Breastfeeding Coalition of San Joaquin County

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What is World Breastfeeding Week???

Celebrated August 1st-7th, World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is an annual celebration and campaign highlighting, and recognizing the benefits of Breastfeeding across the globe!

This year’s theme is about making a difference for working parents and enable breastfeeding .

Ways to make a difference include:
1) Informing people about working parents’ perspectives on breastfeeding and parenting.
2) Anchoring optimal paid leave and workplace support as important tools to enable breastfeeding.
3) Engaging with individuals and organisations to enhance collaboration and support for breastfeeding at work.
4) Galvanise action on improving working conditions and relevant support for breastfeeding.

World Breastfeeding Week starts today! Women shouldn’t require superpowers to juggle breastfeeding and work.

All moms everywhere, no matter their work or contract type, should have:
🧸 At least 18 weeks, preferably 6 months or more, of paid maternity leave
🧸 Paid time off for breastfeeding or expressing milk upon returning to work
🧸 Flexible return-to-work options

Let’s make breastfeeding and work, work!

Happy World Breastfeeding Week!!!
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Attention San Joaquin County! FREE educational opportunity to the first 50 enrolled in the LES course with Breastfeed LA: The Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles!

https://flexapp.rsccd.edu/CourseScheduleApplication/en-us/Register/oec/RegistrationForm

The formula milk industry’s marketing tactics are exploitative and urgent clampdowns are needed to tackle misleading claims and political interference, according to a new three-paper series published in The Lancet. Industry influence – which includes lobbying against vital breastfeeding support measures - seriously jeopardizes the health and rights of women and children, the papers show.

Read more: http://bit.ly/3Im9RLU

If you tried to join our meeting today without success, we apologize! The December Coalition meeting is canceled!

See you all in the New Year for our next coalition meeting on January 9th, 2023!

Happy Holidays from BreastfeedSJC!

It’s official! Applications are now open for the March 8-17, 2023 examination.

This examination will be offered in English only in March 2023. IBLCE’s online credential management system will be open from now until December 5, 2022.

Apply for the IBCLC examination here: https://iblce.useclarus.com/login

Sometime you’ve got to just laugh! Happy Friday!

History was made on Friday, September 30th with the signing of SB 951! Authored by Sen. Maria Elena Durazo, the bill increases payments to workers for disability and paid family leave starting in 2025. Workers who earn less than $57k/year will now be paid 90% of their regular wages and others will now get 70%. Truly a victory to benefit our breastfeeding families!

Thank you for signing SB 951! Everyone should be able to take time to care for themselves or a family member. We’re thrilled that more WIC families will be able to take some time to bond with their new babies and recover from birth.

Thanks to California Work & Family Coalition for leading the charge on this, and partners Legal Aid at Work, California Breastfeeding Coalition, SEIU, Parent Voices CA, and so many more!

CDC’s 2022 has been published and provides a compilation of data on the breastfeeding rates and practices in all states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

The data was collected across 2020-2021, for infants born in 2019 and may partially reflect breastfeeding duration and exclusivity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The report also highlights two new breastfeeding support indicators to help families identify additional types of support that facilitate longer duration and exclusive breast/chestfeeding: 1) State Paid Family Leave and 2) Early Care and Education (ECE) Licensing Breastfeeding Support Score for ECE centers.

So how did we do in San Joaquin County???
To find out…View the full report here: https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/reportcard.htm

Post credit: California Breastfeeding Coalition

Happy Indigenious Milk Week!!!

It's Indigenous Milk Medicine Week 💛🌻✨ . Join the ceremonies and celebrate with . Join the group and see how you can be involved.

The Breastfeeding Coalition of San Joaquin County is made up of representatives from local hospitals, WIC programs, community groups, non-profit organizations, health plans, San Joaquin County government agencies, and interested individuals.

Our mission is organize local efforts to improve the health of our community by promoting, educating and providing support for breastfeeding. We are the central source for breastfeeding information and support in San Joaquin County.

