Your Statewide Coalition of Breastfeeding Advocates and Lactation Specialists We invite you to work collaboratively with us to create breastfeeding-friendly communities throughout Michigan. Mission Statement The Michigan Breastfeeding Network recognizes human milk as the norm for infant feeding. Our mission is to promote, protect and support breastfeeding as a vital part of the health and development of children, their families, and the community. We will accomplish our mission by providing networking opportunities for groups and individuals working with breastfeeding mothers in Michigan advocating on behalf of breastfeeding mothers, babies and families. LATEST NEWS: Check out the Baby Friendly Rap. It's cute and informative! Every Mother and Altarum Institute are working with the HHS
Office on Women’s Health to develop (or create) an on-line searchable
resource to showcase creative solutions for supporting employees who are nursing
their babies, with a special emphasis on employers of hourly workers and
challenging work environments. We are
gathering success stories from businesses of all industry types willing to
share their solutions. Check out the link to the online submission site
and share widely! The Million Mothers March on Michigan will be held on July 18th at 10 a.m. This event is being organized by Breastfeeding Mothers Unite, an organization created by "Mothers Rallying for Change." The message of the march is that mothers will no longer sit quietly while others are being harassed and berated for doing what is best for their children. More information is available on their website. The National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ) is leading Best Fed Beginnings, an effort to help hospitals nationwide make quality improvements to maternity care to better support mothers and babies to be able to breastfeed. The Network encourages hospitals to get involved with this project and complete a project interest form. For more information, or to complete a project interest form, check out the Best Fed Beginnings website. The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) and the International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) issues IBCLC Care Awards to facilities that hire currently certified IBCLCs and have a dedicated lactation support program available 5-7 days a week. For more information about the award, go to the IBCLC Care Award website. For Michigan recipients of the award, click here. Our next quarterly meeting will be held March 21st in Detroit, Michigan. Check out the Join Us page or our Facebook event page for more information. Milk for Thought came to Grand Rapids as a stop on their Latch On America Bus Tour! They came Thursday, July 28th! This was very exciting news and we were so excited to show America that Michigan cares about breastfeeding! Check out the action on their Facebook page, and "Like" them if you're so inclined ;) Two bills were introduced in the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives on June 30, 2011 to make breastfeeding a civil right. You can view Senate Bill 0554 here and House Bill 4868 here. We hope to have more information about how you can support these bills soon. Thank you to the Senators and Representatives who introduced this important legislation! The recently passed Health Care Reform Bill included a provision to protect a woman's right to express milk at her workplace by making it a legal requirement for companies with 50 or more employees to provide reasonable break time and non-bathroom space for milk expression. Click here for more details. |
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