Handouts & products

Purchase our new Breastfeeding Welcome Here products, and show the world that nursing moms are welcome where you are!

Download one of our handouts that help make breastfeeding easy. Most are available in multiple languages, and they're perfect for both mothers and medical providers.

Making Milk is Easy

First Hug

It's my birthday,
give me a hug!

Breasts don't come
with instructions!

Discharge
instructions

Breastfeeding
checklist

Mom, you have everything I need!

Las dos cosas? Both breast and bottle? No, because "Mom, you have the only two I need." Our newest set of high-quality posters reminds moms that they don't need to supplement with formula, that mom's own milk has everything their baby needs. The 11x17" posters come in different styles and all come in both Spanish and English. Check them out at the MassBreastfeeding store.

Register now for annual conference!

Registration is now open for the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition's annual conference which takes place on October 18, 2010. The conference is jointly sponsored by the Massachusetts chapter of ACOG and the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine. Click here to register.

Reducing Health Care Disparities by Incentivizing Breastfeeding

The Surgeon General and the CDC recognize significant disparities in breastfeeding rates with lower income populations and African-American women breastfeeding at lower rates. Increasing breastfeeding rates in the US will save money and lives. Learn how.

Fight Formula Marketing

Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition has helped start a national initiative to eliminate hospital distribution of formula marketing materials, Ban the Bags.

In the News

White House Taskforce on Childhood Obesity prominently features breastfeeding

May 12, 2010 — As part of its campaign to end childhood obesity, the White House just released a series of 70 specific recommendations, four of which involve breastfeeding as an obesity preventive measure.

Landmark study shows low breastfeeding rates cost US $13 billion/year

April 5, 2010 — A study by two Massachusetts researchers published today in Pediatrics found that failure to comply with medical recommendations around breastfeeding is costing the US $13 billion per year, with 911 excess, preventable deaths.

Health Care Reform Law includes workplace breastfeeding support

April 4, 2010 — The new health care reform law includes a provision for workplace breastfeeding support, a first for federal legislation. Read this article for the details.