Women who adopt children are now able to breastfeed them. Thanks to induced lactation which happens when a woman takes a medication to trick the body into thinking its pregnant so the breast can ...

Induced lactation is a medication-and-pumping regimen allowing parents to nurse without a pregnancy. Women and trans people unable to bear children say it's made them more confident in their bodies.

I have a patient who is going to adopt a newborn in early October. She would like to breastfeed the baby. Are there any reliable medications to induce lactation, or should she simply begin trying to ...

Fact-checking media outlet PolitiFact defended the controversial term "chestfeeding" after the Centers for Disease Control was criticized for publishing guidance on how transgender parents can ...

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) on Tuesday accused the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of failing to explain the health and safety risks posed to infants and transgender individuals in ...

Chestfeeding is a gender-neutral term typically used by nursing parents who are assigned female at birth but don’t identify as women: transgender men and some nonbinary people. All bodies have mammary ...

Earlier this month, several media outlets claimed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance on breastfeeding to include information about chestfeeding. However, as ...

You wouldn't expect a former "wine and cheese guy" to write the definitive guide on queer lactation, but Jacob Engelsman, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and fellow Boing ...