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WakeMed Andrews Center Lactation Room

By NCTBA.org · Comments (0)
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

 

Mission possible!

In response to the ongoing request by conference participants, Wake AHEC set on a mission to establish a designated space specifically for breastfeeding mothers needing to pump or express milk while attending programs within the WakeMed Andrews Conference Center.  Although the need has always been met by finding an available office, mothers needed a little more.  A meeting of the minds to locate the opportune space was held between Karen Perry, Practice Administrator, WFP OB/Gyn, Sherika HiSmith George, Associate Director for Nursing Education, Wake AHEC and Jane Davis, Practice Supervisor, WFP OB/Gyn. This resulted in a quaint space on the second floor of the Conference Center offering a piece of comfort for mothers.

 

 

 

Thanks to the support of the Triangle Breastfeeding Alliance who facilitated grant funding from the MidSouth Lactation Consultant Association and to WakeMed who donated items. Mothers now have a warmly decorated space conducive to their breastfeeding needs equipped with a comfortable chair and ottoman, hospital grade breast pump (donated by WakeMed Lactation Services), stimulating artwork and soft lighting.

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Categories : Breastfeeding, Featured, Working Moms

Department of Labor begins enforcing workplace pumping law, cites 23 companies

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Friday, January 6th, 2012

Here’s some good news to start the year:  Remember the incredible news in 2010 that the federal health care reform legislation extended lactation accommodations to many employees nationwide?

Well, the news this week is that the Department of Labor has begun enforcing the law, sometimes known as “Break Time for Nursing Mothers.”

 

Read rest of article-The Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog

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Categories : Working Moms

A Babe’s Guide to Pumping

By NCTBA.org · Comments (0)
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

Source:http://mommymolecules.blogspot.com/2010/07/web-comic-boob-in-bottle.html

Whether pumping at work, pumping at home for the occasional night out, or pumping to protect milk production while managing breastfeeding challenges, many mothers these days use a breast pump at some point during their nursing relationship. Regardless of the reason, it’s important to have good information, so below are tips to help you ensure that things go smoothly.

 

Read rest of article for tips on making pumping work for you-Best For Babes

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Categories : New Moms, Working Moms

Working Moms Don’t Have a Fair Chance at Successfully Breastfeeding

By NCTBA.org · Comments (0)
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Back in the day, breastfeeding was the only way to go because formula was not a safe option. In fact, the rates of death were somewhere between 50 and 90 percent, and the concoctions were something like bread broth, crumbs cooked in milk or water, or even milk with eggs and spices and sugar. Yiiiiikes! So the babies who did live on artificial food usually weren’t exactly thriving.

Read rest of article- The Stir

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Categories : Breastfeeding, Working Moms

Quite a gift, this World Breastfeeding Week: Breastfeeding support and pump rentals to be covered by insurance, with no co-pay

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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services adopted the recent recommendation of the Institute of Medicine, to require insurers to provide breastfeeding support and pump rentals, free of co-pays and other cost-sharing.

The guidelines state that the following must be covered by private insurance:  “Comprehensive lactation support and counseling, by a trained provider during pregnancy and/or in the postpartum period, and costs for renting breastfeeding equipment.”

The Department’s press release on the new policy says that “New health plans will need to include these services without cost sharing for insurance policies with plan years beginning on or after August 1, 2012.”

Not a bad way to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week!

From The Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog

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Categories : Breastfeeding, New Moms, News, Working Moms

Pumping Moms Face Risks & We Needs to Take Action Now

By NCTBA.org · Comments (0)
Sunday, July 31st, 2011

The name of a recent study published in a scientific journal says it all: The Quiet Revolution: Breastfeeding transformed with the use of breast pumps. There’s no question that more babies get breast milk thanks to the more prevalent use of breast pumps, and that’s a good thing for the most part.

But Kathleen Rasmussen, co-author of the study and a professor of nutritional science at Cornell University, wants to add that with the advantages comes the risk of issues from pumping, and she wants scientists to have a chance to investigate those issues.

