On 2011-07-31, at 6:41 PM, Stephanie Macdonald wrote:
> Happy world Breastfeeding week!!
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> Canada usually celebrates first week in October, but we do our's this week on Friday afternoon.
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> The prenatal dietician and I are having a blow out: traditional dancers, ventriloquist, folk music (friend Brian Macmillan whose wife had a midwife) and traditional/folk music (Randy Miller). We will also have a bouncy castle, free BBQ, face painter, local agencies, our breastfeeding group, us midwives...awesome stuff.
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> Local people from this list are MORE THAN WELCOME to see us :-))
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> What is everyone else doing around the world?
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> If not appropriate for the group, please answer privately.
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> Steph
> 6 Nations
Sounds like fun, Steph!
I have seen lots of buzz on Twitter and Facebook this week.
If we can get our act together, the Breastfeeding Action Committee of Edmonton will launch a survey this week to coincide with WBW on our city's performance 10 years after what we call "the summer of the pool incidents."
A decade ago number of local moms were tossed from their local pools for breastfeeding, or asked to cover up. Led by Barb Strange, IBCLC, our action committee formed and worked to convince our local officials to change their policies. Barb later wrote "Breastfeeding at Municipal Pools in Canada: A Report from the Breastfeeding Action Committee of Edmonton."
http://www.breastfeedingalberta.ca/files/BMPC-MainDoc.pdf
We're launching our survey this week and hope to compile a report card for release later this summer.
--- Jodine Chase
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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