Supporting Formula-Feeding Moms During World Breastfeeding Week
By Suzanne Barston, a contributor to the Seleni Institute, a nonprofit mental health and wellness center for women and mothers in New York City. In grade school, I was very good at soccer. But one...
View ArticleBreastfeeding wars: is breast really best?
Related Articles 'Why we need the Duchess of Cambridge to breastfeed' 24 Jun 2013 Facebook allows nipple breastfeeding photos. Well, in theory 13 Jun 2014 Breast may be best, but bottles aren’t the end...
View ArticleUnderstanding How Breastfeeding Affects Obesity
Recent studies questioned whether breastfeeding can lower rates of obesity among kids, and the latest analysis will only add to the confusion. Researchers from Okayama University in Japan reported that...
View ArticleBreastfeeding encouraged with coupon rewards
7 News report A controversial pilot program has been launched in the United Kingdom, which gives financial incentives for low-income mothers to breastfeed their infants. The NOSH or Nourishing Start...
View ArticleFortis hospital conducts educational talk on the importance of breastfeeding
CHANDIGARH: Fortis hospital, Mohali on Tuesday conducted a free educational talk at Government Home Science College, Sector 10, Chandigarh on Breastfeeding on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week...
View ArticleBreastfeeding basics: the importance of on-demand feeding
Many women who begin breastfeeding become frustrated when newborn babies seem to feed constantly. Friends and family members who haven't breastfed (or at least, successfully breastfed) their babies may...
View ArticleIntegrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses programme launched...
ALLAHABAD: In an attempt to check infant mortality rate, Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) programme was launched in city on Thursday with an objective to train basic...
View ArticleExtended maternity leave sought for proper child care
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View ArticleCampaign on breastfeeding from August 1
RANCHI: The departments of health and the social welfare, women and child development are organizing a week-long campaign to spread awareness on breastfeeding. The event coincides with Breastfeeding...
View Article>UC Davis Study Finds That In-Hospital Formula Use Deters Breastfeeding
Mothers who expressed a strong intent to breastfeed did so far less when their babies received formula. Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) February 14, 2014 When mothers feed their newborns formula in the...
View ArticleAugust 1-7, 2013 commemorates the World Breastfeeding Week. (South Africa...
(Source: South Africa Government) Breast-feeding Week Media Release Pretoria, 30 July 2013. August 1-7, 2013 commemorates the World Breastfeeding Week. This year's theme is...
View ArticleHealth on World Breastfeeding Week (South Africa Government)
(Source: South Africa Government) Breast-feeding week 30 Jul 2013 August 1 to 7, 2013 commemorates the World Breastfeeding Week. This year's theme is "Breastfeeding Support, close to mothers"...
View ArticleBreastfeeding could save 830,000 lives a year (Save the Children International)
(Source: Save the Children International) Breastfeeding is one of the best ways to tackle malnutrition; a simple, natural way to boost a baby's immune system. If all babies were breastfed in the first...
View ArticleBloomberg's breast-feeding plan: Will locking up formula help new moms?
August 2, 2012 -- Updated 1352 GMT (2152 HKT) Many hospitals across the country still give away diaper bags packed with formula samples to new moms. (Time.com) -- There are lots of experts who have...
View ArticleGhanas Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates Drops
Exclusive Breastfeeding (EBF) rates dropped drastically from 63.7 per cent in 2008 to 46 per cent in 2011 according to the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS). This could spell doom for the future...
View ArticleBreastfeeding saves lives – it's time for warnings on formula milk
We live in a divided world, but the first months of our lives are the most divisive of all. Globally, millions of babies and children die each year before their fifth birthday. Geographically, 99% of...
View ArticleBreastfeeding can prevent 30% of under-5 deaths in Bihar
PATNA: Bihar has the dubious distinction of very high mortality rate of kids below five years, which at 57 leads to death of over one lakh kids every year. However, over 30,000 of these kids can be...
View ArticleLucy Eades' 'Breastfeeding Discrimination' video goes viral
Mothers are often judged for choosing to use...
View ArticleFormula milk firms accused of targeting mothers and health workers with gifts
Marketing practices contributing to decline in breastfeeding in nations with some of the highest child mortality rates, says report ...
View ArticleInitiate Breastfeeding Within 24 Hours Of Birth
The National Child Health Co-ordinator of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Isabella Sagoe Moses, has advised all health facilities to encourage mothers to initiate breastfeeding within the first 24...
