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Friday, 21 September 2012 15:05

Breastfeeding Mother Asked to Nurse in Restaurant Bathroom

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(excerpt from The Huffington Post

"A new mother in Georgia has been shamed for breastfeeding in public, WXIA-TV reports. Dawn Holland says the manager at Applebee's called the police after she refused to nurse her 20-month-old son Connor in the bathroom.

According to WXIA-TV, Holland was breastfeeding in a booth when the manager approached and suggested she finish feeding her baby in the restroom or leave. She told the news station that she tried explaining her right to breastfeed in public -- Georgia is one of 45 states that have laws which allow mothers to nurse anywhere. And, the officer who responded to the call didn't even file an incident report."

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The Law

CUT AND CARRY CARD

Breastfeeding:

The Law

“No person shall be deemed

to be in violation of indecent

exposure for breastfeeding a

child in any public place or

any place where others are

present”

Please contact the

Virginia Breastfeeding Task Force

with any concerns or comments

(positive or negative) at:

Virginia Breastfeeding Task Force

PO BOX 35379

Richmond, VA 23235

www.vabreastfeeding.org

 

Benefits

Is there benefits to

nursing after 12 months....

YES! 


The antibodies increase in

breastmilk after a year! 

See below...

 

“Antibodies are abundant in

human milk throughout lactation”

(Nutrition During Lactation 1991; p. 134).

In fact, some of the immune

factors in breastmilk

increase in concentration during

the second year and also

during the weaning process.

(Lawrence & Lawrence 2011, Goldman 1983,

Goldman & Goldblum 1983,

Institute of Medicine 1991).

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