Today’s Nursing News!

This week in the nursing news…

Remember Obama’s healthcare reform?  Women’s health advocates are positive that this will bring positive change in the nation’s breastfeeding rates.  We can hope!

Australian singer Dannii Minogue loves nursing her baby.  We love to hear about celebrities that truly embrace breastfeeding – what a great way to use one’s fame.

I think that Making Thyme Kitchen in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has the right idea with their milkeez cookies.

“The relationship may be explained by the fact that nutrients in breast milk — especially long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids — are essential for optimum brain growth, including cell membranes and neurons.”

In New Zealand?  You have until January 10th to get your entry in for the Breastfeeding T-Off.

If you take medication for epilepsy and have been told you can not breastfeed safely, you may want to read this article.

Healthy People 2020 has released some great, attainable goals for the United States.  Think we can get the initiation rate up to 82% from our current 75%?

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