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Right
from the
start...
Breast Feeding is a natural
and important part of providing babies with
a good start to life.
Whilst not everyone is able
to breastfeed their baby, it is the ideal
food for babies and toddlers. Save Time
Online supports all women in their child
raising decisions, and hopes all Mothers can
make an informed choice about how to feed
their children.
The following links and
offers will give you more information about
breastfeeding and breastfeeding week.
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Breast Feeding
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Breast Feeding Week |
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Breast Feeding
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Breast Feeding Week
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Breast Feeding
Advocacy |
Breast Feeding
Problems & Issues |
Breast
Feeding Information |
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Breastfeeding
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what to expect in the first few days
goes through some of the early stages of
breastfeeding.
(source: Better Health
Channel)
Smoking and pregnancy
is not a good
combination. Read more about why not.
Available in multiple languages. (source:
NSW Health)
Breastfeeding
information can also be found in the
following languages:
Greek,
Korean,
Italian,
Swedish,
Japanese,
Chinese,
Hebrew,
German
and
Spanish.
Breastfeeding -
try to begin within the first hour
explains that babies are receptive to
feeding in the first minutes after birth.
Latching and sucking tend to be easier early
on, too.
Breast, Bottle, Bowl
by Anne Hillis and
others - covers feeding stages and nutrition
for healthy young children.
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action's
Children's Page
explains breastfeeding
and its advantages for children - in 7
languages. Also shows artwork depicting
breastfeeding as done by children.
National Breastfeeding Strategy (1996-2001)
explains the nine projects the
government funded to encourage Australian
mothers to breastfeed their babies.
Global Databank on Breastfeeding
covers
94 nations and records all available
statistics for these countries, as well as
determining that about 35% of the included
infants are exclusively breastfeed to 4
months.
Australian Lactation Consultants Association
can help you find a consultant when you need
help to breastfeed. Also has information
about lactation consultants and their
training.
La Leche League
provides a lot of
information about breastfeeding, as well as
supporting American women who breastfeed.
Your right to a fair go
when
breastfeeding covers what is discriminatory
to breastfeeding women and what is
allowable.
(source:
Victorian Equal Opportunity Commission)
Dietary Guidelines for
children and adolescents in Australia
is a long document that provides a lot of
information on nutrition requirements,
including breastfeeding.
(source:
NHMRC)
Ameda Press Releases
page
provides up to date news about breastfeeding
around the world.
A
Caregiver's Guide to the breastfed baby
explains how expressed breast milk can be
given to a baby.
(source: Australian
Breastfeeding Association)
Breastfeeding.com
has articles and expert
answers to various breastfeeding topics.
(site is based in USA)
Breastfeeding and travel
explains the
advantages of breast milk and other issues
you need to consider if travelling with a
baby. (source:
Better Health Channel)
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Breast Feeding Week
Breast Feeding Week 2007 ~ Right from the start...
ARTICLE:
Breast Feeding Week
explains what
the week is all about and its importance.
Exclusive Breastfeeding
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the Gold
Standard is safe, sound and sustainable
(source: WABA)
ARTICLE:
Breast Feeding Week 2004
explains
the theme for 2004, as well as the
advantages of exclusive breastfeeding.
The following Businesses are
offering specials during
Breastfeeding Week
and for Breastfeeding Mothers.
Please mention Save Time Online when
ordering to collect these discounts
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Save Time Online
is offering 20% off
banner advertising booked during
Breastfeeding week.
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Word Constructions
is offering 20% off
the price of a business profile during the
week of 1 - 7 August. |
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The
Business Mums Network is offering
7 editions of
the Business
Mums magazine
for the price of
6. And by
mentioning Save
Time Online as
you subscribe
before the end
of Breastfeeding
week, you will
also receive
discount
vouchers and
gifts with your
magazine.
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Breastfeed
in style and receive a Free Milkscreen valued at $19.95 when you spend over $75
on breastfeeding clothes during World Breastfeeding Week. Visit
www.nuvomaternity.com.au to
make a purchase. |
If
you have a special offer
- please
contact us
to be included in the
list.
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Breast
Feeding Support
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Australian Breastfeeding
Association
offers information and
support to pregnant women and breastfeeding
mothers. They have many local groups that
offer individual support and understanding.
Belonging to a parenting
group or website may be of great support,
too. Chatting with other Mums, especially
those who have already done it, can be
reassuring and give you the confidence to
stick to your decisions. A number of
parenting sites
exist in Australia.
Global Initiative for
other support (GIMS)
aims to increase awareness and resources so
Mothers get the support they need to
continue breastfeeding their child.
Global Initiative for
Father support (GIFS)
a WABA working group
or task force to be known as The Global
Initiative for Father Support (GIFS)
to work in collaboration with GIMS.
Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
(Australia) explains how the 41 Australian
baby friendly hospitals work. The program
was started by WHO and UNICEF in 1991 and
has increased the number of breastfeeding
Mothers in that time.
The Infant Feeding Action Coalition
(INFACT)
Canada is a non-governmental, non-profit
organization consisting of individuals and
groups working to improve the health and
well-being of infants and young children
through the protection, promotion and
support of breastfeeding.
