AWHONN Practice Brief Number 15: Provision of Human Milk in the Context of Gender Diversity

AWHONN Practice Brief Number 15: Provision of Human Milk in the Context of Gender Diversity

Category: AWHONN, Breastfeeding, Maternal Issues, Newsletter

SOURCE: AWHONN. 2021. Provision of Human Milk in the Context of Gender Diversity: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 15. JOGNN, DOI: 10.1016/j.jogn.2021.07.006

RECOMMENDATIONS:

  • Clinicians should use gender neutral terminology when discussing human milk and lactation and ask
    family members for their identified pronouns.
  • Identified pronouns should be documented in the medical record so that all health care professionals
    can use them.