Triangle Breastfeeding Alliance, Inc. http://nctba.org Start Healthy Stay Healthy Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:12:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Strange Breastfeeding News http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/strange-news/ http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/strange-news/ #comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:09:06 +0000 NCTBA.org http://nctba.org/?p=862

Woman charged in breast milk assault on jailer

Posted: 9:42 a.m. Sunday

OWENSBORO, Ky. — A woman in jail for public intoxication was accused of assaulting a jailer by squirting breast milk at her. WYMT-TV reported that a 31-year-old woman was arrested Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of public intoxication. But as she was changing into an inmate uniform, she squirted breast milk into the face of a female deputy who was with her.

The woman now faces a felony charge of third degree assault on a police officer. Her bond was set at $10,000.

NYC chef creates breast milk cheese

Posted: 3:29 p.m. today

NEW YORK — Breast milk cheese, anyone? A Manhattan chef has posted a recipe on his blog for what he calls “My spouse’s mommy milk cheese.” Daniel Angerer co-owns Klee Brasserie with his wife Lori Mason. A photo on his blog features the cheese encrusted with maple caramelized pumpkin and Concord grapes. They had an overabundance of milk for their newborn, Arabella Caroline. When their small freezer ran out of space, Angerer decided to experiment.

Angerer said his cooking instincts tend toward things natural. But even he admits: “THIS is a whole other level of ‘natural.’”

Source: http://www.wral.com/

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]]> http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/strange-news/ /feed 0 CALIFORNIA WIC SPEAKER IN CONGRESS http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/california-wic-speaker-in-congress/ http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/california-wic-speaker-in-congress/ #comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:59:14 +0000 NCTBA.org http://nctba.org/?p=857 United States Lactation Consultant Association Announces

Yesterday, Kiran Saluja gave wonderful testimony at the hearing on child nutrition programs held by the House Committee on Education and Labor. You can read her testimony at the website below. She emphasized the importance of breastfeeding as well as how other segments of the health care system and community need to do their part to help improve breastfeeding rates.We need to follow-up on this and contact each member of this committee, adding our voice to urge Congress to act on the recommendations made by Kiran. Committee members are listed following the announcement. In our letter we should place emphasis on Kiran’s recommendations which are in bold in her testimony. A few appear below that you may wish to place special emphasis on. I would appreciate feedback on anything you send and any replies that you receive.

Sincerely

Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC, RLC

Director of Public Policy

Healthy Families…Strong Communities…Bright Futures!
California WIC Speaker in Congress – Live Webcast !

Exciting news! California WIC leader Kiran Saluja, Deputy Director of PHFE WIC has been asked to testify about WIC and breastfeeding issues tomorrow in Washington DC.

The House Committee on Education and Labor, chaired by WIC Champion George Miller (D-Concord) has scheduled a hearing on Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at 2:30 P.M. (EST) to discuss federal child nutrition programs – WIC, child care food, and school meals – that are up for Reauthorization.

The hearing will be webcast live from the Education and Labor Committee website. The Hearing will focus on improving federal child nutrition programs as a key strategy in fighting childhood obesity, especially since First Lady Michelle Obama launched her Let’s Move campaign. Kiran will share success stories on WIC-led collaborations from California, and convey the critical role of that breastfeeding plays in improving health outcomes among a population that is disproportionately impacted by obesity and its consequences.

After the hearing, visit the website to download the testimony and look at videos and pictures of Kiran in action!

An important place to start to help WIC succeed in its breastfeeding support and promotion efforts would be to fix the breastfeeding – broken hospitals! While I recognize this may be beyond the purview of this Committee, I am compelled to ask you to work collaboratively with your colleagues on the Energy and Commerce Committee and Ways and Means Committee to pass legislation that requires that all hospitals that receive Medicaid funds adhere, at a minimum, to a set of model policies that do not sabotage breastfeeding, and at best initiate steps to become a Baby Friendly Hospital.

