Susan writes:
>Judy mentions starting a forum for dialogue. I'm wondering if she could
become the first
NYLCA Liaison to develop such a forum to build links between the private
practice, hospital
practice, and public health based IBCLCs?<
Breastfeeding Networks/Coalitions are a good way to get everyone on the same
page. The most successful ones are those which include as many people as
possible from as many related agencies as possible. Invite childbirth
educators, midwives, OB/GYNs, doulas, LLL Leaders, pediatricians, family
doctors, WIC staff and peer counselors, nursing mothers and, of course,
IBCLCs.
I am currently involved in helping to found and develop the Capital Region
Breastfeeding Network (CRBN), which serves the Albany, NY area. Before we
moved here last year, I helped to found the Twin Tiers Breastfeeding Network
(TTBN), which served the Elmira/Corning area of New York State and the
Northern Tier of Pennsylvania.
Breastfeeding Networks serve a number of purposes. The TTBN, for example,
continues to publish a Breastfeeding Resource list for mothers, so that they
would know when to get breastfeeding help, pumps, etc. It is updated on a
regular basis. The TTBN also holds annual Breastfeedig Friendly Awards to
honour local businesses who make accomodations for nursing mothers.
One of the most important functions of the TTBN is to keep all breastfeeding
advocates, both professional and voluntary, current with the latest
research-based breastfeeding management techniques. Members take turns to
present different topics at each of the monthly meetings. Everybody brings
their own agency's handouts to make sure that the information they are using
is up to date. This helps to ensure that mothers receive consistant
information from all the health care people with whom they come in contact.
Other Breastfeeding Networks/Coalitions, especially the larger ones, are
able to do more. Some have their own websites and some run annual
breastfeeding conferences. Whatever their size, they provide a forum where
members of the breastfeeding community can exchange ideas in an informal and
friendly atmosphere. That can only be a good thing :)
norma
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Norma Ritter, IBCLC, RLC
Breastfeeding Matters in the Capital Region
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