Comments on: Why We Must Stand Up For the Right to Breastfeed http://www.momsrising.org/blog/why-we-must-stand-up-for-the-right-to-breastfeed/ Where Moms and the people who love them fight for a better America Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:18:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jeanine http://www.momsrising.org/blog/why-we-must-stand-up-for-the-right-to-breastfeed/comment-page-1/#comment-28115 jeanine Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:01:48 +0000 http://www.momsrising.org/blog/?p=2421#comment-28115 thanks.sen.Merkley,IHope this will be a bipartisan effort and concern.We would like to see more media on breasfeeding and reduce unhealthy commercials.There is so much ignorance on the benefits of breasfeeding.I hope to see this done before the election.nurse,mother of one bottle fed baby and two breasfed babies.Can tell facts on differences between kids.thanks good luck. thanks.sen.Merkley,IHope this will be a bipartisan effort and concern.We would like to see more media on breasfeeding and reduce unhealthy commercials.There is so much ignorance on the benefits of breasfeeding.I hope to see this done before the election.nurse,mother of one bottle fed baby and two breasfed babies.Can tell facts on differences between kids.thanks good luck.

]]> By: Erin O'Reilly, RN,MSNR,IBCLC http://www.momsrising.org/blog/why-we-must-stand-up-for-the-right-to-breastfeed/comment-page-1/#comment-27769 Erin O'Reilly, RN,MSNR,IBCLC Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:30:47 +0000 http://www.momsrising.org/blog/?p=2421#comment-27769 Thank you, Senator Merkley for working to get this needed legislation passes at the federal level. In addition, we need to have a formal way of keeping federal breastfeeding statistics; initiation, exclusivity and continuation rates. As it currently stands, CDC does only surveys to assess this important and potent public health indicator: breastfeeding. We already do a good job immunizing our babies in this country, why don't we just add breastfeeding assessment to the immunizations schedule and form, especially since breastfeeding is a baby's first and foremost immunization!! Please consider some legislation to address this need for accurate and formal breastfeeding statistics at the federal level. Then we could really see how potent a public health tool breastfeeding is! Thank you, Senator Merkley for working to get this needed legislation passes at the federal level. In addition, we need to have a formal way of keeping federal breastfeeding statistics; initiation, exclusivity and continuation rates. As it currently stands, CDC does only surveys to assess this important and potent public health indicator: breastfeeding. We already do a good job immunizing our babies in this country, why don’t we just add breastfeeding assessment to the immunizations schedule and form, especially since breastfeeding is a baby’s first and foremost immunization!! Please consider some legislation to address this need for accurate and formal breastfeeding statistics at the federal level. Then we could really see how potent a public health tool breastfeeding is!

]]> By: Kim Willoughby http://www.momsrising.org/blog/why-we-must-stand-up-for-the-right-to-breastfeed/comment-page-1/#comment-27034 Kim Willoughby Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:44:11 +0000 http://www.momsrising.org/blog/?p=2421#comment-27034 Thank you Sen. Merkley. This is a very important issue for the whole country, due the issue of health care. Preventive medicine, starts with breastfeeding our babies. Preventive medicne saves money. Thank you Sen. Merkley. This is a very important issue for the whole country, due the issue of health care. Preventive medicine, starts with breastfeeding our babies. Preventive medicne saves
money.

]]> By: Breastfeeding educator http://www.momsrising.org/blog/why-we-must-stand-up-for-the-right-to-breastfeed/comment-page-1/#comment-26899 Breastfeeding educator Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:46:56 +0000 http://www.momsrising.org/blog/?p=2421#comment-26899 Thank you for working on making the work place flexible for all women. I work at a school in NY. Nursing mothers have no place to go in my school. I had a closet but it had a window. The fire dept said windows even to a closet could not be covered. I had to move. I asked to use the nurses office. The nurses did not want to allow me to use a room even for one day! I am not alone in this treatment. Another woman asked a union official to use an unused union office. She was told a resounding no! The VP of the school, another woman, told her to breast feed in the bathroom. The bathrooms are dirty and not a sanitary place or private place to pump. A kind teacher who previously pumped gave me the keys to a chemistry closet. Although this provided me with a space that was private, I was surrounded by chemicals. Ironically, the nurses have given my name to other nursing mothers as to have a place to pump. What can I say, I pump in a closet. At a time when women are to solely breastfeed for the health of their children, it is hard to believe that the courts remain hostile to working women. Other countries allow pregnant women to take off six weeks before their due date and to remain out of work with pay for a year to two years. It is a disgrace that "family values" do not include a true maternity leave beyond 12 weeks unpaid. Hopefully this country will follow the model of most other industrialized nations when it comes to caring for their women and children. Thank you for working on making the work place flexible for all women. I work at a school in NY. Nursing mothers have no place to go in my school. I had a closet but it had a window. The fire dept said windows even to a closet could not be covered. I had to move. I asked to use the nurses office. The nurses did not want to allow me to use a room even for one day!

