Maine State Breastfeeding Coalition: Supporting Lactating Employees in the Workplace

For this month's episode Kara Kaikini, MS, IBCLC, Executive Director of the Maine State Breastfeeding Coalition, joins Healthy Maine Talks. Kara digs into the wide range of benefits that breastfeeding has for parent and child, and describes the work she and her team are doing to ensure breastfeeding people have the support they need to be successful. Check out a ton of great resources below around supporting lactating employees in the workplace and more. Returning to work employee toolkitLGBTQIAS2+ reference for professionalsResources for workplaces to support lactating employeesLactation friendly workplace recognition program *This Healthy Maine Talks episode is supported by the New England Public Health Training Center*