Article: In support of breastfeeding

Article: Breastfeeding.com Becomes a Premier Resource on Child Health.
PR Newswire;  July 9, 2008 ;     423 words ...Breastfeeding.com adds to its unparalleled content on breastfeeding with the 'Breastfeeding.com Answer Center': 1400 professional articles on child health, from allergies and infections to growing...

Article: Suzi Abrera promotes breastfeeding
The Manila Times;  October 28, 2007 ;     667 words ...BREASTFEEDING's superior nutritional benefits are universally accepted facts. We all know that breastfeeding helps promote optimal brain development, psychomotor...besides its unsurpassed dietary advantage for the baby, breastfeeding also offers remarkable "side benefits" that moms...

Article: Breastfeeding.com Launches 'While You Are Breastfeeding Or Pumping,' a Service to Entertain and Interact with Moms while they Breastfeed their Babies.
PR Newswire;  July 16, 2008 ;     345 words ...Breastfeeding.com, a premier online resource with 'Everything for the New Mom' launched the 'While You're Breastfeeding Or Pumping' section for moms that are attached to...isolating. In response to suggestions from nursing moms, Breastfeeding.com created services to entertain or enlighten these...

Article: National breastfeeding Awareness Week
Community Practitioner;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...BREASTFEEDING National Breastfeeding Awareness Week (NBAW) 2004 will take place from 9 to 15 May...campaign aims to encourage mothers and mothers-to-be to give breastfeeding a go! The campaign objective supports the government's targets...

Article: The benefits of breastfeeding and current controversies: Part one
Community Practitioner;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...BREASTFEEDING Extensive research, especially in the past decade...compelling evidence of the long and short term benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and child, and for society as a whole. However, there are also some situations where breastfeeding may not be in the best interest of the baby, or ...

Article: Breastfeeding.com Launches First Ever Social Network for Birth-Related Medical Professionals.
PR Newswire;  July 2, 2008 ;     436 words ...Breastfeeding.com launches the 'Expert's Community' supporting Lactation Consultants, Midwives, Doulas...expand their practices by connecting with the 2 million new moms each year who visit Breastfeeding.com. BOULDER, Colo., July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Breastfeeding.com, a premier online resource with Everything ...

Article: Development of a Breastfeeding Support Program at Naval Hospital Sigonella, Italy.
Pediatric Nursing;  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......has clearly indicated that breastfeeding is the optimal way to feed...that benefits attributable to breastfeeding persist past infancy (Wright...first 6 months and continued breastfeeding with solid foods for the next...

Article: Focal Point on Breastfeeding: Questions to Answer When Teaching a Breastfeeding Class
International Journal of Childbirth Education;  December 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...FOCAL POINT ON BREASTFEEDING: Questions to Answer When Teaching a Breastfeeding Class Breastfeeding education programs usually have three purposes: to influence or to support prenatal decision-making regarding infant feeding choice, to provide...

Article: Questions to answer when teaching a breastfeeding class
International Journal of Childbirth Education;  December 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Breastfeeding education programs usually have three purposes: to influence or to support...provide practical information on management of lactation at the onset of the breastfeeding experience, and to provide on-going support after the initiation of breastfeeding (Riordan and Auerbach 1993). Learning how to ...

Article: Teaching Breastfeeding as a Public Commitment
International Journal of Childbirth Education;  June 30, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Teaching Breastfeeding as a Public Commitment The current...is reflecting an emerging view of breastfeeding as a public health choice for countries...mount supporting the importance of breastfeeding to the infant, mother and community...

Article: Breastfeeding Facts Pediatricians Probably Weren't Taught
International Journal of Childbirth Education;  March 31, 1998 ;     472 words ...Breastfeeding Facts Pediatricians Probably Weren't Taught "Too few physicians know how to help nursing mothers...much more about the process," said Dr. Gartner who chairs the American Academy of Pediatrics' Breastfeeding Work Group, which developed breastfeeding guidelines published in the December 1997 ...

Article: Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week and the Birth-Breastfeeding Continuum
International Journal of Childbirth Education;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Birth and breastfeeding are inextricably linked and successful breastfeeding is most easily initiated following an undisturbed...promote the connection between birth and breastfeeding is by participating in World Breastfeeding...

Article: Breastfeeding Education/Satisfaction --A Literature Review
International Journal of Childbirth Education;  February 28, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Breastfeeding Education/Satisfaction -- A Literature Review Breastfeeding is more common for mothers with higher levels of education...months postpartum exerted some negative effects on breastfeeding outcomes. Black, et al. (1990) found that the most...

Article: Submission by the Australian Breastfeeding Association to the parliamentary inquiry into breastfeeding: the following is an excerpt from a paper by the Australian Breastfeeding Association submitted to the parliamentary inquiry into breastfeeding, February 2007.(Excerpt)
Breastfeeding Review;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Breastfeeding is an important preventative health...The public health benefits of breastfeeding are well documented and continue...and speech and jaw development. Breastfeeding also helps protect mothers against...