In the first study ever to combine maternal and pediatric health outcomes from breastfeeding in a single model, Harvard researcher Dr. Melissa Bartick and colleagues published a new study showing that most of the impact from optimal breastfeeding the US in on maternal health.
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(Atlanta, GA and Weston, MA) —ROSE and the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition have launched an exciting social marketing campaign aimed at normalizing breastfeeding in public among African American women. Continue reading
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There are many different types of breastfeeding support, with an “alphabet soup” of different credentials. Our table shows all these different support available to help moms and babies, and what the different qualifications mean.
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The info behind the Baby-Friendly Rap
Introducing the Baby-Friendly Rap! Watch our music video, and see why breastfeeding goes much better at a Baby-Friendly Hospital. Learn more, and download the mp3.
The Rap is a co-production of Mass. Breastfeeding Coalition and the Breastfeeding
Purchase our new Breastfeeding Welcome Here products, and show the world that nursing moms are welcome where you are!
Download one of our handouts that help make breastfeeding easy. Most are available in multiple languages, and they're perfect for both mothers and medical providers.
The Affordable Care Act mandates that new private insurance plans cover “breastfeeding supplies” and “breastfeeding counseling” with no copayments. See MBC’s guidelines on breast pumps and breastfeeding support.
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Landscape of Breastfeeding Support→
We meet odd-numbered months. Come to our next meetings or call in, and check out our resource page. Get 3.0 hours free online CEU/CME on breastfeeding from our program sponsored by MA Dept of Public Health.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Health Care Reform) provides new rights for nursing mothers on the job. Continue reading
There are many different types of breastfeeding support, with an “alphabet soup” of different credentials. Our table shows all these different support available to help moms and babies, and what the different qualifications mean.
Learn More →
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts’ largest maternity facility with over 6400 births per year, is now a designated Baby-Friendly Hospital.
St Luke’s Hospital and Medical Center in New Bedford is now a designated Baby Friendly hospital. With nearly 1500 births per year, Massachusetts now has 21.2% of its births in Baby-Friendly facilities and 15 Baby-Friendly facilities.
As if the Red Sox starting another World Series today at Fenway were not enough, Anna Jaques became our state’s 14th Baby Friendly Hospital. Now 19.1% of Massachusetts births occur at Baby-Friendly facilities, up from 15.9% in 2017.
Today Beth Israel Deaconess Plymouth was designated as a Baby-Friendly facility, marking the 13th such facility in the Commonwealth out of 46. Now, approximately 18.1% of births in Massachusetts occur in Baby-Friendly facilities.
