How is the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacting Infant Feeding?

As communities around the nation respond to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the USBC invites pregnant and breastfeeding families, health care providers, and all public health stakeholders to share stories about how the pandemic and pandemic response is impacting infant feeding experiences. 

We must work together to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding during emergencies and every day. By answering the following questions, you can help illuminate our nation's most pressing infant and young child feeding needs during the pandemic.

• Are families able to access lactation support and infant feeding supplies?
• Are changes in maternity care practices compromising initiation and early establishment of breastfeeding?
• How are lactation support providers adapting to social distancing requirements?
• Are lactation care systems in communities of color and other populations that are historically marginalized being disproportionately burdened because of COVID-19 related policies? How?
• What other changes are impacting the infant feeding experience?

The USBC will create a record of the lived experiences of families, providers, and communities as we highlight your stories in communications with stakeholders, policymakers, the media, and future action campaigns, blogs, and articles. Stories will be shared without any identifying information. 

Please complete the form below to share your perspective on how the pandemic is impacting infant feeding. Due to software limitations, USBC can accept only one story per email address.