I am not alone in this treatment. Another woman asked a union official to use an unused union office. She was told a resounding no! The VP of the school, another woman, told her to breast feed in the bathroom. The bathrooms are dirty and not a sanitary place or private place to pump.

A kind teacher who previously pumped gave me the keys to a chemistry closet. Although this provided me with a space that was private, I was surrounded by chemicals.

Ironically, the nurses have given my name to other nursing mothers as to have a place to pump. What can I say, I pump in a closet.

At a time when women are to solely breastfeed for the health of their children, it is hard to believe that the courts remain hostile to working women.

Other countries allow pregnant women to take off six weeks before their due date and to remain out of work with pay for a year to two years. It is a disgrace that “family values” do not include a true maternity leave beyond 12 weeks unpaid.
Hopefully this country will follow the model of most other industrialized nations when it comes to caring for their women and children.

]]> By: Donna Norton http://www.momsrising.org/blog/why-we-must-stand-up-for-the-right-to-breastfeed/comment-page-1/#comment-13423 Donna Norton Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:52:25 +0000 http://www.momsrising.org/blog/?p=2421#comment-13423 Thanks for taking a stand on this issue! Thanks for taking a stand on this issue!

]]> By: Tara Bernabe http://www.momsrising.org/blog/why-we-must-stand-up-for-the-right-to-breastfeed/comment-page-1/#comment-13065 Tara Bernabe Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:47:00 +0000 http://www.momsrising.org/blog/?p=2421#comment-13065 Thank you! As you point out breastfeeding has many benefits for moms and babies (and employers too!) and should be a valued right for working mothers. It is long overdue for this to be addressed at the Federal level. Thank you! As you point out breastfeeding has many benefits for moms and babies (and employers too!) and should be a valued right for working mothers. It is long overdue for this to be addressed at the Federal level.

]]> By: Sunny Petit http://www.momsrising.org/blog/why-we-must-stand-up-for-the-right-to-breastfeed/comment-page-1/#comment-12648 Sunny Petit Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:12:49 +0000 http://www.momsrising.org/blog/?p=2421#comment-12648 Thank you for your work on this Senator Merkley! I became a mom in Portland, Oregon a month before the law in Oregon came into effect- what luck to have you doing such good work here- and now on a national level! Thank you for your work on this Senator Merkley! I became a mom in Portland, Oregon a month before the law in Oregon came into effect- what luck to have you doing such good work here- and now on a national level!

]]> By: Ashlee Tran http://www.momsrising.org/blog/why-we-must-stand-up-for-the-right-to-breastfeed/comment-page-1/#comment-12616 Ashlee Tran Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:17:53 +0000 http://www.momsrising.org/blog/?p=2421#comment-12616 Agreed! This issue is immensely important and should not be overlooked. Agreed! This issue is immensely important and should not be overlooked.

]]> By: TheFeministBreeder http://www.momsrising.org/blog/why-we-must-stand-up-for-the-right-to-breastfeed/comment-page-1/#comment-12609 TheFeministBreeder Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:35:59 +0000 http://www.momsrising.org/blog/?p=2421#comment-12609 Thank you Sen. Merkley! This is a hugely important issue to so many of us. Let's get the Breastfeeding Promotion Act passed! Thank you Sen. Merkley! This is a hugely important issue to so many of us. Let’s get the Breastfeeding Promotion Act passed!

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