Handouts

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.

Making Milk is Easy

First Hug

It's my birthday,
give me a hug!

Breasts don't come
with instructions!

Discharge
instructions

Breastfeeding
checklist

Read the Spring 2008 newsletter.

Mother's Milk is Sweet

This design is inspired by a Kenyan proverb found on a cloth worn by women in East Africa and often used to carry babies on their backs. Even though 99% of babies are breastfed in Kenya, this Swahili proverb celebrates the value of women and the value of breastfeeding. Read more about this design or order online. And check out all our resources for mothers, medical providers, and breastfeeeding advocates.

Reducing Health Care Disparities by Incentivizing Breastfeeding

The Surgeon General and the CDC recognize significant disparities in breastfeeding rates with lower income populations and African-American women breastfeeding at lower rates. Increasing breastfeeding rates in the US will save money and lives. Learn how.

Massachusetts DPH to announce Hospital Breastfeeding Awards

As part of MassBFC's annual provider conference on October 6, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health will recognize hospitals taking significant steps to improve their promotion of and support for breastfeeding. Click here for more details.

2008 Provider Conference

The October 6 conference will feature an afternoon workshop for physicians, and another for nurses. Click here for more information and to register.

Fight Formula Marketing

Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition has helped start a national initiative to eliminate hospital distribution of formula marketing materials, Ban the Bags.

In the News

2008 MBC Breastfeeding-Friendly Award Recipients

November 13, 2008 — Each year the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition celebrates retail businesses and public agencies in communities across Massachusetts who support the breastfeeding efforts of mothers by making them feel welcome nursing in their establishment, or in other ways. The MBC also celebrates employers in Massachusetts who actively support the efforts of their employees who want to continue breastfeeding when they [...]

CDC releases comprehensive hospital survey around breastfeeding

June 13, 2008 — In a survey whose responses included almost 2,700 maternity hospitals and birth centers in the US, the CDC found that most hospitals fell short of implementing evidence-based practices around breastfeeding.

FDA proposes accurate labeling for drugs in lactation

May 29, 2008 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing major revisions to prescription drug labeling to provide more complete information about the effects of medicines used during pregnancy and breast-feeding.

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