La Leche League of Jacksonville, NC

Mothers should never feel ashamed to breastfeed their babies

From a glass of water, a chat with a friend, or a comfortable space, we can all help respect the rights of mums to breastfeed anytime, anywhere.

Let’s all step up to support breastfeeding mums!

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Happy World Breastfeeding Week 2024. Let’s close the gap in inequalities by ensuring breastfeeding support for all.

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All over the world, many families give up on breastfeeding soon after they start because of early challenges. This free video shows an approach that can make early nursing much easier. What was your experience? Did you ever try this? https://naturalbreastfeeding.com/

📢 is from 1-7 August in much of the world.
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[Image description - photo of a large celebratory cake with iced text 'Centro Recolector ISSS San Alberto Abad' and the WBW 2019 logo. Bright pink background, white text reads . White LLLI logo.]

Breastfeeding is an art! We are happy to share art that rolls breastfeedings warmth, nutrition, and love into one 💙💚🧡
📌Coming soon: the new edition of our core book: The Art Of Breastfeeding!

This stunning mural -Tolerance - is by Argentinian street artist Alaniz. Its title refers to the tolerance between generations living in the neighborhood of Slotermeer, Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Image 📷 Ceescamel, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

[Image description: photo of a mural covering entire end of a three story building, mother with her eyes closed breastfeeds her baby.]

🎉 We congratulate Clarisse Agbegnenou, French Judo champion, for her successful advocacy work - athletes at the 2024 Olympics in Paris will be offered hotel rooms they can share with their breastfeeding children close to the 10,000 population athletes' village. 🥋

🧡💙💚 Clarisse said "To put things in perspective, I've decided to breastfeed my daughter until she's weaned. She hasn't yet, so I'm following her. I've made sure that I feel good physically, because of course there's an element of tiredness. But as a mother who needs to be very present for my daughter, I asked for the opportunity to have her with me during the Olympics." 🤱🏻🤱🏽🤱🏿

Image credit 📷 clarisse_agbegnenou on Instagram, from October 2022.
[Image description: smiling mother wearing judo kit sits on a bench in a sports hall breastfeeding her baby. She smiles broadly at the camera.]

This beautiful mural was painted by a group of artists contracted to create various murals around the city of Santiago, Dominican Republic. The mothers and babies standing in front of the mural were from the LLL Santiago group. The photo taken during World Breastfeeding Week in August 2018 - we think it's timeless 💗



[Image description: photo of a mural showing a laughing mother with flowing hair nursing her baby, she is framed by concentric circles and bordered by large pink roses. In front of the mural four mothers stand holding their babies, three mothers sit on a ledge - one holding her baby, one breastfeeding and the third is breastfeeding her baby and holding her older child close. Everyone looks happy]

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