We are committed to providing accurate, equitable and consistent breastfeeding support. It is our vision that the lactation support in our community reflects the community we serve.

For more information: www.BreastfeedSJC.org

Join our mailing list today!
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Today is the day! We are so excited to come together again after almost 3 years! We can’t wait to see your smiling faces at our 2022 BreastfeedSJC Conference!

Do you know an IBCLC that should be recognized for their work?

You still have time to celebrate the work you or your colleagues did in 2021 since we have extended our nomination period to June 12th, 2022!

These awards allow you to make yourself known as a community and thought leader, plus you'll get the chance to get featured on USLCA's website, newsletter, and social media.

Our three main categories are:

--> 🏆 Award of Excellence: awarding an IBCLC working to advance the lactation field.

--> 🏆 Changemaker Ward: awarding a person to advance the promotion of human milk feeding.

--> 🏆 Terry Jo Curtis: awarding a lactation care provider of color who is working to improve equity in the field.

Nominate yourself or a colleague today: https://uslca.org/uslca-annual-awards/

Haven’t got a chance to apply for our Lactation Education Specialist course Scholarship? There’s still time today! The application deadline is tonight Wednesday, May 18th at 11:59pm! 🤱🏾❤️🤱🏼❤️🤱🏻❤️💦

Thanks to the generous support of First 5 San Joaquin, BreastfeedSJC is offering SIX scholarships to attend the Breastfeed LA Lactation Education Specialist course for those who live and/or work in San Joaquin County. Upon completion of the course, graduates may use the title “Certificated Lactation Education Specialist” (CLES).

This 45-hour VIRTUAL course will be held May-June 2022.

You don’t want to miss this opportunity!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczEQafJ4-QmXyWBXpOl_wMX6KFzXMHz46hQyGbaBFddfuvFA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Scholarship Application for the BreastfeedLA Lactation Education Specialist Course May-June 2022 Awarded by BreastfeedSJC in partnership with First 5 San Joaquin

Are you ready for our 2022 BreastfeedSJC Conference??? We can’t wait to see you!

Join us on June 10th, 2022 for an opportunity to come together, network and learn!

We have a terrific lineup of speakers! This years topics will include: The State of Breastfeeding & Birth in SJ County, Maternal Mental Health, How Doula’s support lactation and much more!

You don’t want to miss this event!

What is a Doula?

A Doula is a professional labor assistant or birth worker who provides physical and emotional support to you and your partner during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period.

They may support you by providing physical comfort through techniques such as touch and massage and assistance with breathing, help with facilitating communication between you and the hospital staff, assistance with BREASTFEEDING, and much more!

What is The Melanated Mammary Atlas?? 🤔🤔🤔

The Melanated Mammary Atlas™️ features the single largest collection of images of conditions on BIPOC breasts/chests in the world.

It is the first of its kind digital resource for breast/chest/lactation care providers’ reference and education.

The Melanated Mammary Atlas™️ is closing the disparity gap that exists in breast/lactation care imagery while broadening provider knowledge base and affording better care to folks with skin of color.

We are re-envisioning diagnostics.

Transforming support.

Normalizing brown breasts™️.

This is not a moment. It’s a movement. Join us today.

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A new World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF report shows the formula milk industry:
• Sponsors ‘baby clubs’, ‘moms’ groups’, social media influencers & helplines.
• Targets health workers to try to influence their advice with gifts, funding for research and travel, and even commissions from sales.
Read the full report here: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240044609
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Happy IBCLC Day to all of the amazing IBCLC’s in San Joaquin County! You make a difference in the lives of the families in our community!

Thank you for all that you do! YOU MAKE AN IMPACT!

Tag an IBCLC Today!


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Get ready for !

The slogan of is:
STEP UP FOR BREASTFEEDING: EDUCATE AND SUPPORT

will focus on strengthening the capacity of actors to protect, promote and support breastfeeding across all levels of society.

