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Article: BREASTFEEDING AND EMPLOYMENT: MAKING IT WORK
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 25, 2006
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The Oklahoma Department of Health issued the following news release:
Everyday many families are faced with financial hardships in Oklahoma, and mothers who have recently given birth are faced with a difficult decision - whether or not to stay home to raise the child or return to work to make ends meet. Many mothers choose the latter. As they return to work, health officials at the Oklahoma State Department of Health are seeing an increase in the number of breastfeeding women entering the workforce who want to continue nursing their babies to help keep them healthy.
Of mothers who choose not to breastfeed, one-third cite returning to work or school as the reason. Mothers who are ...