Mary Jo Daley, D-Montgomery, and David Parker, R-Monroe, announced the week of August. 1-7 has been declared “World Breastfeeding Week” in Pennsylvania. We must work to prioritize laws to guarantee that women have full and fair opportunities to succeed and raise healthy families.
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Speakers at the press conference highlighted SB 219 as an example of one of those polices.
Governments should lead the charge by making breastfeeding a policy priority in national development plans, increasing resources for programming that supports breastfeeding, and working with communities and families to promote the full benefits of breastfeeding.
Prime bill sponsor, state Sen. The nutrition staff in these clinics receive monthly training updates in order to use the proper policies and procedures appropriately to provide basic breastfeeding education to program participants as well as anyone in the community interested in breastfeeding information.
This year the theme of this week is, “Breastfeeding and Work: Let’s Make It Work”. And of the more than 350,000 working women in New Hampshire today, almost half are between the ages of 20 and 44 – prime years for giving birth to children.
At the function Ms. Parukutty inaugurated a special private room at the hospital where mothers coming there can breastfeed their child. It is also a loss to employers.
On the federal level, U.S. Sens.
This is not only a loss to working mothers and their babies. It’s their right to do so. That’s why I introduced the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. “My wife has nursed all of our children and it is my hope that all mothers can have the opportunity to provide the “perfect food” for their babies”. Employers with fewer than 50 employees wouldn’t have been subject to the requirements. There are three necessary factors that determine success in breastfeeding for working moms: time, space and support. “The bill also prohibits employers from denying employment opportunities to women based on their need for reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions”.
Every year, the global community sets aside a week to draw attention to the vital importance of breastfeeding, not only in the lives of the most disadvantaged children but also in the strength of societies. So our free standing lactation suite was conceived from a place of empathy by nursing mothers who had to hit the road with our breast pumps.
“Becoming Baby-Friendly has allowed Legacy to create a supportive hospital environment that gives new moms a strong foundation for the breastfeeding process while they are still in the hospital and will benefit them even after they go home”, Dr. Lauren Rose, medical director of Legacy Family Birth Centers, said in a prepared statement.
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They agree to support mothers’ efforts to choose what is best for their babies and display a window decal that welcomes mothers to their business or organization, Rose said.
