Chicago Area Breastfeeding Coalition

Save The Date: Saturday, October 26, 2013 is the date for the CABC Fall Conference "Hot Topics in Breastfeeding: Obesity, Birth Practices, and Racial Disparities". Join the CABC to keep up to date.

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These details about the Dinner Seminar for Physicians and Nurse-Practitioners are from the seminar brochure, which is available at the bottom of this article as a pdf.

Breastfeeding Strategies for a Successful Practice

In this time of high breastfeeding initiation rates, to build and maintain a successful practice, primary care providers need to create an environment where mothers can exclusively breastfeed. Learn why breastfeeding exclusivity is important and the skill set needed to help mothers overcome common obstacles and meet their breastfeeding goals.

Speaker: Jenny Thomas, MD, MPH, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM

Pediatrician and Breastfeeding Medicine Specialist, Franklin, WI

Thursday, April 25, 2013 6:00-8:30 pm

Buffet Dinner 6:00 pm-7:00 pm
Presentation: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Johnson Auditorium

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
1775 West Dempster
Park Ridge, IL 60068

Co-sponsored by the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Chicago Area Breastfeeding Coalition

Presentation Objectives:

After the talk, participants should be able to:

• • Describe the importance of exclusive breastfeeding in development of the immune system

Little Company of Mary Hospital Achieves Baby-Friendly Hospital Status

The Chicago Area Breastfeeding Coalition is delighted to congratulate all of the staff at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park on achieving what is considered the Gold Standard in the world of breastfeeding----- the international designation of Baby-Friendly Hospital granted by the World Health Organization and UNICEF. This designation requires that hospitals implement the 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding.

The staff at Little Company of Mary worked for several years to meet the rigorous standards required to become Baby-Friendly. Little Company of Mary is the third Illinois hospital to achieve this status and the first in the Chicago area.

Currently, 33 hospitals in Illinois, including 15 maternity centers in Chicago, are working toward receiving Baby-Frindly Hospital Status.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-met-baby-friendly-hospitals-2013...

For more information on the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative: http://www.babyfriendlyusa.org

Find an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant

The Private Practice Lactation Consultants 2012-13 Directory may be used to find professional breastfeeding support in your community. Consultants listed provide a range of services throughout the greater Chicago metropolitan area including in-home and office consultation, breastpump sales and rentals, classes and retail services. This directory will be useful to parents, physicians, midwives, nurse practitioners, doulas, hospital based Lactation Consultants, breastfeeding support counselors and anyone seeking professional breastfeeding support or breastfeeding equipment. The directory is provided by the Chicago Area Breastfeeding Coalition as a community service. The coalition does not endorse or guarantee services of any provider.

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Help Improve the Health and Well-Being of Infants and Families

Join the Chicago Area Breastfeeding Coalition (CABC)

Strength in Numbers

Founded in 2003, the CABC is a network of individuals and organizations who believe that infant and family health can be improved by making breastfeeding the norm. We are dedicated to protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding and increasing its acceptance in the greater Chicago area.

You can download the new brochure so you can:

• read it yourself,
• email it to others, or
• print a few to display or handout.

There are two ways to download it.

1. Get the whole brochure. This is both sides of the brochure, good for viewing for yourself, or emailing to others.
2. Get side 1 of the brochure. Then get side 2 of the brochure. Now you can print out a stack of "side 1's", then depending on your printer, you can reinsert (or turn over) your stack and print out "side 2" on each. Now fold and display or handout where you like.

Update: you can now join online.

For further information contact us at: contact@chicagoareabfc.org

Find a Lactation Consultant
http://www.ilca.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3337

Find an Illinois La Leche League group in your area
http://www.lalecheleague.org/Web/Illinois.html

Find local Illinois WIC (Woman, Infants and Children) office
telephone: (217) 782-2166
toll-free in-state: 1-800-323-4769
fax: (217) 785-5247
email: dhshpat@dhs.state.il.us
http://www.dhs.state.il.us

Common Sense Breastfeeding Topics by Diane Wiessinger
http://normalfed.com

Breastfeeding Made Simple by Nancy Mohrbacher (member of CABC) and Kathy Kendall-Tacket
http://breastfeedingMadeSimple.com

Postpartum depression counselor, help for new moms adjusting to mothering and connecting with their babies
http://RadiantMother.com

Chicago Area Breastfeeding Coalition (CABC) came together in 2003 for the purpose of promoting breastfeeding in the Chicago area. We are made up of individuals and members from other Chicago area breastfeeding advocacy groups and ILCA affiliates:

Northern Illinois Lactation Consultants Association
Chicago Region Breastfeeding Task Force
North Central Region Breastfeeding Task Force
La Leche League of Illinois
Lactation Resource Alliance
Metropolitan Illinois Lactation Consultants