L'Or Blanc, Réseau de Soutien à l'Allaitement Maternel

15/10/2025

17/09/2025

The natural term for humans to breastfeed is anywhere between 2 and 7+ years. Some babies stop earlier, some carry on for longer.

Many cultures around the world breastfeed to natural term, including many women in the Western world. This age range is only surprising in cultures that interrupt breastfeeding, often without realising it or knowing which norms are biological and which are cultural.

The concentration of fats and proteins increase as a baby grows into a toddler, along with increased levels of antibacterial and antiviral components such as lysozyme, which is an anti-inflammatory, and destroys bacteria.

Lysozyme increases in concentration from about 6 months old, when babies become more mobile and everything (toys, sand, cats biscuits?) goes straight in the mouth, and keeps increasing after the first year.

The concentration of Lactoferrin also increases over time. Lactoferrin inhibits the growth of some cancerous cells. It also binds to the iron in our baby’s body, preventing it from being available to harmful microorganisms that need iron to survive. Lactoferrin also kills the bacteria strep mutans, a cause of tooth decay and cavities.

Our body’s immune system takes around 6 years to become fully mature, so the support of the protective factors in breastmilk until our immune system can fully function on its own seems play a part in the timescale of natural term weaning too.

Longer term breastfeeding is also associated with reduced risk of diseases for mothers, including breast cancer.

We acknowledge that many mothers find it difficult to establish breastfeeding in the first place, that is a multi-layered investment on the part of a mother and that natural term feeding might not feel like, or be, a possibility for many.

We're not here to tell anyone what to do.

We also acknowledge that lack of information about our biology contributes to lack of support for mothers when they want to establish, or continue, breastfeeding, but cannot find the help they need from people who understand why it matters, or what is normal.

More at https://human-milk.com/pages/science-of-breastmilk

15/09/2025

if you ever want to breastfeed in public
and you’re nervous about the stares or the judgment
i’ll come sit with you.
i’ll talk you through it.
i’ll have your back if anyone dares to say a word.

you feed your baby.
i’ll handle the rest. 🩷

10/09/2025

historically, babies never needed to be covered while breastfeeding.

they only started needing “modesty”
when we started sexualizing the female body.

babies haven’t changed.
society has.

it’s time we catch up.
share if you agree.
comment if you’re done feeding in shame. 🤍

The Breastmilk Queen - Amy McGlade

07/09/2025

Notre séminaire n’est plus seulement réservé aux professionnels et aux bénévoles :
Il est désormais ouvert aussi aux parents qui sohaitent en savoir plus sur l’allaitement.

Vous pouvez participer :
- En visio
- En présentiel
Et le plus, c'est le replay d'un mois, pour tout le monde, que tu sois là le jour j du séminaire en direct ou non.

Parce que chaque parent mérite d’avoir accès à une information de qualité, basée sur les recherches les plus récentes et sur l’expérience de terrain. Que vous soyez maman, papa, ou futur parent, vous êtes les bienvenus !

'informer

02/09/2025

Un petit récapitulatif de ce séminaire !
Il ne reste plus que 1 mois !!
Eh oui, nous avons choisi de proposer d'autres formules, notamment le
"conférence à la carte".
Cette année, nous ouvrons également aux parents.
Vous êtes à Paris ? Venez en presentiel !
Vous ne pouvez pas venir sur Paris ? Venez en visio !
Et pour toutes les personnes, vous avez le séminaire en replay pendant 1 mois !
Plus d'excuse pour ne pas venir.