 

Read rest of article: The Stir

 

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Categories : General, Working Moms

Offended by an Office Breast Pump

By NCTBA.org · Comments (0)
Friday, July 8th, 2011

It has been nearly a year since a reader, T., wrote asking for advice on becoming a family of four. Her son arrived in November, and, in spite of T.’s fears (and, perhaps, because of your wise advice) the transition of her daughter has been relatively smooth. As it turns out, her work colleagues are the ones who are having trouble adjusting.

Read rest of this article- Motherlode

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Categories : Breastfeeding, Working Moms

Women Who Delay Return To Work Breastfeed Longer: Study

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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

When Paige’s daughter was 6 months old, her boss called her into his office and demanded to know how long she planned to breastfeed.

Paige, a research assistant at a university in Tennessee, says she had been pumping three times a day for 20 minutes at a time, closing the door to her office so she could use a hands-free model and continue working. But her boss was unhappy.

 

Read rest of the article-Huffington Post

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Categories : Breastfeeding, Working Moms

A Private Place For Nursing Mothers: Legal Requirement Is Easy To Meet

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Monday, May 23rd, 2011

When the nurse practitioner at the solo pediatrics practice of Gerald Calnen, MD, needed space to pump milk for her baby, she went into an exam room, closing the door at times set aside for her.

“We put a little sign up indicating that the room was occupied, and people respected that,” said Dr. Calnen, president of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. “It was not a problem. Most medical practices have enough flexibility to set aside time for this during the course of the day. And making allowances for a woman to express her milk during the day can have an incredible impact on morale. Most are very appreciative.”

 

Read Rest of Article- Amednews

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Categories : Working Moms

Recipes To Pump Up Your Milk

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Thursday, April 7th, 2011

Lactation cookies

These are made to help nursing mothers milk supply. They taste great and really work.

Servings: 12 dozen

Ingredients

1 C butter
1 C sugar
1 C brown sugar
4 T water
2 T flaxseed meal (no subs)
2 Lg eggs

1 t vanilla
2 C flour
1 t baking soda
1 t salt
3 C Thick cut oats
1 C Chocolate chips
2 T Brewers Yeast (no substitutions)

Preparation
Preheat oven at 375. Mix 2 T of flaxseed meal and water, set aside 3-5 minutes. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs. Stir flaxseed mix into butter mix and add vanilla. Beat until well blended. Sift: dry ingredients, except oats and choc chips. Add butter mix to dry mix. Stir in the oats and then the choc chips. Drop on parchment paper on baking sheet. Bake 8-12 minutes.

So, what are those special ingredients? Oats, brewer’s yeast, and flaxseed meal.

Oatmeal is a frequently recommended food for increasing milk supply, possibly because it contains iron and nursing mothers are often iron deficient.  It’s also a good source of fiber, and I’m told that if you ask a dairy farmer what they do to increase milk yield, they say that they increase fiber intake.

Brewer’s yeast has long been recommended to increase milk supply, though there are some doubts that it does the trick.  It does contain lots of B vitamins – another area where nursing mothers may be deficient.  At a minimum it might give you a bit more energy.  When eaten in large amounts it also might give your baby a “yeasty” smelling diaper, and I’m not sure if it’s recommended for mothers who are struggling with thrush.  The recipe said ‘no substitutions’ for this ingredient, but I couldn’t find brewer’s yeast in time, so used nutritional yeast instead.

Flaxseed oil (this recipe calls for flaxseed meal) is considered by some to be a galactagogue, but I had a hard time finding much on its effects.  It does contain Omega-3 fatty acids, and many nursing mothers are deficient in that area because our stores are used in breast milk.  Omega 3s from fish oil are considered a promising therapy for preventing and treating postpartum depression, but the Omega 3s in flaxseed oil are a different form and are not viewed as effective for this purpose.

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