How to Use lactation in a Sentence

lactation

noun
  • The biology of lactation is highly conserved across all mammalian species.
    Nicholas St. Fleur, STAT, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Private lactation spaces will now be at the expo, at the start, along the course, and near the finish line of the marathon.
    Taylor Dutch, SELF, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The lactation rooms are now lactate-while-you-work rooms.
    Harris Mayersohn, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The brand has lactation drinks, smoothies, snacks, and herbal supplements in the form of bulb squeezes.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Each set of restrooms now has a men’s room, a women’s room, a family room, an adult change room and a lactation room.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The workplace in turmoil over whether to open a lactation room to other uses has reached détente — for now.
    Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
  • With lactation rooms and daycare services, the Wing promised to be a safe space for women, designed by women.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The females freely drank the water through pregnancy, birth, and lactation.
    Corryn Wetzel, National Geographic, 9 Sep. 2020
  • At the New York City Marathon yesterday, new mom runners had access to lactation stations along the route.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2023
  • At the end of the ad, Frida Mom reveals a variety of products to help with pain, clogging, and more: from lactation massagers to masks.
    Whitney Perry, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Talk to your provider or a lactation consultant to determine what's right for you and your little one.
    Jamie Spain and Rachel Rothman, goodhousekeeping.com, 10 June 2023
  • Things To Consider Note that this dose is not high enough for pregnancy and lactation.
    Lainey Younkin, Ms, Rd, Verywell Health, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Prolactin prepares breast tissues for lactation and the release of milk.
    Lambeth Hochwald, Parents, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Her first foray into the food world was with baby food, inspired in part by her work as a lactation consultant and doula.
    Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 10 Aug. 2021
  • McHardy said common health issues such as high blood pressure can lead to lactation issues.
    Campbell Roper, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2023
  • But Palmer is fully aware that not everyone is able to afford a lactation consultant — or even find a good one.
    Marissa G. Muller, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • Cysts form when fluid collects at the spot where a lobule, which produces milk during lactation, meets a milk storage duct.
    Rebekah Kuschmider, Health.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • This is what happened in Georgia with the decision to force lactation consultants to go to college.
    Renée Flaherty, The Week, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Staffers hang out in a lactation pod, in an office where nobody breast-feeds; pledge-drive contributions are heralded with the call of the common loon.
    Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2024
  • When her daughter was in the NICU, having a lactation consultant made a huge difference.
    Amelia Harnish, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
  • This employee’s building did not have a lactation room.
    Shannon Liao, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
  • In Asia, ground pangolin scales are marketed as a treatment for lactation problems.
    Candace Famiglietti, The Conversation, 19 June 2020
  • Your lactation consultant may have strategies to help reduce the friction and pressure that can damage tissue — but if that doesn't help with your pain, reach out to your doctor.
    Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 5 Apr. 2024
  • On the other hand, metoprolol is safer than atenolol during pregnancy and lactation.
    Alex Yampolsky, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
  • No space was held for them; their blue-collar jobs didn’t include a lactation room, time off to vote, an atmosphere to speak openly about anxiety or hold a birthday lunch with cake and candles.
    New York Times, 6 June 2022
  • Talk to your health care provider or a lactation consultant as soon as possible to have the baby examined and your breastfeeding technique checked.
    Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 16 July 2024
  • The guidance recommends policies that address these issues as well as rights to breastfeed in public, on-site childcare; and the right to breastfeed in childcare centers and lactation rooms in schools.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 18 July 2022
  • In the van, there is also a lactation consultant that supports mothers in learning about breastfeeding.
    Anika Nayak, STAT, 12 Dec. 2023
  • As part of the agreement, the airline said cabin crew could utilize wearable lactation technology while working on planes.
    Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2023
  • This has led some researchers to propose there’s another, estrogen-independent mechanism protecting bones during lactation.
    Bycatherine Offord, science.org, 10 July 2024

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