Ban tne Bag Initiative Ban the Bag Hospital Recognition Awards (Check the Map) Newsletter Resources and Problem Solving Breastfeeding and the Law New Mexico Statutes Breastfeeding Statistics Breastfeeding Literature Archived material Spring Conference Photo Contest Breastfeeding Calendar and Traveling Display (Click here to Order) NMBFTF Project Support  Stipends and Scholarships Links Links en Espanol World Breastfeeding Week

FOR PROVIDERS LACTMED Drugs and Lactation Database Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocols (hypoglycemia, suplementation, etc.) BILITOOL Bilirubin Risk Calculation   WHO Child Growth Standards.  Data based on an international sample of breastfed babies.  Home Page Charts From the CDC How hospital practices help and hinder breastfeeding

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WHAT'S HAPPENING Task Force Job Openings! Now accepting applications for the following positions: 2014 Conference Planner Special Projects Coordinator Interested individuals please send resume and cover letter to Cindy Chavez at cindy.nmbftf@gmail.com by May 24th, 2013. • First Annual New Mexico Maternity Care and Infant Feeding Summit for Hospital Personnel was held on April 19. 2013 Welcome and Agenda Click here to see who came and who did not. • Comprehensive Lactation Consultant Preparation Course Prepare for your IBCLC career with a 90 CERP,  All-inclusive course! Important Note!  The dates for the 4 day seminar and IBCLC exam have been changed.  See link or call Cindy for details, 505-933-9163 • Calendar New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force in the News HIGHLIGHTS Communities in the News: CNM adds new lactation rooms on 6 of their college campuses - Albuquerque Journal article Communities in Action: St. Vincent's in Santa Fe is the newest recipient of the NMBTF Ban the Bag Award! Gila River Medical Center receives scholarship from New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force to help fund "Excellence in Care with the 10 Steps, A  Two Day Baby Friendly Workshop" Radio: Hear Linda Smith, IBCLC  Bedsharing and Safe Infant Sleep      Hear an interview with Katrina Fuller on the new Lactation Station in Hobbs, New Mexico. Communities in Action:  Breastfeeding Peer Counselor spearheads new lactation station in Hobbs! For more information, contact Katrina Fuller at naturalnesters@hotmail.com. News: Affordable Care Act Mandates Breastfeeding Support Take Action: Breastfeeding is Bipartisan: Tweet Your Candidates  Send a tweet to your local candidate  Communities in the News:  Las Cruces Sun interviews Southern New Mexico Task Force   Research: Preventing disease and saving resources: the potential contribution of increasing breastfeeding rates in the UK, UNICEF UK, October, 2012. Blog:  Support WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors   E-mag:  Breastfeeding Today, 2012 Issue 15 - click on the link to read this La Leche League e-mag for free! pdf version     text-only version

TASK FORCE CONTACTS The  New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force 430 Live Oak Lane NE Albuquerque, NM 87122 Task Force coordinator:                                                                Baby-Friendly™ Coordinator:                                                  Cindy Chavez cindy.nmbftf@gmail.com                                     Lissa Knudsen  lissa@breastfeedingnewmexico.org      (505) 933-9163 (Address general queries or comments to Cindy)                             Spring Conference:                                                                                                                                                                                  Jacie Coryell  jacie@swcp.com                                                                                                                                              Positive Images of Breastfeeding Calendar                              WIC breastfeeding queries: and Display and Photo Contest:                                                   Sharon Giles-Pullen sharon.giles-pullen@state.nm.us Carrie Weems Carrie.weems@state.nm.us

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Welcome to the New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force!  Our mission is to improve the health of New Mexico families by creating an environment in which breastfeeding is the cultural norm.    Click here to become a member

GUIDELINES and STRATEGIES Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk Updated Policy Statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics Using a Soft Infant Carrier Safely Breastmilk Sharing and Donor Milk Using a Soft Infant Carrier Safely CDC reports few hospitals fully support breastfeeding, an obesity intervention MMWR article CDC Vital Signs Report Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Sytem (PRAMS) "Just the Facts in New Mexico"

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