• Summer Series Meetings


• Park Days are underway!
  
  Every Thursday morning (except 3rd Thursdays, when the regular LLL meeting is held), there is social/play time at a park in Longmont.
  
  If you'd like to join us, please call or email Margaret to be added to the email reminders list. We'd love to see you!

New Edition of the
Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

La Leche League's classic book, The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, is being issued in a new edition in July 2010. The 8th edition is completely rewritten with updated references and the most current breastfeeding recommendations.

Visit http://www.llli.org/thewomanlyartofbreastfeeding to order anytime.

Orders placed by July 13th can help The Womanly Art make the New York Times bestseller list upon its release!

Have you ever used the medications Reglan or Domperidone to increase your milk supply?

Dr. Thomas Hale, author of the reference book Medications and Mothers' Milk, is conducting an online research study of mothers who have used these medications.

Go to http://neonatal.ttuhsc.edu/lact/ to learn more and to participate in the study.

Primary Care Residents Benefit From Breast-Feeding Course Curriculum linked to improved practice patterns, knowledge, higher breast-feeding rate

Jul 6, 2010

Few medical schools teach about breastfeeding in any detail. Doctors' skill in caring for breastfeeding mothers and babies is closely linked to their own personal experience with breastfeeding. Those who have breastfed, or whose partners have breastfed, tend to be more knowledgeable and give correct information. Clearly, all doctors, not only the ones with personal breastfeeding experience, should be competent to help breastfeeding mothers and babies in their care.

A new breastfeeding curriculum for medical residents (see article) was shown to greatly improve doctors' knowledge and practices. Patients who were cared for by the breastfeeding-educated doctors were much, much more likely to be breastfeeding at 6 months. It really does make a difference to have healthcare providers who know about and support breastfeeding!