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NM Breastfeeding Task Force Encourages Individuals & Employers to Get Involved in World Breastfeeding Week, August 1–7
The New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force (NMBTF) is encouraging individuals, employers and organizations to empower parents and enable breastfeeding during World Breastfeeding Week, which runs August 1 – 7, 2019.…
Read MoreSunport opens room for nursing mothers
The Albuquerque International Sunport has become a lot more new-mother friendly by adding a private, relaxing nursing room. The room, furnished by mothers in the Aviation Department, opened to the…
Read MoreFirst generation breastfeeder
Breastfeeding, it’s nothing new. It was Hera’s breastmilk that made Hercules invincible. Where did babies get milk from in the ancient times? They got it from their mother or from a wet…
Read MoreAlbuquerque Sunport gets new nursing room
Mothers will soon have a more comfortable place to nurse at the Sunport. The city worked with the New Mexico Breastfeeding Taskforce to develop a nursing room at the Sunport,…
Read MoreWorld Breastfeeding Week
August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week. World Breastfeeding Week aims to inform people about the links between good nutrition, food security, poverty reduction and breastfeeding, anchor breastfeeding as the foundation of…
Read MoreGrant helps LCMC family birthing center in Ruidoso achieve prestigious designation
From the Ruidoso News: The grant will help staff members attend a lactation education course and breastfeeding conference, and pay for breastfeeding tools such as books and dolls. The Family…
Read MoreBusinesses enjoy return on investment in breastfeeding-friendly workplace
Employers who provide a space where employees can express and store milk or breastfeed a baby quickly realize the benefits of doing so. According to the New Mexico Breastfeeding Task…
Read MoreThe Breastfeeding Movement Is Experiencing a Tech Revolution—Here’s How It’s Helping New Moms
On a humid weekend in June, a teal RV decorated with the Pumpspotting logo—a heart with the circle-dot doodle of a breast—rumbled into Detroit. The two-year-old start-up, whose app offers a crowd-sourced…
Read MoreThere’s help with breastfeeding for Las Cruces moms
More than a dozen Las Cruces mothers sat on sofas around a large room on a recent day, quietly breastfeeding their babies. Their older children, mainly toddlers, happily pushed toys across…
Read MoreBreastfeeding is healthy for mothers, babies
Las Crucen Stacie Justus, 28, always knew that she wanted to breastfeed. “It’s something my mom did for both me and my sister and I wanted to do that for…
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