Join us in celebrating

World Breastfeeding Month

Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation OB and Peds is celebrating World Breasfeeding Month, an annual celebration held around the world to generate public awareness and support for breastfeeding families. And, in honor of this special month, TCRHCC OB and Peds will have planned:

Videoconference: “Use of Medications and in Breastfeeding Women”

Date: Friday, August 10
Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Locatin: Mt Taylor Conference Room
Presenter: Thomas W. Hale, PhD, from Texas Tech University

World Breastfeeding Month Information Booth

Date: Wednesday, August 22
Time: 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Location: TC-2000 South Entrance

For more information about the upcoming events,call the OB Unit at 928-283-2501.

For more information about World Breastfeeding Week, please visit worldbreastfeedingweek.org. We hope to see you August 22, 2012!

Did You Know?

Breast milk has been scientifically proven to provide protection from diarrhea, upper respiratory infections, ear infections, SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), allergies, asthma, and obesity. Mothers benefit by reducing their risks of breast and ovarian cancers, osteroporosis, and more quickly returning to their pre-pregnancy weights. The joys of attachment, maternal confidence and self-esteem that breastfeeding provide are immeasurable.

About World Breastfeeding Week

World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from August 1st-7th to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies. It commemoreates the Innocenti Declaration made by WHO and UNICEF policy-makers in August 1990 to protect, promote and support breastfeeding.