Breastfeeding is Not a Private Issue
by Rosetta M. Walls My name is Rosetta M. Walls and I’m a former Breastfeeding Peer Counselor with HealthConnect One. I inadvertently became a counselor by taking the class to find out how to get my...
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by John E. Bridges, Jr. My name is John E. Bridges, Jr. and I am a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor. My Journey began when my daughter Amiya was born and it was discovered that she had Hirschsprung...
View ArticleWhere Do You Look For Strength? #ThrowbackThursday 1995
Since 1986, community health workers have been sharing their personal stories with HealthConnect One — stories of peer counseling, of childbirth, of breastfeeding, of pumping — stories of labor, and...
View ArticlePeer Counselor Perspective on Breastfeeding and Skin to Skin
Every year, we visit Capitol Hill to share stories of birth and health and support with our legislators – stories like the one that follows. But these stories don’t need to be shared only on Capitol...
View ArticleBreastfeeding!
During Latino-Hispanic Heritage Month, HealthConnect One is excited to celebrate our breastfeeding traditions through online and real-life conversation and support. This is the 2nd guest post in our...
View ArticleBreastfeeding Support: Interview with Ondina Miranda
Durante el mes de la herencia latina/hispana, HealthConnect One se complace en celebrar nuestras tradiciones de lactancia materna a través de conversaciones por internet sobre el apoyo de lactancia....
View ArticleBack to our Breastfeeding Roots
During Latino-Hispanic Heritage Month, HealthConnect One is excited to celebrate our breastfeeding traditions through online and real-life conversation and support. This is the 9th guest post in our...
View ArticleBlack Babies Matter
by Stacy Davis I am here to free you just as Harriett Tubman freed the slaves, To free your mind and body from the damage that made you feel no better than yesterday’s trash, To free you from the...
View ArticlePowerful Women — My CLC Course
Since 2016, HealthConnect One partnered with the Healthy Children Project, Inc. to offer Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) Training Scholarships to Community-Based Doulas and Breastfeeding Peer...
View ArticleFulfilling My Dreams: Becoming a Certified Lactation Counselor
Since 2016, HealthConnect One partnered with the Healthy Children Project, Inc. to offer Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) Training Scholarships to Community-Based Doulas and Breastfeeding Peer...
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