August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week, but Charline Ogbeni celebrates breastfeeding and infant feeding all year round. Every Wednesday evening, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., you can find Ms. Ogbeni at her computer screen, facilitating conversations between groups of parents or future parents.
The coos, cries, and faces of babies and toddlers are often the backdrop and soundtrack to these meetings. Ms. Ogbeni is the facilitator of two infant feeding groups [Prenatal and Postpartum] from the nonprofit Just Birth Space .
Just Birth Space, which was founded during the whirlwind of the COVID-19 pandemic, offers free virtual support to individuals worldwide over the course of pregnancy, labor and birth, postpartum, and beyond. Ms. Ogbeni is a school counselor, an interna