Positive Breastfeeding News, 7-13 Feb
- Jill DeLorenzo
- Feb 14, 2016
- 3 min read
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We need a proper strategy in the UK to help support breastfeeding mothers - UK women are choosing to breastfeed but are being failed. 81% of mothers start breastfeeding but the rate soon plummets. This week, in an open letter, a wide range of organisations are calling on UK governments to end this crisis.
Africa: Breast-Feeding Boosts Intelligence and Global Growth - Breast-feeding children rather than using milk substitutes would add more than US$300 billion a year to the global economy, releasing money to deal with issues such as hunger, education and the environment, according to a study.
Moms Breastfeeding Kids Older than 12 Months Pose for Intimate Photo Series - Photographer Natalie McCain brought together a dozen women and their kids for a photoshoot series titled "We are not 'still' nursing, we are just nursing," that depicts the moms breastfeeding their toddler and school-aged children.
Breastfeeding mother 'amazed' by orangutans' reaction during Melbourne Zoo visit - A breastfeeding mother of a 13-week-old son had an emotional encounter with two orangutans at Melbourne Zoo. One of the orangutans came over to her and gave her a nod, which she felt significant because she had been unable to breastfeed her first child.
FEATURED FAN OF THE WEEK
Bridget McGann is the #PositiveBreastfeeding Fan of the Week. Bridget is a volunteer with Nurture Tomorrow, an emergency breastfeeding response initiative recently launched by the Volunteer’s Coordination Agency. Realizing that access to human milk can be a matter of life or death for a refugee child, Nurture Tomorrow provides nutritional, practical, and emotional support to refugee mothers who are breastfeeding, or who wish to relactate. One of their goals is to build a mother-child facility where mothers can come to breastfeed in privacy and receive support. They are also looking into the possibility of funding IBCLC volunteers.
Bridget is Nurture Tomorrow’s in-house anthropologist. She works with the medical team to make sure that Nurture Tomorrow's approach to breastfeeding support is evidence-based and culturally sensitive. In a couple of weeks, Bridget will travel to some of the camps to speak with health workers about what sort of records are being kept regarding breastfeeding rates, compliance with established infant feeding protocols in emergencies, and other variables — both practical and cultural — that are likely to affect breastfeeding success in that context.
Thank you, Bridget, for keeping it positive!
To be considered as our featured fan of the week, comment with your photo and story under the weekly "Fan of the Week" post in the main event.
WELCOME TO THE POSITIVE BREASTFEEDING MEDIA OUTLETS
We have recently welcomed two media outlets to the Positive Breastfeeding effort. Welcome to Healthy Heddleston and Kindred Media!
Positive Breastfeeding Media Outlets pledge to deliver stories that are consistent with the recommendations of every major health organization in the world and the law. They "keep it positive" with their coverage of breastfeeding - meaning, they support breastfeeding families, and they stay away from shameful rhetoric toward breastfeeding.
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