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09/02/2026

Important

http://www.naturalbreastfeeding.com/ Dr. Theresa explains to Essie ...

08/24/2026

Day three of the internship and the kid found a planet.

Wolf Cukier was 17, three days into a summer stint at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, scrolling through TESS data on eclipsing binary stars.

He flagged a dip in brightness and assumed it was one star passing in front of the other.

It wasn't.

It was TOI 1338 b, a world about 6.9 times the size of Earth, sitting 1,300 light years away in the constellation Pictor. Two stars, one planet, orbiting both. The first circumbinary planet TESS ever turned up.

Most interns spend week one figuring out the coffee machine.

08/24/2026

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Week

MYTH:
"All AANHPI families have similar breastfeeding experiences."

REALITY:
The AANHPI community includes more than 50 ethnic groups and over 100 languages. Every family's traditions, healthcare experiences, support systems, and challenges are different.
When healthcare data combines everyone into one category, important differences can disappear.

Better data means more accurate research. Better research leads to better care.

Drop a ❤️ to show your support for better data and better care.

08/24/2026

Throughout history, breastfeeding knowledge was passed from generation to generation. Parents learned by watching, asking questions, and supporting one another. That is still true today. Nobody is meant to figure it all out alone.

08/24/2026

John Glenn refused to fly until one woman checked the computer's math by hand.

Her name was Katherine Johnson. NASA had electronic machines by 1962, and nobody fully trusted them. Glenn's instruction was blunt: get the girl to run the numbers. If she says they're good, I'm ready to go.

She ran them. He flew.

Johnson's trajectory work carried Alan Shepard into space, put Glenn in orbit, and helped bring Apollo 11 back from the Moon.

She did it while working in a segregated building, using a segregated bathroom, at an agency that called her a computer instead of a mathematician.

She died in 2020, aged 101. Obama had already handed her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Pencil beat processor.

08/24/2026

My educator home supply needs updated to these…

Want low-literacy lactation handouts for families? This is one of the 9 different topics I co-created with the amazing folks at Noodle Soup. Order all 9 tear pads of 50 sheets (one side in English, one in Spanish) here (for shipment to US addresses): https://www.noodlesoup.com/product-category/breastfeeding-2/educational-handouts-breastfeeding-2/nancy-mohrbacher/

08/24/2026

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Week

Statistics help improve healthcare. Stories help explain the statistics.

Whether your breastfeeding journey lasted one day, one month, or several years, your experience matters. When families share their stories with healthcare providers, researchers, and support organizations, they help improve care for future parents.

If you're comfortable sharing...
What is one piece of support that made a difference during your feeding journey?

Your answer might encourage another parent today.

08/24/2026

Do you ever second-guess your milk production after pumping? Do you compare it with the volume of milk your friend or neighbor pumps? Do you compare it with the milk you pumped for a previous baby? Before you start to worry, you first need to know how much pumped milk is average. Many mothers discov...

08/24/2026

05/28/2026

Many cultures consider the first 40 days after birth a distinct time in a woman’s life. Referred to as “la cuarentena” in many Hispanic cultures, and the “lying-in” period during America’s past, nursing couples are kept together and cared for in isolation, with others doing their househo...