FURTHER RESOURCES / HELP: "If you haven't gone already, I found the La Leche League meetings to be really helpful. Emily and Lucy - who facilitate the Fort Greene and Cobble Hill meetings are both really knowledgeable and super helpful. I called them with questions that came up along the...
In a press release, Representative Lacson-Noel framed her Bill, as fighting “for women’s rights in revising [the] Milk Code” and “to emphasize the importance of informed choice vis-à-vis breastfeeding” [87]. Similar arguments were made in the media by two civil society groups, the ...
Breastfeeding can help you: Recover faster from giving birth Lose baby weight faster Prevent certain types of cancer Save more money Bond with your baby Why should my baby sleep alone? I feel safer with my baby near me. We know that when parents sleep in the same bed as their baby, the...
The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) recommends “putting babies in direct contact with the mother immediately after birth for at least an hour and encourage the mother to verify whether the baby is ready to be breastfed and offer help if necessary” as the Step 4 of the “Ten Step...
Ultimately, such actions will help to advance the greater right to health and nutrition of the people, and most of all the rights of Filipino mothers and children, over vested commercial interests. Availability of data and materials All data generated or analysed during this study are included or...
Find your local breastfeeding support groups here and here! While you are doing this why not also note down the details for other avenues of support? The group might offer services such as a telephone helpline, a Facebook group or support via social media messaging. Perhaps you have a brea...
Innovative approaches for providing support to women so they are able return to work while breastfeeding, such as community support groups, or monetary incentives for women to continue breastfeeding and not return to work within the first 6 months could address these barriers. Mothers also suffered...
Women, particularly in the India groups, also conveyed the perception that breastfeeding stifled the independence of both mother and child. As such, many women introduced other food and mixed fed their children at an early age due to fears that child would become dependent on breastfeeding and ...
Prolonged breastfeeding can help reduce the risk of developing breast cancer including aggressive subtypes. Our preclinical work provides novel insight into the known link between breastfeeding and breast cancer. We observed distinct pro-tumorigenic changes in mouse mammary glands that underwent abrupt inv...
These "observers" in the social media-assisted prenatal chat groups read the information posted online but did not participate in the discussion, yet their presence may still help them to gain knowledge related to a healthy diet, staying physically active and breastfeeding, and adopting a ...