Portland Lactation

Yes please!

Mothers should never feel ashamed to breastfeed their babies

From a glass of water, a chat with a friend, or a comfortable space, we can all help respect the rights of mums to breastfeed anytime, anywhere.

Let’s all step up to support breastfeeding mums!

Awww, too sweet.♥️

Kipensi and Bub are doing so well. The days are just full of the most beautiful moments with the whole family

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Mom isn’t just the one who gives birth; she’s the one who nurtures and raises ❤️

Hello! We have a new name and a new website for 2025! Check us out here: https://www.portlandlactationconsultant.com
Our website it still coming together but it has all of the information you need if you’re looking for the (formerly)Natural Latch team.

Portland Lactation Hello! Thank you for visiting Portland Lactation. We are Melissa Curry, IBCLC and Rosemary Ragusa, IBCLC formerly of Natural Latch which was a lactation consultancy founded by Meg Stalnaker, IBCLC in 2000. Meg was not only our mentor but is also a gifted lactation consultant and a trailblazer of

Did you know that many folks can get insurance coverage for home visits with us?! Get in touch for more information.

In our daily work we get to meet and work with so many wonderful mamas and birthing parents. Happy Mother’s Day to all!! 💓

Thank you for writing this beautiful poem Dr Ryan McAdams and this beautiful artwork. And thank you for sharing All Things Neonatal.

Poem and art by Dr. Ryan McAdams Neonatologist

Human Milk
More than milk I am

Not ordinary but extraordinary

Like the mother, mom, mama who made me

I can’t be mimicked

Precious child, I wait ready to flow into you

When you hunger, there I am

To greet your lips, to sooth, satiate,

Comfort and calm you. I provide

More than water, protein, sugars, and fat

Loving child, I am so much more than that

I am more than enzymes and antibodies

I am more than hormones and stem cells

I am a gift—Mother made just for you

Drink me. Thrive from me.

I will defend and fight for you

I will nourish and heal you

They call me liquid gold, but I am greater than gold

Gold won’t vitalize your tens of trillions of cells

I bind the beautiful and shape the wonderful

My liquid helps you become solid.

I am perfect, prized, and free

I unite, bond, and protect

I come from all colors

I am the best milk, I am human breast milk

Please do not waste me.

Celebrate and treasure me!

Let me be me

For I am for you.