Thus another important way to help WIC promote and support breastfeeding, would be for the Committee in collaboration with your partners in Congress to make a determined effort to eliminate or sharply curb the blatant direct marketing of infant formula, which violates the WHO code and targets vulnerable low income women of color.

nutrition education and add such language (breastfeeding promotion and support) to each citation related to WIC for nutrition education in the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.

b. Ensure that ALL federal programs serving families, in particular, but not limited to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Child Care and Adult Food Program are breastfeeding friendly and that the employees have, at a minimum, a clear understanding that breastfeeding mothers and babies will be supported.

]]> http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/california-wic-speaker-in-congress/ /feed 0 Adolescents’ Perceptions of Inpatient Postpartum Nursing Care http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/adolescents-perceptions-of-inpatient-postpartum-nursing-care/ http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/adolescents-perceptions-of-inpatient-postpartum-nursing-care/ #comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:24:33 +0000 NCTBA.org http://nctba.org/?p=853 Adolescent Mothers Perceptions of Nursing Care

]]> http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/adolescents-perceptions-of-inpatient-postpartum-nursing-care/ /feed 0 USLCA Lunch and Learn Webinar http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/uslca-lunch-and-learn-webinar/ http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/uslca-lunch-and-learn-webinar/ #comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:12:50 +0000 NCTBA.org http://nctba.org/?p=847

Don’t miss your chance to join us for our next exciting Lunch and Learn education programs on March 16, 2010.  Earn 1 L Cerps by signing up and attending this session.

Can’t make it for the live webinar?  You can still earn Cerps by ordering the webinar on CD and watching at your convenience click here.

Sincerely,

Barbara Robertson, BA, MA, IBCLC, RLC
United States Lactation Consultant Association

Tuesday March 16, 2010
“Working and Breastfeeding: Helping Our Mothers”
by: Cathy Carothers,BLA,IBCLC,RLC,FILCA
Cathy Carothers

Cathy is author of the HHS Maternal and Child Health Bureau project, The Business Case for Breastfeeding, and serves as lead trainer for the national training initiative.


She is co-founder and co-director of EVERY MOTHER, INC., a nonprofit organization providing counseling and lactation training for health professionals across the United States.  An International Board Certified Lactation Consultant since 1996, she is President-Elect of the International Lactation Consultant Association, past Director of Marketing for ILCA, and Media and Public Relations chair of the United States Breastfeeding Coalition.

Course Objectives
1.  Name common challenges combining employment with breastfeeding, and strategies for addressing
2.  Identify opportunities for lactation consultants to engage employers in implementing lactation programs

Course Outline

?  Emotional considerations
?  Physical challenges
?  Workplace considerations
?  Maternity leave
?  Making it Work: Steps to Success
–Preparation
–Getting a good start with BF
–Creative options for milk breastfeeding  at work

?  The time is right!  National initiatives
?  Opportunities for IBCLCs
–The Business Case for BF
–Outreach with businesses
–Consults with working mothers
–Policy-making levels

Course Details:

2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, 12am Mountain, 11am Pacific

60 Min program

1 L Cerp Awarded for participating (Certificates are emailed to attendees)


Prices:

USLCA Members $20,  Non-members $30, Groups 2-10 $45,

10 or more $65

Registration Deadline is March 15, 2010 at 12:00 noon Eastern Time.

Click here to sign up for “Working and Breastfeeding: Helping Our Mothers“
How to sign up for a USLCA Webinar (Please Read)

1. Download the sign up sheet for the appropriate webinar.Click here for list of scheduled webinars. Submit your sign up sheet and payment information to our headquarters using these options:
Attention: USLCA Webinar
email ScottSherwood@uslcaonline.org or
by fax 919-459-2075

2. You will then receive an email invitation to register for the webinar. Please complete this as soon as possible. You will not be able to sign on to the webinar until this registration is submitted, and approved.

3.  You will then receive an email confirmation with link to join the webinar.  If you have not received your email confirmation with your link to join the webinar 12 hr prior to the webinar beginning please contact us as we will not be able to resolve any issues with registration after that.

