2020 World Breastfeeding Week Portrait

Welcome to the information for the 5th Annual Word Breastfeeding Week event hosted by CDA Birth Photographer, LLC.

This event originally started five years ago to celebrate mothers and to raise awareness to the need of policy in Idaho that protects breastfeeding mothers in the public and work places. In 2018 lawmakers in Idaho updated policy to remove language that could result in a breast-feeding mother being charge with indecency. I believe there’s room for our community to grow, and that this is also an opportunity for celebrating the accomplishments of local nursing mothers.

Event Details:

The group portrait will be on Tuesday, July 28th at 7 PM SHARP at Corbin Park in Post Falls. Participants should be a feeding a human baby, human milk via the breast, pumped bottle or g-tube. We will meet at the Pavilion by the baseball fields. Please wear neutral colors to ensure matching: creams, sages, blushes, neutrals, etc. Parking is limited, you may consider carpooling or being dropped off and then picked up afterwards by a partner.

*** DO NOT attend this event if you or your child have had any symptoms of COVID-19.

*** DO NOT attend this event if you or your child have or have had a recent fever.

*** DO NOT attend this event if you’ve been recently exposed to COVID-19.

This event will be where it’s always been over the history of the event, in the state of IDAHO. Masking is NOT MANDATORY in Idaho. Feel free to mask for this event if you desire it.

Please be prepared to social distance when ever possible. To reduce social interactions, releases will be available online ONLY this year. Please use the button below to electronically sign your release. Individual portraits will be done after the group session until sunsets or everyone has been photographed. Please be sure to social distance for this portion of the event. Mini sessions with galleries will not be offered before the event this year to help reduce social interactions. You can schedule a separate nursing mini sessions here: 2020 Nursing Minis.

Please be aware: this event may be cancelled at any time if I’m called to a birth or if there are changes in state wide policy regarding COVID-19. An email will be dispersed notifying participants who have signed the model release of any cancellation and this page will be updated to reflect that the event is cancelled as soon as possible. Attendance may become capped to prevent crowding and exposure.

This event is my passion project. It’s truly weighed on my heart how to manage it this year. The reality is, women are still giving birth, still nursing, still pumping, still bottle feeding breastmilk, still feeding via g tube despite the COIVD pandemic. So this event will go on. Please only attend if it’s safe for you and your child to do so, and if you meet the health requirements stated above.