Positive Breastfeeding News, 21-27 Feb
- Jill DeLorenzo
- Feb 28, 2016
- 3 min read
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Breastfeeding while building a career - With some planning, advocacy, and support, mothers today are finding that breastfeeding doesn’t need to be a barrier to career advancement.
Video: Our Quest to End Breastfeeding Stigma - Transition Year students at Mount Mercy College in Cork, Ireland, are on a mission to change the way their generation views breastfeeding, by making a documentary and campaigning to include the important issue on the school curriculum.
E China's Jiangsu to Build 1,000 New Nursing Rooms for Moms - The nursing rooms will be built in office buildings and public venues by the end of 2017. The move comes as the latest effort in a range of steps designed to support the nationwide two-child policy, which came into force on January 1, allowing all couples to have a second child in a bid to ease the trend of China's rapidly ageing population.
Women in Zika Affected Countries Should Breastfeed Their Babies: UN - According to the United Nations (UN), there is no proof that the Zika infection could spread from the mother to the baby through breastfeeding.
'If they don't like it they can take their pie to the dunny!': Mums and shoppers protest after breastfeeding mum asked to leave food court - Dozens of breastfeeding mothers protested against the eviction of a nursing mum who was ordered to leave the Bendigo shopping centre. The shopping centre management has since apologised for the incident, and all staff have since been reminded of their breastfeeding policy: to welcome and support mums.
Mom Schools The Internet On The Magic Of Breast Milk In Viral Post - Mom Mallory Smothers posted a photo of two side-by-side bags of her pumped breast milk from two consecutive days. The bag on the right contained milk pumped on the second day, after a night spent nursing her baby, who had started coming down with a cold.
Breastfeeding benefits mother, baby - Deb O’Donnell, RNC, IBCLC, details how breastfeeding is not only emotionally satisfying but has great health benefits for mother and child.
FEATURED FAN OF THE WEEK
Lexi Schalski is the #PositiveBreastfeeding Fan of the Week. This week, Lexi once again cleared some freezer space and donated to another mother and her little one. During the course of her milksharing journey, Lexi has donated over 2,700 fluid ounces (79.85 liters) to mothers in need. Milksharing is practiced by many families who either donate or seek donor milk.
Thank you, Lexi, for keeping it positive!
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CAMPAIGN FOR BREASTFEEDING ART IN HOSPITAL
Metro Hospital of Grand Rapids, Michigan, approached Miriel Lynn Smith about the purchase of her painting, “Nursing in Nature.” It is the hospital's hope to feature the painting on a main hallway wall in their Childbirth Center, directly across from the door of their Mother's Lactation room. The hospital had intended to purchase the painting with a grant but were later informed that the grant was not approved. Miriel Lynn Smith still wishes for the hospital to have the painting and has set up a GoFundMe page to make it happen.
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