La Leche League of Fayetteville/Fort Bragg, NC
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La Leche League is a parent-to-parent breastfeeding information and support group.
Support matters. We learn from each other. 💕
The temperature outside is rising and it may have you thinking..does my baby need additional water?
Fully/exclusively breastfed babies do not require additional water, even when it's very hot and humid outside.☀️
When baby nurses as often as they need, breastmilk will provide all the liquids that are needed.
Follow baby's cues and enjoy the weather!
https://www.lllc.ca/breastfeeding-summer-or-hot-weather
What do you include in your diaper bag? What do you find that you rarely need?
I could pack a suitcase and still not have the one thing that I actually need! 😁
It's Toddler Tuesday!
What advice would you share with a family considering nursing beyond babyhood? What has your experience been like?
Need support?...A leader can help.💚
The benefits of nursing/providing breastmilk to your baby don't end at one. 🎉
Breast/chest shaping can help make it easier for baby to get a bigger mouthful of breast tissue- a deeper latch.
Has the breast sandwich/shaping been helpful for you and your baby? Need more support? Comment or send a message. A leader can help!
Thank you for the continued interest in meetings! We are not currently meeting in person at this time but hope to add a few meeting dates to the calender soon! In the meantime, a leader is available for virtual support! 💜
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LA LECHE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL
La Leche League International was formed in 1956, in Franklin Park, IL by a group of seven mothers who wanted to provide breastfeeding help and support to interested women. Two mothers, Mary White and Marian Tompson, were breastfeeding their children at a church picnic and many other women expressed interest, or told them how they had wanted to breastfeed but failed.
Breastfeeding was not encouraged by the medical establishment at the time and not practiced widely enough for women who wanted to breastfeed to have practical support. Realizing there was a need for information and advice, Mary and Marian enlisted the help of five of their friends and acquaintances and the seven began to hold meetings. The Founding Mothers of LLLI were Mary Ann Cahill, Edwina Froehlich, Mary Ann Kerwin, Viola Lennon, Marian Tompson, Betty Wagner, and Mary White.
The basic format for the meetings and the local structure of LLLI was in place very early. A series of four meetings were held, once a month, dealing with topics from pre-natal issues to childbirth and breastfeeding. Some women just came for the series, but some began to attend on an ongoing basis. From its earliest days, LLLI was affiliated with some doctors who provided medical advice and support for trickier problems with breastfeeding. These doctors also helped shape “mothering through breastfeeding” as the main focus of LLLI.
LLLI received numerous medical questions from women who wanted to breastfeed but who were being told by their doctors to wean their babies for various reasons, or that they couldn’t breastfeed at all. LLLI developed a system whereby these letters would be circulated to the Medical Advisory Board, the answers collated, and a reply sent to the mother. In most cases, the doctors of the Board would recommend that breastfeeding should continue. The involvement of the physicians provided legitimacy for the advice that LLLI provided and enabled the women to be surer of their own judgment and instincts when it came to passing on mother-to-mother wisdom and intuition. LLLI began to challenge the medical establishment on the question of breastfeeding.
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