Breastfeeding doesn’t always come easily to a new parent, human or otherwise. Fortunately, support can sometimes arrive from some unexpected places. And when employees at the Metro Richmond Zoo in ...

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Families who breastfeed their children need support, according to guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, and that requires social and systemic changes when it comes to workplace access and ...

The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) helps hospitals give breastfeeding mothers the information, confidence, and skills they need to successfully start and continue breastfeeding their babies.

Mothers sometimes struggle to breastfeed, and Zoe, a 14-year-old orangutan, was no exception. She had been orphaned at nine months old at the Metro Richmond Zoo, when her own mother had died ...