Who will be latching with us on Friday?

Happy World Breastfeeding Week!

If you are a nursing mama, join us at Nurture for the Big Latch On on Friday.

Please arrive at 10 am so that we can get everyone registered and settled for the big count!

We will have yummy treats, tea, and goodies for the children and mamas.

You don't have to be nursing to support breastfeeding! Breastfeeding is not always as easy as it might seem. Here are just a few ways that family and friends can support nursing mamas:

• Encourage health care providers & communities to support the 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
• Play with siblings to allow mom and baby some quiet time to get comfortable breastfeeding
• Offer a pillow to help with good breastfeeding positioning & posture
• Offer a glass of water, breastfeeding makes moms thirsty!
• Offer a snack
• Offer resources, if needed, such as contact information for lactation consultants, local La Leche League groups, Kellymom.com, Nursing Mother's Counsel, MOBI, local milk banks
• Know the laws and breastfeeding rights and stand up for a breastfeeding mom being harassed in public
• Encourage your workplace to become a "Breastfeeding Mother Friendly Employer" (don't make them pump in the bathrooms, please!!!)

Birthingway college of Midwifery's Breastfeeding Center- Grand Opening

Announcing Birthingway College of Midwifery's

Breastfeeding Center

Grand Opening

Saturday, March 20th from 12:00pm-3:00pm

Celebrate the opening of an innovative new type of support system for families in Portland. The Breastfeeding Center will provide Portland families with FREE out-of-hospital breastfeeding support in a comfy home setting. Services include support groups and a space to just hang out and connect with other breastfeeding women, as well as professional help with basic breastfeeding information, return-to-work plans, complex situations, weaning and more.

Birthingway's FREE Breastfeeding Center supports a nursing mother by providing:

• Personal care with an individualized breastfeeding plan.
• Free phone support to assess needs
• A free hour-long consultation with an IBCLC.

Birthingway's breastfeeding support is physiologically based with the least amount of interventions while protecting the well-being of moms and babies.

Center Services are closely supervised by International Board Certified Lactation consultants (IBCLC) with assistance from students participating in our Lactation Program. All client records are kept confidential per HIPPA standards.

Birthingway College of Midwifery

12108 SE Carlton St.

Portland, OR 97266

Contact 503-760-3131 for information about the event

or e-mail: breastfeeding@birthingway.edu

www.birthingway.edu

The grand opening celebration will be a chance for the community to get to know our space and learn about the services the Breastfeeding Center will offer. There will also be food and a raffle to sweeten the day.

World Breastfeeding Week

Today is the first day of World Breastfeeding Week organized by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action. This year's theme, Breastfeeding: A Vital Emergency Response. Are you ready? focuses on the life-sustaining power of breastfeeding during emergencies. In the US, many organizations including the US Breastfeeding Committee, Le Leche League, National WIC Association, Lamaze International, American Academy of Pediatrics, and the International Lactation Consultant Association have joined in the efforts to provide information about breastfeeding and emergencies.

Northwest Mothers Milk Bank KBOO Interview

(view this announcement as a web page)

TheNWMMB is thrilled to spread the word about their efforts to build the Northwest Mothers Milk Bank with an interview on Monday July 13th on KBOO Community Radio.

Monday, July 13th at 11:30 am PST, Anna Keith Soderberg will interview Dixie Whetsell, MS, IBCLC, board member of the Northwest Mothers Milk Bank. Listen in to KBOO in Portland at 90.7 fm, in Corvallis at 100.7 fm or in Hood River at 91.9 fm to hear about the importance of breastmilk, our efforts and how you can help. No calls will be taken due to time constraints, but if you have a question or comment please email beforehand to kboofamilybusiness@gmail.com

If you're out of the listening area, listen to the broadcast online.

Learn more about us on our website http://www.nwmmb.org/

Join the Northwest Mothers Milk Bank list.

From an e-mail sent by: Northwest Mothers Milk Bank, 3439 NE Sandy Blvd. #130, Portland, Oregon 97232.

Breastfeeding-Friendly Symbol

Have you seen this symbol at your local cafe, bookstore or boutique? It's a proud sign for hungry babies and their moms signifying that the establishment is supportive of breastfeeding - meaning they won't ask you to do it in the bathroom.

This symbol was brought to us by Mothering Magazine (via a contest) and has swept the Portland area. If your favorite Portland establishment doesn't have one on their door, suggest they ask for one from Mothering Magazine. You can also buy some yourself and offer them to businesses. They also sell great T-shirts.