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Breast
Feeding
Advocacy |
The International Baby
Food Action Network is a public interest group promoting breastfeeding. The
site also outlines the International Code of Marketing of Breast milk
Substitutes and has activity sheets.
Promoting proper feeding for infants and
young children
outlines what the WHO and
UNICEF are doing to promote breastfeeding.
UNICEF's Breastfeeding Programme
Baby Milk Action
is a non-profit
organization which aims to save lives and to
end the avoidable suffering caused by
inappropriate infant feeding. Baby Milk
Action works within a global network to
strengthen independent, transparent and
effective controls on the marketing of the
baby feeding industry. (UK based site but it
has a global focus).
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Breast
Feeding Problems
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Breastfeeding problems can often be
sorted out, but get help sooner rather than later.
Dealing with nipple problems
covers what to do
for thrush, inverted nipples, dermatitis and eczema.
(source: Better Health Channel)
Dealing with mastitis
explains what
this infection is, how to deal with it and tips on avoiding it.
(source: Better Health Channel)
Engorgement and
mastitis explained so you know when to
see a Doctor.
(source: My Dr)
General Information
on drug use whilst breastfeeding covers various groups of drugs, explaining
which can be used safely whilst breastfeeding and what alternatives there are so
Mothers can breastfeed as much as possible.
(source:
Therapeutic
guidelines Ltd)
Lactose intolerance and the breastfed baby
explains
true lactose intolerance and ways to deal with lactose issues.
(source: Health insite)
Breast abscesses
are bacterial infections and most common in breast feeding women. Find out more
about them and treating them from this article.
(source: My Dr)
Breastfeeding and
gastro-oesophageal reflux All babies benefit from breast milk, even reflux
babies. Find out how these babies can be successfully breast fed.
(source: ABA)
Cleft palate and Cleft Lip
can make breastfeeding harder, but not
impossible.
(source: Better Health Channel)
Breastfeeding a baby
with Downs Syndrome
may require a little extra effort, but it can be a great
emotional bond at a difficult time.
(source: ABA)
HIV Transmission through breastfeeding
A review of available evidence
(source: WHO)
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A newborn baby has only three
demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and
security in the knowledge of her presence. Breastfeeding satisfies all three.
~Grantly Dick-Read
Breastfeeding is a mother's gift
to herself, her baby and the earth. ~Pamela K. Wiggins
If a multinational company
developed a product that was a nutritionally balanced and delicious food, a
wonder drug that both prevented and treated disease, cost almost nothing to
produce and could be delivered in quantities controlled by the consumers' needs,
the very announcement of their find would send their shares rocketing to the top
of the stock market. The scientists who developed the product would win prizes
and the wealth and influence of everyone involved would increase dramatically.
Women have been producing such a miraculous substance, breastmilk, since the
beginning of human existence...
-- Gabrielle Palmer, in The
Politics of Breastfeeding, London: Pandora Press, 1988, page 1
Baby's socks finally stay on!
People need to
understand that when they're
deciding between breastmilk and formula, they're not deciding between Coke and
Pepsi...They're choosing between a live, pure substance and a dead substance
made with the cheapest oils available."
- lactation consultant Chele Marmet.
Barefoot Maternity wear
A hundred years from now, it
will not matter what my
bank-account was, the sort
of house I lived in, or the
make of car I drove. But the
world may be different,
because I was important in
the life of a child."
-Author Unknown
SALE
SPOT
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And it happened, as He spoke these things, that
a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to him, "Blessed is
the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!"
—Luke XI, 27
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SIT
BACK AND RELAX
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The Dairy Council tells us:
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Milk is nature's most perfect food.
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The Dairy Council doesn't tell us:
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Milk is nature's most perfect food for a baby
calf, who has four stomachs, will double its weight in 47 days, and is
destined to weigh 300 pounds within a year!
----- Unknown
For books on breastfeeding and parenting
May earth provide us with all the
things of our requirements just like a 'mother', who breast-feeds her child.
- Atharva Veda
Baby's got style
Breast Feeding should not be
attempted by fathers with hairy chests, since they can make the baby sneeze and
give it wind.
- Mike Harding
Round 'n' Round
There are three reasons for
breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in
attractive containers; and the cat can't get it. ~Irena Chalmers
Breastfeeding is nature's health
plan. ~Author Unknown
Mother's milk, time-tested for
millions of years, is the best nutrient for babies because it is nature's
perfect food. ~Robert S. Mendelsohn
The moment she had laid the child
to the breast both became perfectly calm. ~Isak Dinesen
When we trust the makers of baby
formula more than we do our own ability to nourish our babies, we lose a chance
to claim an aspect of our power as women. Thinking that baby formula is as good
as breast milk is believing that thirty years of technology is superior to three
million years of nature's evolution. Countless women have regained trust in
their bodies through nursing their children, even if they weren't sure at first
that they could do it. It is an act of female power, and I think of it as
feminism in its purest form. ~Christine Northrup
Ah, the joy of suckling! She
lovingly watched the fishlike motions of the toothless mouth and she imagined
that with her milk there flowed into her little son her deepest thoughts,
concepts, and dreams. ~Milan Kundera
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