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Christine Staricka, mom, wife, dog person, IBCLC, Pearl Jam fan @ibclcinca.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

You're 1 question away from changing the status quo You're 1 conversation away from a stronger community You're 1 action away from ethical practice You're 1 encouragement away from renewed purpose Never underestimate the power of 1 IBCLC. Listen Here #podcast open.substack.com/pub/ibclcinc...

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Podcast | What the IBCLC Actually Is and Why It Matters

Season 4 Episode 16 - Happy IBCLC Day!

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Christine Staricka, mom, wife, dog person, IBCLC, Pearl Jam fan @ibclcinca.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

On the latest episode of Evolve Lactation Podcast, I talk #IBCLC exam prep strategies with a #doula and #lactation counselor who recently sat for the exam. 🎧Give it a listen right here: open.substack.com/pub/ibclcinc...

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Podcast | Inside Look: Coaching Call with Christine

Season 4 Episode 7

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Christine Staricka, mom, wife, dog person, IBCLC, Pearl Jam fan @ibclcinca.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

In this latest episode, I talk about exactly which practices and techniques are comprehensively supportive of early health and breastfeeding. Make no mistake; early breastfeeding matters, and more breastfeeding has more of an impact. open.substack.com/pub/ibclcinc...

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Unlocking Breastfeeding Success: Insights from the First 100 Hours

Season 4 Episode 3

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Fleur Bickford @nurturinghealing.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Our nervous systems are not meant to cope with the current situation. Reactions like anger & rage, numbness or apathy, or feeling stuck and not knowing what to do are biologically normal ways that our bodies try to protect us. Be gentle with yourself, and be intentional with finding moments of joy.

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Dr. Cecília Tomori @drtomori.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This is the same firm. I have been working on these issues for quite a long time and what I've seen makes for truly disturbing reading. Having someone from this firm at FDA is truly horrific. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2022/09/06/b...

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How Abbott Kept Sick Babies From Becoming a Scandal (Published 2022)

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Dr. Cecília Tomori @drtomori.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Good to look at regulations for formula. BUT 1) should start with existing research; 2) infant feeding landscape should be examined as whole to scale up structural support for breastfeeding + ensure that formula companies provide safe products with factual info www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Breastfeeding: crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world

In this Series paper, we examine how mother and baby attributes at the individual level interact with breastfeeding determinants at other levels, how these interactions drive breastfeeding outcomes, a...

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

But if *you* would like to understand the real problems with baby formula and the solutions we already know could work, @drtomori.bsky.social has you covered: bsky.app/profile/drto...

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Ryan O’Connell @ryanoconnell79.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Eddie Vedder and The Legendary Roots Crew playing Tom Petty’s ‘The Waiting’ at the #SNL50 Homecoming concert.

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Christine Staricka, mom, wife, dog person, IBCLC, Pearl Jam fan @ibclcinca.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

What we can expect infant formula companies to be doing right now, versus what families actually need:

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Christine Staricka, mom, wife, dog person, IBCLC, Pearl Jam fan @ibclcinca.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Breastfeeding is part of the entire human body and its development and function. It isn't just about babies and feeding them. It's about the health of the person whose breasts are lactating. ibclcinca.substack.com/p/integratin...

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First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

👇For UK health workers supporting families who formula feed

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Christine Staricka, mom, wife, dog person, IBCLC, Pearl Jam fan @ibclcinca.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Every healthcare provider everywhere needs to understand this: Ensuring that breastfeeding and lactation are possible, protected, and prioritized improves the health of infants and their lactating parents in the short- and long term. #IBCLC

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Christine Staricka, mom, wife, dog person, IBCLC, Pearl Jam fan @ibclcinca.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Medical care providers: When treating a patient of reproductive age, assume that they want to preserve their capacity for breastfeeding and lactation. There's likely a treatment option that will be compatible with that. That's how we achieve true informed choice in infant feeding. #BreastHealth

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Fleur Bickford @nurturinghealing.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Rest without guilt. It's a crucial part of self care and #healing.

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 25/11/2024

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 23/11/2024

Welcome to @altyellonatpark.org Please do invite your friends and family to follow us here. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more" Please follow retweet and repeat

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Christine Staricka, mom, wife, dog person, IBCLC, Pearl Jam fan @ibclcinca.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I made a private podcast feed today on @helloaudio.fm and it was so easy! app.helloaudio.fm/feed/c425e4d...

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Christine Staricka, mom, wife, dog person, IBCLC, Pearl Jam fan @ibclcinca.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Ever tried Googling "breast health?" If you do, you'll just get articles about #breastcancer. Cool, we need those, but #breasthealth is so much more than the absence of cancer. #IBCLC

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Christine Staricka, mom, wife, dog person, IBCLC, Pearl Jam fan @ibclcinca.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

As a facilitator of a #breastfeeding support group, I have always welcomed future lactation care providers and other healthcare workers into the space as learners. It's a critical way to ensure that didactic knowledge about human lactation is integrated properly. There's ...(1 of 2)

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Christine Staricka, mom, wife, dog person, IBCLC, Pearl Jam fan @ibclcinca.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Hi! I'm Christine, and I write and podcast on #Substack. You can take a look right here🤓 ibclcinca.substack.com #IBCLC

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Christine Staricka, mom, wife, dog person, IBCLC, Pearl Jam fan @ibclcinca.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

It's time to record a podcast episode I've been sitting on for months. I created the PDFs that accompany it, wrote the outline, and then...I don't know. It just wasn't the right time. But now feels like the right time. Heading into my not-an-actual-studio to record now. #IBCLC

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Christine Staricka, mom, wife, dog person, IBCLC, Pearl Jam fan @ibclcinca.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

Sometimes it just takes a little change in the way you ask the questions and suddenly you're getting better information so you can provide better help! Get my FREE guide and start asking your breastfeeding and pumping patients better questions today!...

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Christine Staricka, mom, wife, dog person, IBCLC, Pearl Jam fan @ibclcinca.bsky.social · 17/03/2024

I'm so excited for you to have this guide and re-frame how you help breastfeeding mothers in the First 100 Hours! #First100Hours

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Christine Staricka, mom, wife, dog person, IBCLC, Pearl Jam fan @ibclcinca.bsky.social · 21/06/2023

I talked to a medical professional and father recently who had NO IDEA that there were people trained to assist with breastfeeding. He was astounded. It's an actual function of the human body. He did not know there would be a specialty for that. This is insane.

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Christine Staricka, mom, wife, dog person, IBCLC, Pearl Jam fan @ibclcinca.bsky.social · 21/06/2023

Sometimes when a conversation begins around #breastfeeding, people start debating/minimizing its importance. Here's the thing, though: if someone is asking for help with it because they want to do it, the conversation needs to shift to how to get them the help they need. #IBCLC

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