Finding Your Flow With Breastfeeding: Navigating Breast Pumping

Send us Fan MailDear Listeners,August is National Breastfeeding Month. This is a time to raise awareness for breastfeeding, express support for the moms in our community who are breastfeeding, highlight the programs and initiatives that support breast feeding, and to continue to advocate for policies and environments that make Breastfeeding the easy choice for moms who are able. This years theme as emphasized by the US breastfeeding committee is RISE - Resilience, Interdependence, Self-Determination, Empowerment (US Breastfeeding Committee, 2026). These words resonate for many moms in all that we do when it comes to raising our children, and none the truer when it comes to making the choice to breast feed. Moms', when the task of breastfeeding feels daunting look to your support people and services to help you navigate your journey. This episode of Bermuda Health-Abets, a podcast where we discuss everything from A to Z on healthy living, is dubbed Finding Your Flow With Breastfeeding: Navigating Breast Pumping. #EmpoweringInformingandMotivating Bermuda residents to live well.Our guests this episode  is Dr. Kristen Woodward, Pediatrician at Edgewood Pediatrics, member of the National Breastfeeding Committee and certified Lactation Counselor. The focus of this episode is to dispel myths and provide guidance on breast pumping. During the episode Dr. Woodward defines what constitutes pumping, talks about types of pump, provides tips on pumping and resources available in the community to support nursing moms. Bermuda as you tune into this episode take what you can from it to support you moms who are breastfeeding, share the episode with them, support them more in their endeavors, and advocate for them so that we can continue to nourish our babies. If you have a question you need answered or a topic you would like to hear on Bermuda Health-Abets email [email protected]. To listen to upcoming segments of Bermuda Health-Abets you can find us on Facebook , on our YouTube Chanel @DepartmentofHealthBermuda Like and subscribe to the page, on Apple Podcast, or Spotify Podcast.Empowering, Informing  and Motivating Bermuda Residents to Live Well