Black Breastfeeding Week

Black Breastfeeding Week was created in 2013 to bring awareness to the racial gap that has existed in breastfeeding rates for over 40 years. The most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that 75% of white women have ever breastfed versus 58.9% of black women. When Kelly Williams became a mother 21 years ago, she was one of the black women who did not breastfeed. However, she is now a lactation counselor at Woman’s Hospital working to help moms like her and remedy that racial divide in breastfeeding. In this episode of UNprivate Parts, Kelly is sharing her own story and bringing light to some of the unique challenges black women face when it comes to breastfeeding and how she is working to overcome them both at home and at work.