Breastfeeding

Milk kinship, formed during nursing by a non-biological mother, was a form of fostering allegiance with fellow community members.

The Breastfeeding with Google Glass app trial began in Australia on March 1, 2014, utilizing a wearable technology computing device, Google Glass, to provide live video counseling and an informational portal to support women with breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding promotion refers to coordinated activities and policies to promote health among women, newborns and infants through breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding difficulties refers to problems that arise from breastfeeding, the feeding of an infant or young child with milk from a woman's breasts.

Oxytocin (Oxt) is a hormone, neuropeptide, and medication.

(See also: World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action) World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is an annual celebration which is being held every year from 1 to 7 August in more than 120 countries.

Colostrum (known colloquially as beestings, bisnings or first milk) is a form of milk produced by the mammary glands of mammals (including humans) in late pregnancy.

Prolactin (PRL), also known as luteotropic hormone or luteotropin, is a protein that in humans is best known for its role in enabling mammals, usually females, to produce milk.

Breast engorgement occurs in the mammary glands due to expansion and pressure exerted by the synthesis and storage of breast milk.

Lactation describes the secretion of milk from the mammary glands and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young.

Breast milk is the milk produced by the breasts (or mammary glands) of a human female for her baby.

Lactation failure or deficiency, also known as agalactia or agalactorrhea, as well as hypogalactia or hypogalactorrhea, is a medical condition in which lactation is insufficient or fails completely due to an inadequacy of breast milk production and/or a failure of the milk let-down reflex in response to suckling following childbirth, resulting in an inability to properly breastfeed.

Breastfeeding is the act of feeding a child breast milk directly from breast to mouth.

Diane Wiessinger is an American breastfeeding advocate, author and researcher who is famous for her essay "Watch your language!", which asserts that breastfeeding is normal, not superior.