This article was brought up at our recent conference

“Think binkies are bad for breastfeeding?

You may have to think again.”

Read rest of article -The Huffington Post

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Please join us this Thursday, May 10th

between 5 and 8 pm.

at Sweet Tomatoes in Cary for dinner! 

This is a fundraiser event to support your local

La Leche League Cary Breastfeeding Cafe! 

I have attached the flyer that is needed to hand to the cashier when purchasing your food. 

I hope you can make it and look forward to seeing those of you who do!  If you have questions please feel free to email me.

Thank you,

Steph Petty 

JOIN US FOR A FUN-RAISER
AT SWEET TOMATOES
AND RAISE MONEY FOR
La Leche League – Cary Breastfeeding Cafe

Please bring your family and enjoy a delicious dinner
and support our group at the same time!

Sweet Tomatoes will donate 15% of sales generated by your organization.

Purchase a meal and a beverage* and enjoy a great meal and help a great organization!

DATE:  Thursday, May 10, 2012
TIME: 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
AT THIS SWEET TOMATOES LOCATION:

Cary
2310 Walnut
Cary, NC 27511

For directions visit Sweettomatoes.com

*1. All participants must purchase a beverage with their meal in order to receive credit towards the organization.
2. Under no circumstances are flyers to be handed out in the restaurant, parking lot or vicinity. Failure to comply will result in a voided contract.
3. Coupons or discounts will not be honored in conjunction with any approved Fun-Raisers.
4. Must present this flyer at time of purchase.
5. Your receipt will be kept and stapled to this form in order to add up the event’s sales.

HOUSEHOLD GUIDELINES:
1. For the safety of our guests, no horseplay, running or climbing at any time, please.
2. Please accompany small children when visiting food bars.
3. It is very much appreciated when a supervisory person is present at a table of children.

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The Women’s Health Branch of the NC Division of Public Health is  requesting abstracts for conference presentations that are applicable to exploring Emerging, Promising, Leading, or Best Practices to improve birth outcomes in North Carolina, which would include strategies provided prior to and following birth. Read More→

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The latest progress concerning breastfeeding legislation comes from Massachusetts, where breastfeeding mom Sophie Currier sued the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) after being denied additional break time to pump during the nine-hour long exam.

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I read a post on a list recently, from a USA-based IBCLC, concerned about a large birth facility that contemplates cutting IBCLC services because administrators perceive lactation services as costly “extras.”  Her concerns are very real. IBCLCs are under threat of losing their jobs in a tough economy, in a culture that perceives
bottle-feeding rather than breastfeeding BF as “normal.”

Read rest of article-Lactation Matters

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A new resource is available on the extranet – Scripting Related to Breastfeeding – which is as the title would indicate.

Click here to download

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Pfizer Inc. is close to selling its infant-nutrition business to Nestlé SA for at least $9 billion, people familiar with the matter said, in what would be one of the largest deals so far this year.

Nestlé, the Swiss food giant, appears to have triumphed in an auction for the business over Groupe Danone SA and Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., which had explored a joint bid for the business. Pfizer and Nestlé are expected to announce a deal as soon as next week, the people said.

Read rest of article-The Wall Street Journal

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While I knew some mothers breastfeed adoptive children, I’d always assumed that it was because they still had milk from nursing a biological child. I had no idea that after a woman’s milk dried up she could start producing milk again months, perhaps even years later, without another pregnancy. But some can, and it’s amazing.

Read rest of article- The Stir

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Written by Robin Kaplan, M.Ed., IBCLC, Owner of the San Diego Breastfeeding Center, and Co-editor of Lactation Matters

Over the past year, I have had the pleasure of listening to Catherine Watson Genna speak about the topic of an infant’s use of his/her hands while latching.  I constantly share this new information with the breastfeeding mothers I work with and I have seen it completely transform a nursing session from a ‘battle of wills’ to one where the baby latches with ease and grace.  Here’s hoping this information will do the same for you!

Read rest of Article-  Lactation Matters

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