WIC clinic at Hickory Hollow Mall
WSMV is reporting that Antioch, Tenn. is joining a new trend that’s slowly happening across the country: More and more health clinics are opening up shop in, of all places, aging malls that have few stores. Metro Council has yet to approve the Metro Health Department’s plans to open a new women, infants and children — or WIC —... [Read more...]
Facebook vs Nursing Mother: Hitting Back at Accusations that Nursing is Sexually Explicit
There is a hot debate in the media right now about the right to post breastfeeding pictures online. Facebook recently began removing profile pictures from members showing mothers nursing their babies and it has resulted in a global uproar. Members have been threatened with expulsion from the site if they repost the pictures. Facebook claims the... [Read more...]
Support Timely Adoption of Urgency Ordinance, Boycott Nestle!
The Sacramento California based activist group Save Our Water is seeking an Urgency Ordenance from the Sacramento City council to stop Nestlé Corporation from building a bottled water plant using the city water supply. Human rights activists and breast feeding advocates from throughout the world have boycotted the Swiss-based Nestlé Corporation since... [Read more...]
Breastfeeding Promotion Act Re-Introduced
Congresswoman Lois Capps is among others launching the reintroducing the Breastfeeding Promotion Act on Capitol Hill to protect the rights of breastfeeding mothers at work. The act “would also provide tax incentives for employers to establish private breastfeeding areas, and make breastfeeding equipment tax deductible for families, allowing... [Read more...]
Massachusetts New Law Protects Rights of Breastfeeding Mothers
The following two articles are both reports and reactions to Massachusetts new laws protecting the rights of breastfeeding mothers. Prior to the change, a breastfeeding mom could be charged with indecent exposure, and would have to register as a sex offender! Now moms are not only allowed to breastfeed publicly, but anyone who harasses a breastfeeding... [Read more...]
Financial Advantages of Breastfeeding
Want to watch your budget and do the best for your babe? Breastfeeding is the answer. Read on to see why breastfeeding is also good to your bank balance: 1. Breastfeeding is free! Breast milk is right there and provided free of charge by nature, prepared specifically for your babies needs at not cost at all. Isn’t that marvelous! 2. Formula... [Read more...]
100 best companies for Working Mothers
WorkingMothers.com released their list of the 100 best companies of 2009. Nearly every state had a presence but New York state topped the list with 26 companies dwarfing the next state, Illinois that had seven. Industries particularly favorable for working mothers were financial services with 26 companies followed by health care with 20. Read More →
Arkansas Pushes for Breastfeeding Bill
In Little Rock, Arkansas the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee approved a measure on Tuesday requiring employers to ensure mothers get breaks to pump breast milk for their babies. This would allow thousands of mothers to return to work but continue to breastfeed their babies. For more on this story go to: http://www.kfsm.com/news/sns-ap-ar-xgr–breastfeedingbill,0,3158669.story Read More →
Breastfeeding Coalition of San Joaquin County Honors Three Firms
The 2009 Mother-Baby Friendly Workplace Awards Luncheon sponsored by the Breastfeeding Coalition of San Joaquin County will honor three California businesses. In Harmony Music Therapy Services; the Law Office of Michael D. Small; and United Cerebral Palsy were nominated by an employee and selected to receive this years award. For more information... [Read more...]
Introduction to Breastfeeding
We are thrilled that you want to breastfeed your baby and want to offer you all the help we can to get you under way. Key points of the video are: 1. Enlisting the help of a lactation consultant 2. Simple instruction on latch 3. Clogged ducts and how to treat them Read More →
