Welcome to the birthful podcast. I'm Adriana Lozada, and today we're going to be talking about milk sharing and milk banks.

If you couldn't breastfeed, would you look to give

your baby human milk, formula, or something else? What are the risks and different options?

If you have an oversupply, would you donate? Amber McCann is here to help us with these

not so clear-cut questions. Stay tuned.

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The Birthful podcast. Talking to maternity pros to inform your intuition. I am giddy to have Amber McCann on the show, because Amber seems to bring happiness

with her wherever she goes. She is an international board-certified lactation consultant who

fell into her line of work by accident. So after struggling with feeding her own kids and

slogging through the grip of postpartum depression,

she felt strongly that all that pain needed to be for good.

She pursued what she initially suspected would be a lovely hobby and turned it into the career she never knew she wanted.

She has provided guidance and support for a number of birth breastfeeding organizations, including the gold conferences,

hygiene breast pumps, and lactation education resources, as well as maintaining a busy private practice.

Amber is a frequent guest blogger for popular websites such as the Leaky Boob and Best for Babes,

as well as serving as an expert for fit pregnancy, new parent magazine,

The Boob Group, and Science and Sensibility, which is the Lamaz International Official Blog.

Her current gig is at Ilka, which is the International Lactation Consultant Association,

where she works to market and promote breastfeeding and lactation consultant practice on a global scale.

Amber, welcome.

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