IT’S WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK!
Every year, August 1-7 is deemed World Breastfeeding Week. The month of August is World Breastfeeding Month. Stay tuned all month for educational and empowering information about breastfeeding from all over the globe.
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Things we talked about:
Things coming up this month to showcase breastfeeding [3:14]
Breastfeeding Rates [5:00]
Return to Work and breastfeeding stats [9:26]
Norway [9:58]
Rates for babies who are ever breastfed [11:40]
Rwanda [12:35]
Mongolia [16:17]
Extended breastfeeding – amazing statistic supporting expended breastfeeding [23:14]
Brazil [26:07]
Formula stats in the billions of dollars [28:06]
How breastfeeding impacts our planet [29:30]
How you can help [32:00]
Shout out of the week – Moms Rising [21:58]
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Other episodes we mentioned this week, or we just think you should check them out~
The cool articles we talked about~
https://www.who.int/pmnch/media/news/2016/breastfeeding_brief.pdf
https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/326049/WHO-NMH-NHD-19.22-eng.pdf?ua=1
Set up your consultation with Dianne
Here is how you can connect with Dianne and Abby~
- Abby Theuring https://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.com
- Dianne Cassidy http://www.diannecassidyconsulting.com
Music we use~
Music: “Levels of Greatness” from “We Used to Paint Stars in the Sky (2012)” courtesy of Scott Holmes at freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott Holmes