Saturday, July 19, 2003

ClickOnDetroit.com - News - Woman Allegedly Harassed For Breast-Feeding At Taco Bell:

POSTED: 7:36 p.m. EDT July 14, 2003
A local mother said nursing her baby sent a Southfield Taco Bell manager into a frenzy, Local 4 reported."
CBC Saskatchewan: "
Breast milk bank demanded

REGINA - The Breastfeeding Committee for Saskatchewan is lobbying for human milk banks in the province, saying there's a demand for hospitals to offer the service to mothers and their babies.

The Committee also wants the milk banks so women have an alternative to formula."

Monday, July 14, 2003

"Support Crucial for Breastfeeding Mom



(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research adds to the growing body of literature that suggests support and encouragement from health care providers is needed to keep women breastfeeding for a longer time.

The current breastfeeding rates fall short of the goals set in the Healthy People 2010 and other national recommendations. Currently, 29 percent of moms are still breastfeeding when their infant is 6 months old. The goal is to raise that number to 50 percent. Researchers from Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship Program conducted a study to determine why women decide to stop breastfeeding before their infant is 12 weeks old."

Saturday, July 12, 2003

A bold effort to get mums to breastfeed - JULY 12, 2003: "
A bold effort to get mums to breastfeed

Poster, designed for maximum impact, will be given to polyclinics, hospitals and shopping centres for their nursing rooms

By Wendy Tan and Fiona Chan

A GRAPHIC poster featuring a pair of babies suckling on their mother's breasts will be used to commemorate World Breastfeeding Week next month.

The mother, her breasts engorged, bends over the babies."