Virginia Breastfeeding Coalition

Normalizing Breastfeeding and Supporting Healthy Families in Virginia

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Please join us tomorrow May 12th. Guest speaker:“The Impact of Postpartum Depression on Early Breastfeeding, Bonding, and Attachment" by Teresa Lear, PhD, LMFT, Executive Director of Center for Attachment & Trauma Services (CATS). Message us for more information. #breastfeeding #breastfeedingsupport #breastfeedingjourney #chestfeedingsupport #humanmilkforhumanbabies #pregnancy #motherhoodrising #fourthtrimester #postpartum#postpartumdepressionawaremess ... See MoreSee Less

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Getting ready to exhibit HR Virginia conference. #HRVA2021 Stop by and say hi to Monica and Angela. How can we help your business meet the requirements of the new lactation law AND be recognized for your efforts!?!#vabfaward #breastfeeding #breastfeedingsupport #breastfeedingjourney #workingmomlife #workingmom #humanmilkforhumanbabies #pregnancy #motherhoodrising #fourthtrimester ... See MoreSee Less

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Advocacy • Education • Empowerment. VBC is committed to the promotion, protection and normalization of breastfeeding for all.

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#Repost @thebabychick ... This is me. 😭 . 📹:

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Breastfeeding offers many health benefits for your little one, and research shows that breastfed babies have lower risks of: Asthma, Childhood Leukemia, Childhood Obesity, Ear infections, Eczema, Diarrhea and vomiting, Lower respiratory infections, Necrotizing Entericolitis, and Type 1&2 Diabetes.

🔺This will widely vary from baby to baby as a lot of factors come into play regarding the reduction of risks such as, mothers health, maternal age, smoking during pregnancy, genetic factors, how long baby was breastfed,..etc 🔺𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀.

The AAP and ACOG recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months, with continued breastfeeding for at least one year.

We know exclusively breastfeeding isn’t possible for everyone, so here’s some encouragement for moms who supplement (partial feed):

{“There is some research that indicates that even as little as 50 ml of breastmilk per day may help prevent disease in breastfed babies.”}

{“According to the Iowa Extension Service, every teaspoon of breastmilk has 3,000,000 germ killing cells in it; so if a baby gets even one tsp. a day, it is very valuable!!!”}

➡️If you’re looking to increase
your supply, click the link in our bio!

Some research⤵️:

✨https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24618763/
✨https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26192560/
✨https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25422170/
✨https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16076830/
✨https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/about-breastfeeding/why-it-matters.html
✨ https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content
/129/3/e827
✨ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2668634?redirect=true
✨ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2812877/
✨ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/194901
✨https://www.bmj.com/content/316/7124/21.full
✨ https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/100/4/e7.full
✨ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871403X18300012
✨ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0091674904020810
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