World Breastfeeding Week: Celebrities proudly show off pictures of themselves

Parker said, “I co-sponsored House Resolution 429 with my colleague, Representative Daley, to increase awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and child, and to stress the need for society to improve accommodations for breastfeeding mothers”.

Montefiore’s patient outreach efforts will educate women about breastfeeding prior to delivery, to help inform how breastfeeding can be an important element in the healthy development of babies, and to provide breastfeeding best practices. Fuller Clark submitted a bill that would’ve required employers to provide a reasonable break time and a sanitary place that is not a toilet stall for women to express breast milk.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasised breastfeeding and homemade foods for infants at mothers’ workplaces. The march was followed by a seminar on breastfeeding.The World Breastfeeding Week calls for concerted global action to support women to combine breastfeeding and work.

This year, as part of the celebrations, 10M2 of Love, a campaign initiated in 2013 by UNICEF and the National Centre for Women and Children’s Health, will be promoted and expand to include new partners. More than 20 businesses in Barton County have endorsed “Breastfeeding Welcome Here”.

It has phone numbers and contact information for programs that assist mothers and for peer educators and support groups that encourage mothers to continue breastfeeding. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, and Kelly Ayotte, R-NH, are working on legislation to protect pregnant women and nursing mothers in the work place. There are three necessary factors that determine success in breastfeeding for working moms: time, space and support. It’s their right to do so. Breastfed children fall sick less often, so their mothers are absent from work less often, too.

Central Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition members have also worked to produce a Breastfeeding Resource List that is given to new mothers by local hospitals, doctors’ offices, and health care providers, she said.

“Moms need support from their family and community to reach their goals in breastfeeding their baby”. Together, we can help working women to breastfeed and reap the benefits for themselves, for their children, and for the health and well-being of future generations.

“Becoming Baby-Friendly has allowed Legacy to create a supportive hospital environment that gives new moms a strong foundation for the breastfeeding process while they are still in the hospital and will benefit them even after they go home”, Dr. Lauren Rose, medical director of Legacy Family Birth Centers, said in a prepared statement.