At Nurturely, our commitment to inclusivity and cultural sensitivity drives us to constantly evolve and adapt our language and programs. In this spirit, we have embraced the term 'Latinx' as a more gender-inclusive alternative. However, the label 'L ...
Learn about Nurturely's recent Perinatal Planetary Health Equity Panel and how climate change is affecting perinatal health. To honor Earth Day, last month, Nurturely hosted its first Perinatal Planetary Health Equity Panel on Friday, April 23rd& ...
Join the upcoming cohort of our Tiny Human Survival Training program! The partner parenting cohort, Tiny Human Survival Training’s goal is to fill the gap and address the needs of the non-birthing partner who often, rightfully don’t receive ...
Learn more about Nurturely's Positively Pregnancy group including how to join. Nurturely’s Postively Pregnancy group allows members to connect with other pregnant parents and gain tools to prevent postpartum challenges. The four-week virtual clas ...
As part of our relaunch we are highlighting our staff, volunteers and board members. Next up: Sabia! Describe your background and what led you to Nurturely’s work. What motivated you to work with Nurturely? I am a revolutionary doula and CEO o ...
As part of our relaunch we are highlighting our staff, volunteers and board members. Next up: Marissa! Describe your background and what led you to Nurturely’s work. What motivated you to work with Nurturely? I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and mo ...
As part of our relaunch we are highlighting our staff, volunteers and board members. Next up: Jasmine! Describe your background and what led you to Nurturely’s work. What motivated you to work with Nurturely? I am a mother to two, surrogate, p ...
With the help of a financial gift from Hannah and Zachary Johnson, the UC San Diego Health will create the region’s first breastmilk bank (The San Diego Union-Tribune) led by Dr. Lisa M. Stellwagen, MD. The goals of the bank are “to help mothers breastfeed, to improve breastmilk donation and to ensure that all premature or ill babies in Southern California have access to donor milk” (UC San Diego Health).
Human milk is a critical resource for infants designed to meet the needs of baby at every stage of development. Human milk is alive with immune cells, stem cells, and microbes that come from both the lactating parent and from the baby (Hassiotou et al., 2013; Funkhouser and Bordenstein, 2013). For example, a thick yellow milk produced a few days after birth called colostrum (American Pregnancy, n.d.) can be thought of as baby’s first immunization (Khan, 2012)…. The use of donor milk (or “milk sharing”) is not a new practice for humans. “Allomaternal care” and shared nursing has long been a part of many, if not most, human cultures yet there are no federal laws regulating the use of donor human milk or milk sharing. Milk banks provide a degree of quality control by screening donors based on lifestyle, teaching donors about best practices for expression, storage/transport of breastmilk as well as pasteurizing the donated milk.