If you have any questions please contact us at any time for assistance.
]]> http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/uslca-lunch-and-learn-webinar/ /feed 0 Calendar of Events http://nctba.org/events/calendar-of-events/ http://nctba.org/events/calendar-of-events/ #comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:23:24 +0000 NCTBA.org http://nctba.org/?p=830 Education Disclaimer

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]]> http://nctba.org/events/calendar-of-events/ /feed 0 25th Anniversary of the Lactation Consultant Profession http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/25th-anniversary-of-the-lactation-consultant-profession-2/ http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/25th-anniversary-of-the-lactation-consultant-profession-2/ #comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:06:59 +0000 Admin http://nctba.org/?p=831

25 years ago a small group of women with vision and passion worked to legitimize a brand new profession dedicated to quality assurance in the growing new field of breastfeeding care for mothers and babies.

Join the 25th Anniversary Celebration

]]> http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/25th-anniversary-of-the-lactation-consultant-profession-2/ /feed 0 Mothers Special Gift 2010 Call for Abstracts! http://nctba.org/education/mothers-special-gift-2010-call-for-abstracts/ http://nctba.org/education/mothers-special-gift-2010-call-for-abstracts/ #comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:28:11 +0000 NCTBA.org http://nctba.org/?p=791 12th Annual Mothers Special Gift Conference
June 26, 2010
Charlotte, North Carolina.

Mothers Special Gift 2010 Call for Abstracts-1

]]> http://nctba.org/education/mothers-special-gift-2010-call-for-abstracts/ /feed 0 How Do I Know If A Conference Is Code Compliant http://nctba.org/uncategorized/how-do-i-know-if-a-conference-is-code-compliant/ http://nctba.org/uncategorized/how-do-i-know-if-a-conference-is-code-compliant/ #comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:55:41 +0000 NCTBA.org http://nctba.org/?p=786 This listing of educational opportunities is provided as a service and does not imply TBA endorsement or compliance with the World Health Organization International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes. TBA supports the International Code which includes guidelines for health care professional education as well as marketing of formula and feeding products.

For more information, go to: http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/code_english.pdf

Educational Opportunities Examples:

  1. 18th Annual Lactation Consultant Comprehensive Update (LCCU): Five-day course from Monday, April 26th to Friday, April 30th, 2010,at the Andrews Conference Center in Raleigh, NC. Registration details available at www.WakeAHEC.org
  2. 8th Annual Triangle Breastfeeding Alliance Conference (TBA): One-day conference on Thursday, May 13, 2010, at the Andrews Conference Center in Raleigh, NC. Registration details available at nctba.org or  www.WakeAHEC.org
  3. WakeMed Breastfeeding Core Course – Basics: One-day course on Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at the Andrews Conference Center in Raleigh, NC. Registration details available by emailing Cindy Rice in Nursing Education at crice@wakemed.org
  4. Art of Breastfeeding Conference (ABC): Three-day conference from Monday, October 4th to Wednesday, October 6th, 2010, at the UNC Friday Conference Center in Chapel Hill, NC. Registration details available at www.WakeAHEC.org
  5. WakeMed Breastfeeding Core Course – Advanced: One-day course on Friday, November 12th, 2010, at WakeMed Hospital in Cary, NC. Registration details available by emailing Cindy Rice in Nursing Education at crice@wakemed.org

How Can I Tell Who Is Sponsoring an Educational Offering?

  • Look to see the identity of the sponsor(s)and/or exhibitor(s) . It may be listed on the brochure or the website description, you may be able to tell by looking at the registration information or it may be indicated simply by a logo.
  • Look at the names of sponsors of luncheons, receptions, dinners, etc.
  • Look to see who advertised the educational offering.
  • Examine the titles and objectives of sessions for specific brand name product placements.
  • Contact the event planners using the registration information provided and inquire about sponsors and whether they are International Code compliant.
  • Check on the credentials of the presenters. For example: if presenters are researchers sponsored by a formula company (or a drug/food/laboratory company that is part of a company that also manufactures formula), they cannot be International Code compliant.
]]> http://nctba.org/uncategorized/how-do-i-know-if-a-conference-is-code-compliant/ /feed 0 March Meeting Reminder http://nctba.org/uncategorized/march-meeting-reminder/ http://nctba.org/uncategorized/march-meeting-reminder/ #comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:52:17 +0000 NCTBA.org http://nctba.org/?p=769

Triangle Breastfeeding Alliance

Our Goal: To provide networking and education for the people who care for breastfeeding families in the Triangle area.

