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Nursing Your Baby
A mother asks: We'll be visiting my husband's family for a week this summer. Our two-month-old baby is the only grandchild in my husband's family to be breastfed. She nurses about every two hours, and while that doesn't concern me, I am worried that my husband's family won't understand. How can I handle her frequent nursing with lots of people around? Also, how do I answer relatives who aren't particularly supportive of breastfeeding? Read on
Mothering magazine:
Breastfeeding-friendly workplaces
In Mothering magazine's May-June 2008 issue, attorney Jake Aryeh Marcus reports in "Pumping Nine to Five" that despite a lack of legal protections, an abundance of resources are available to employees and employers who want to create a workplace that supports lactation. Marcus explains how to create a plan that clearly identifies, explains, and justifies a lactating mother's needs. And she also demonstrates how lactation policies benefit employers. Plenty of research documents that breastfeeding reduces the frequency of common childhood illnesses, which keep employees home and cost employers money. Read on
La Leche League
Women who choose to breastfeed their babies need support and accurate information. La Leche League was founded in 1956 by seven women who wanted to breastfeed their babies, and wanted other mothers to have support and information about nursing as well. Now La Leche League is the internationally-acclaimed, trusted authority on breastfeeding, with support groups and accredited leaders worldwide. The following list offers meeting dates, times, and topics for monthly La Leche League group meetings in our region.
