Dr. Franco Rizzuti, president of the Professional Association of Resident Phys icians of
Alberta, says the organization supports trainees who are pumping by advocating for them on …

Pumping is a pain. It's to schlep all the stufaround, take all this time out ofyour day, and hook
all this stuflup, and wash out all these bottles, and remember everything in the morning. And …

The United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) 1 was founded in 1998 to satisfy one of
the four operational targets of the 1990 Innocenti Declaration on the Protection, Promotion …

Background: Compared to nonemployed mothers, employed mothers are more likely to
terminate breastfeeding sooner than recommended, due in part to a lack of workplace …

The benefits of breastmilk and lactation are well established for both infants and women.
National organizations recommend exclusively breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life and …

We are succeeding in promoting the start of breastfeeding. Why are we not able to support
continued breastfeeding? One of the possible explanations is lack of appropriate instruction …

The American Academy of Pediatrics, citing breast milk as the" optimal form of nutrition for
infants," recommends exclusive breastfeeding for approximately the first 6 months of life. 1 …

Popular knowledge is that the United States has a ma-jor problem in supporting mothers
who wish to continue with exclusive breastfeeding at least for 3 months, let alone for the …

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH) received a
grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2010 to contribute to a …

Breastfeeding, in particular exclusive breastfeeding for at least 6 months, has been proven
to provide multiple short-and long-term health benefits for mothers and infants. While 84% of …