Through education and support, we can all play our part to step up for !

***Calling All Birthing Families*** 🗣The California Breastfeeding Coalition is seeking birthing parents for a video and panel discussion.

Do you live in California, gave birth between March 2020 and June 2021 and provided human milk to your baby through breast/chestfeeding, pumping, spoon, bottle, or syringe feeding, or used donor milk?

Then the California Breastfeeding Coalition wants to hear from you!

Check out the link below for more information:
https://cabf.link/shareyourstory

"Researchers found in a study published this month in Pediatrics, the journal from the American Academy of Pediatrics, that COVID-19 antibody concentrations were “significantly higher” in the milk of mothers who were breastfeeding 24 months or more compared with mothers with shorter breastfeeding periods."

A vaccinated parent breast/chestfeeding a toddler can be a great way to offer them some protection against COVID-19!

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-02/lactating-parents-are-delaying-weaning-young-children-to-pass-on-covid-19-antibodies

Breastfeeding and vaxxed: Parents delay weaning children to pass on COVID-19 antibodies Vaccinated parents say they are continuing to give human milk to their young children beyond six months or a year to protect them from COVID-19.

**Community Event***
In partnership with San Joaquin County Public Health Services WIC and Family Resource & Referral Center, First 5 San Joaquin is co-hosting a diaper drive through event Tomorrow, Wednesday from 11:00am to 1:00 pm at the Public Health Services WIC site (it’s the same site as the CalWORKs Welfare to Work building).

If you or your family are in need of diapers, please come out and/or share this info with them.

And the results are in… A big San Joaquin County congratulations to the Top 10 finalists and the category winners of our 2021 BreastfeedSJC “Celebrating the Every Day Life of Breastfeeding Families in San Joaquin County” photography contest!

We had over 30 entries of beautiful photos of San Joaquin County breastfeeding moms and their littles!

A BIG thank you to all the families who submitted their photos, our amazing guest judges and the community for helping to in San Joaquin County!

Let’s share the TRUTH about Lactation Accommodation!

Want to be a myth-buster?
Support lactating workers in achieving their goals. Formal complaints can be avoided by doing your best to create a workplace environment supportive of lactation.

As World Breastfeeding Month comes to a close we want to wish you a Happy Black Breastfeeding Week!

Black Breastfeeding Week is nationally recognized the week of August 26th through 31st, acknowledging the gaping racial disparity in breastfeeding rates. Black women do breastfeed! But according to both local and National data, their rates are substantially lower then other ethnic groups.

This week brings awareness to focus on this issue. When Black babies are breastfeed, it greatly impacts the Black community by reducing the high infant/maternal mortality rates & chronic illnesses/diseases.

Barriers to Black Breastfeeding such as lack of Black Lactation professionals & culturally relevant support, along with the unique cultural barriers Black mothers face, exacerbates these issues.

Here is an article that discusses the top 5 reasons why we need this week…

https://blackbreastfeedingweek.org/why-we-need-black-breastfeeding-week/

What is World Breastfeeding Week(WBW)???

World Breastfeeding Week is an annual celebration which is held every year from 1 to 7 August in more than 120 countries around the world! The purpose of World Breastfeeding Week is to highlight the huge benefits that breastfeeding can bring to both the health and welfare of babies, as well as a wider push for maternal health, focusing on good nutrition, poverty reduction and food security.

The celebration was founded by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), a global network that aims to protect, promote and support breastfeeding around the world. Along the way, they work with the World Health Organization and Unicef reach communities around the world.

Find out more at https://worldbreastfeedingweek.org

There’s still time! Enter before the day is over!

ATTENTION San Joaquin County Breastfeeding Families!

Want to help normalize breastfeeding in our community? Do you have any breastfeeding photos?

Enter our Annual Breastfeeding Photography contest for a chance to win $100 from the Coalition!

To enter visit us at https://www.breastfeedsjc.com/yearly-photo-contest