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Upcoming Chapter Meetings

Contact sarah.ok@breastfeedingusa.org for more information

Location

Tahlequah Public Library, Rawls Room Tahlequah , OK

Chapter:

Tahlequah Chapter

A newborn nurses. "Infant nutrition shold be considered a public health issue and not only a lifestyle choice. AAP 2012"

Wide-eyed infant at the breast. "Breast is not 'best.' It is the biological norm."

A mother nurses her big baby in the passenger seat of a parked car.

A smiling mother nurses her baby outdoors. "Good support gets you here faster. Happy IBCLC Day."

Small baby at the breast. "The gift the keeps on giving. Breastfeeding is so much more than a meal."

" Annual excess deaths attributable to suboptimal breastfeeding total 3,340 (95% confidence interval [1,886 to 4,785]), 78% of which are maternal due to myocardial infarction (n = 986), breast cancer (n = 838), and diabetes (n = 473). Excess pediatric deaths total 721, mostly due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (n = 492) and necrotizing enterocolitis (n = 190). Medical costs total $3.0 billion, 79% of which are maternal. Costs of premature death total $14.2 billion.... Breastfeeding has a larger impact on women's health than previously appreciated.."

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