
      • Development Team
      • State Coordinators
      • Advisory Group
    • Baby Café Annual Reports
  • For Parents/Por Padres
    • Find a Baby Café
    • Baby Café Locations
    • Parent Registration Form
    • Formulario de Registro Para Padres
    • Parent Session Attendance Form
    • Formulario de Asistencia a la Sesión Para Padres
    • FAQs for Parents
    • Parents Charter
    • Breastfeeding Help
    • Donating Milk
    • Informal Milk Sharing
  • Open a New Café
    • FAQs for Professionals
    • Funding Possibilities
    • Staffing Guidelines
  • BC Staff Portal
    • For Facilitators
    • BCBC Mentorship Program
    • For Administrators
    • Baby Café Current Reports
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    • Volunteers
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In the News Stories

Lactation Consultants – A Labor of Love

4/2/2021

 
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“Look at how we exclude women from roles they are fantastically suited for,” said Lucia Jenkins, a registered nurse and founder and executive director of Baby Café USA. “Women in the community who have breastfed successfully and want to guide other mothers, often don't have the opportunity or financial means to pursue a lactation career. We have to be careful not to exclude the people we desperately need to make a cultural change. Baby Cafés offer an inexpensive mentoring program and a site where women can obtain necessary experience and skills to become BCBCs (Baby Café Breastfeeding Counselors)."
Learn more about "Creating a mommy and baby- friendly city in New Orleans"
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Baby Cafés are free, drop-in, informal breastfeeding support groups offering ongoing professional lactation care and intervention. ​Most are open for 2 hours at least once a week. Some communities have more than one, meeting different days of the week. 
Baby Café USA is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization supporting the development of licensed U.S. Baby Cafés. ​ ​Registered Non-profit No. 80-0787743

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