Our Mission: To increase the number of mothers who achieve their personal breastfeeding goals and their satisfaction with the care and support that they receive.

Here is the agenda for our March 2nd meeting. Please look it over to see if you need to bring any information with you to our meeting on Tuesday at 1:00 in the Andrews Center at WakeMed.

Please read the article about Michelle Obama’s not speaking out to endorse breastfeeding yet and view the short video about three generations of black women.

http://www.womensradio.com/articles/Michelle-Obama-Urged-to-Speak-Out-for-Breastfeeding/4437.html?sms_ss=email

Thank you for your enthusiasm and support for breastfeeding families,

Mary

]]> http://nctba.org/uncategorized/march-meeting-reminder/ /feed 0 A Chemical That Shouldn’t Be In Breast Milk http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/a-chemical-that-shouldnt-be-in-breast-milk/ http://nctba.org/breastfeeding/a-chemical-that-shouldnt-be-in-breast-milk/ #comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:37:41 +0000 NCTBA.org http://nctba.org/?p=767 Source: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/02/26/358315/a-chemical-that-shouldnt-be-in.html

BY KRISTIE MATHER AND JESSICA NAKELL BURROUGHS
Tags: news | opinion – editorial | point of view

DURHAM — Last week, a friend e-mailed us a disturbing new scientific study titled “Younger mothers’ breast milk has highest levels of flame retardants.” According to researchers at the UNC School of Public Health, nearly three-quarters of 300 North Carolina mothers studied had some amount of toxic flame-retardants, known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), in their breast milk.

PBDEs are common flame-retardants used to slow the spread of fires. They are used in household products such as computers, televisions, mattresses and textiles. These chemicals, which have been shown to be toxic to the brain and hormone system (and also have safer, nontoxic alternatives), end up in our bodies.

In addition to the load that any child accumulates through his own exposure, finding PBDEs in breast milk means that breast-fed infants will receive an additional dose of this brain toxin. Babies and children are at greater risk from chemicals that affect their developing bodies than are adults, making this all the more alarming.

We both breast-fed our sons, feeling confident that breast milk is always the “best milk” for babies. However, it is maddening to know that along with all the wonderful benefits we were delivering to our babies – antibodies, healthy fats and immune-system boosts – we were also serving up a dose of toxic chemicals.

Pregnant and lactating women are strongly urged to eat a healthful diet, exercise, avoid cigarette smoke, decrease stress and generally adopt habits to ensure that their infants have the best possible prenatal environment. But no one told us to avoid environmental toxins, and even if they did, with these chemicals pervasive in our world, there is very little that we could have done.

How could our country have let this happen?

The problem goes back more than 30 years. In 1976, President Gerald Ford signed the Toxic Substances Control Act. TSCA was intended to protect us from toxic chemicals but has proven to be dangerously ineffective. The law grandfathered in all 60,000 chemicals used in consumer products at the time. The result is that chemicals used in consumer products are virtually unregulated. This is surely a system that takes too many risks with our children’s health.

What can we do? We need to update TSCA to ensure that chemicals are proven safe before they end up in consumer products and ultimately our bodies. Congress is expected to take up a bill that does just that, and North Carolina Reps. G.K. Butterfield and Sue Myrick are members of House committees that will be front and center in the process.

We look forward to working with them to ensure that the bill requires manufacturers to provide basic health and safety information on chemicals before they enter the marketplace and that we take immediate action on chemicals like PBDEs, which persist in our bodies and environment.

We will continue to be confident that we made the right choice to breast-feed our children because the multitude of health and emotional benefits outweigh the PBDE risks. But we think all children should be able to derive those benefits without also paying the price of higher PBDE exposure.

We will continue to ensure that mothers and children have a strong voice as the debate to reform TSCA takes shape in Congress. Our elected representatives should do everything they can to get toxic chemicals out of our bodies so that mothers do not have to stop and question whether breastfeeding might harm our children. It is time that we move away from the “chemical of the day” headlines and move toward a system that truly ensures that a mother’s milk is free of toxic chemicals.

Kristie Mather and Jessica Nakell Burroughs are with Triangle Moms Rising, a founding member of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition (www.saferchemicals.org).
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