View ArticleFailure to monitor formula milk puts babies at risk
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View ArticleMilk Drunk
I breastfed my newborn son in the Target dressing room today. My tiny boy, the one who lost ounce after ounce in the hospital, is now over 12 pounds. Why? Because I have nursed him in restaurants, in...
View ArticleSmall amounts of formula may promote breastfeeding in some babies
Feeding newborn babies small amounts of carefully regulated formula before a mother’s milk comes in does not disrupt the child’s ability to breastfeed – and may ultimately improve breastfeeding success...
View ArticleDebunking breastfeeding myths
MANY mothers, especially the younger ones, shy away from breastfeeding their babies because of myths that are circulating about the practice. However, exclusive breastfeeding for babies up to six...
View ArticleBreastfeeding a must to save neonates: Experts
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View ArticleYemen's breastfeeding challenge
The decline in the number of women breastfeeding their babies in Yemen is contributing to the high rates of malnutrition among the country's children who are under five years old, according to UNICEF...
View ArticleBreastfeeding Vital To Achieve MDG4
Giving all children the best start in life begins with breastfeeding one of the simplest, smartest, and most cost-effective ways we have of supporting healthier children, stronger families and...
View ArticleBreastfeeding best for child, but it’s not without obstacles
When Katherine Witherall learned she was pregnant with her first child, she knew she would breast feed. To her it was the logical choice because that is what her mother had done with her and her...
View Article‘Breastfeeding: you don’t have to do it’
London - Right, I've polished my battle helmet, retrieved my columnist armour from the garage and positioned the ear plugs within easy distance. I'm ready for the flash-flood of hysterical responses...
View Article‘Breastfeeding: you don’t have to’
London - Right, I've polished my battle helmet, retrieved my columnist armour from the garage and positioned the ear plugs within easy distance. I'm ready for the flash-flood of hysterical responses...
View ArticleAvoiding breastfeeding endangers both mother and child
JAIPUR: Mothers, who are not breastfeeding their infants are putting not only themselves at risk but also the health of their children. Dr Anil K Gupta, surgical oncologist of a city-based private...
View ArticleWhat Happened When Jenna Wolfe Tried Breastfeeding In Public (VIDEO)
Impassioned blog posts, eloquent spoken word poems and a seemingly endless series of news stories about mothers who have been shamed for breastfeeding out in the open are slowly but surely helping...
View ArticleHow All Parents Can Find A Place In The 'I Support You' Movement
By Kim Simon, Suzanne Barston and Jamie Lynne Grumet Shame. Isolation. Guilt. Loneliness. Pride. Perseverance. Hope. Encouragement. Last week, Lisa Belkin and HuffPost Parents stood up with us to...
View ArticleWomen aim to banish the ‘mommy wars’ between breastfeeders and formula feeders
A trio of California women is on a mission to bridge the gap between breastfeeding moms and formula...
View ArticleMumbai mums averse to breastfeeding
MUMBAI: Only about a half of newborns in the state's urban areas, including Mumbai, are breastfed within the first hour of birth, according to a study released by the government on Monday. Out of 1,346...
View ArticleMommy Wars: Moms Team Up to End the Breast vs. Formula Fight
Share 0 Three California moms are using National Breastfeeding Awareness Month, celebrated each August, as the time to end the so-called "mommy wars" when it comes to breast versus formula feeding....
View ArticleFeeding frenzy
Milk run … formula-feeding was widely promoted in the 1950s. Photo: Getty Images Revolutionaries aren't supposed to look like this. People who change the world have chiselled jaws, steely eyes and an...
View ArticleI Support You: The Conversation We Should Be Having About Breastfeeding And...
“When I was a Formula Mom, I used to pour formula into Medela bottles, so that the other moms at playgroup thought that it was pumped breastmilk. I felt their eyes on me. I felt shame, and...
View ArticleTaking Action for Newborns Born Too Soon
November 17th marks the fourth commemoration of World Prematurity Day. Millions of newborn babies are being born each year, many in complex environments and yet, in many cases these deaths are...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Mother's milk is best
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View ArticleWhy I don’t breastfeed – if you must know
For some women, ‘breast is best’ is painful, miserable - or simply not possible ...
View ArticleUC Davis Study Finds That In-Hospital Formula Use Deters Breastfeeding
Mothers who expressed a strong intent to breastfeed did so far less when their babies received formula. Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) February 14, 2014 When mothers feed their newborns formula in the...
View ArticleSeveral Interventions Made Under NHM to Improve the Health Condition of...
(Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Republic of India) Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 12-December-2014 17:09 IST Several...
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