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Welcome to Workplace Lactation Week - Theme: A World of Support: Creating Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplaces Everywhere
4nd Annual Workplace Lactation Week™ 2026 This year’s theme is Work. Pump. Advance. Empowering the modern parent. Welcome to Workplace Lactation Week™, a dedicated week celebrated along with National Breastfeeding Month. This year, we're focused on "Work. Pump. Advance. Empowering the modern parent." This themed week serves as an invaluable resource for leaders, parents, and businesses, providing essential information, resources, and best practices to promote a truly su...
No Lactation Room? Learn from These Pumping Horror Stories!
Pumping Doesn't Have to Be Scary! Parenthood, pumping and baby feeding shouldn’t be scary. But sometimes it is. What shouldn’t be scary is pumping especially when you are doing your best to provide your milk for your baby. We have heard our share of pumping horror stories but, rest assured, there is help to turn a horror story into a happy tale. Lactation rooms and spaces are becoming more and more prevalent especially with the law on our side in many states and territories. However, ...
Breastfeeding Reduces The Risk of Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month As such, we wanted to highlight that there is a connection between breastfeeding and reducing one’s risk for breast cancer. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a recent study found that only about 1 in 4 people think that a woman is less likely to develop breast cancer later in life if she breastfeeds. This is important to note given that while studies have shown this correlation some people, for some reason, are less ...
Celebrate Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month with Healthy Horizons
Feliz Mes de la Herencia Hispana! This month Healthy Horizons celebrates National Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month,September 15th to October 15th, which honors and celebrates the rich cultural influences, history and contributions of Hispanic/Latinx Americans in the United States. It also celebrates the many cultures of those who come from, or whose ancestors come from Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean and Spain. There are over 28 countries that make up the Hispanic/L...
BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) Lactation Resources Page
Resources for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Chest/Breastfeeding While breastfeeding rates in the United States have increased over the past decade, racial and ethnic health disparities continue. Health disparities are differences in the health of one group of people compared to the health of other groups of people according to March of Dimes. Support, education and resources are all an integral part of a positive chest/breastfeeding experience. These things are not easily acce...
Indigenous Milk Medicine Recap and Resources for National Breastfeeding Month
"Indigenous Milk Medicine is a first sacred food and a sustainable food system that advances rematriation (returning to the sacred mother), public health and ceremony." The second week of National Breastfeeding Month begins with Indigenous Milk Medicine Week. The Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective sponsors the observance every year. What is the Milk Medicine Collective? “The Milk Medicine Collective is a grassroots organization of Native Women, two-spirit, and femme lactation provi...
Black Breastfeeding Week: 10 Years, A New Foundation - Recap & Resources
The final week of National Breastfeeding Month is celebrating Black Breastfeeding Week. Black Breastfeeding Week (BBW) is the sole health campaign with an explicit focus on Black maternal and infant health through breastfeeding. It is the 10th year, of Black Breastfeeding Week which was created in 2013 by three national breastfeeding advocates in response to 40+ years of gaping racial disparities in breastfeeding rates among black women and families. For #BBW22, the theme is 10 Years, A...
Breastfeeding During the Holidays
Over the last few years, holidays have taken on a different meaning and we weren’t all able to get together as much as we had in the past pre-pandemic. Now that we are opening up more and more, in-person gatherings are on the rise. Whether it is to the family for a specific holiday or work-related parties that you may be invited to this season, you may have some more logistics and planning involved if you are a parent of a young one and especially if you recently welcomed a new baby and are...
AANHPI Recap and Resources From National Breastfeeding Month 2022
The third week of National Breastfeeding Month is celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Week. Every year, a new theme is set for AANHPI Breastfeeding Week and this year’s theme is Telling our Own Stories. Elevating Our Voices. The commemorative week is is led by the Asian & Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Task Force, whose mission is to “decrease inequities and normalize breast/chestfeeding in Los Angeles County’s Asian and Pacific Islander commu...
4 Ways Workplaces Can Help Employees Balance Work and Family Life
How Can Workplaces Help Employees Balance Work and Family Life The key to a successful business is employee satisfaction. There are many ways to make your employees happy, building social relations in the workplace is one them. We’ve all been to the after work social gathering at the bar. The bar scene can be a comfortable environment for some for workers, but it can be the opposite for other employees. It is important to create family friendly workplace events to get a higher employee satis...
Top 4 Reasons to Offer Maternity Parking
Reasons To Offer Maternity Parking Many of our clients are implementing reserved parking for expectant mothers, this gesture is a wonderful way to show your support and ease one of the challenges that comes with working while pregnant. Maternity parking is reserved parking for pregnant women close to the entrance of a building with the intent of making their lives easier as they go through the later or more intense stages of their pregnancy. Maternity Parking is also referred to as Expectant...
5 Things You Didn't Know About Baby Oral Care
We love looking at the heartwarming smile of a baby, here are some ways to continue the growth of those beautiful baby teeth. Some of us have been victims of cavity causing bacteria, and as parents we want to protect our child from the cavity monster. How can a baby know that the bacteria on their teeth will lead to frightful dentist appointments in the future? So it’s up to us, the adults, who have made some dental care mistakes in the past. BUT, a large handful of us have hopefully learned ...
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Healthy Horizons
Corporate Social Responsibility at Healthy Horizons Healthy Horizons takes great pride in supporting the community in reaching it's breastfeeding and diversity goals. During the 2015 fiscal year, Healthy Horizons wrapped up a program where we distributed 1,500 breastpumps at our direct cost to low-income mothers who wanted to breastfeed and pump, but didn't have the resources. We also gave out 300 free breastpumps to the moms who were most in need. Healthy Horizons employees volunte...
Ask Sheila: Fertility while Breastfeeding
Fertility While Breastfeeding Beth asks, “I am happily breastfeeding my three month old after a rocky start with sore nipples and low supply. I am so relieved that things are going so smooth now and both he and I are perfectly in the groove. I was hoping to breastfeed for two years if possible. My question is when do I need to wean him so I can get pregnant again? When do most moms get their periods when breastfeeding? Is there a way I can get my periods earlier? I really want to have anothe...
Ask Sheila: Baby Vitamins & Breastfeeding
Baby Vitamins & Breastfeeding Carmen asks, “My two month old baby boy is fully breastfed and I just got back from his well check-up with his pediatrician. He was not born premature and does not have any health issues. He is growing perfectly, sleeping four to six hours stretches at night, and is developmentally on target. It is very validating to think about the fact that this is all from breastmilk. I was surprised to hear that I should be giving him a multivitamin and iron if I am bre...
