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Celebrating Love:
Research says skin-to-skin contact:
- reduces post traumatic stress symptoms
- prevents neonatal hypoglycaemia
- supports microbiota development in infants
- 1st breastfeed happens sooner
#Skintoskin #valentinesday #baby #newborn #health
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BCC members are invited to apply to join the DEI committee. Apply here:
forms.office.com/r/bKsyjzJb1Z
Learn more at:
breastfeedingcanada.ca/en/diversity-e…
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Advocacy works best when many voices speak together.
If you haven’t yet, download BCC’s MLA letter template and send yours today.
Your voice can help shape healthier futures - across generations.
Take action: breastfeedingcanada.ca/wp-content/upl…
#BabyFriendlyCanada #WriteYourMLA
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Advocacy works best when many voices speak together.
If you haven’t yet, download BCC’s MLA letter template and send yours today.
Your voice can help shape healthier futures - across generations.
Take action: breastfeedingcanada.ca/wp-content/upl…
#BabyFriendlyCanada #WriteYourMLA
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All families deserve evidence-based infant feeding support free from commercial influence.
Mandating the #BabyFriendlyInitiative helps protect families, reduces health inequities, & supports informed choices.
Add your voice: template below.
#BabyFriendlyCanada #HealthEquity
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Breastfeeding saves lives and #healthcare dollars. Suboptimal #breastfeeding costs Ontario over $130 million annually, with thousands of avoidable hospital visits. Baby-Friendly Care is evidence-based & cost effective.
Tell your MLA it’s time to act: breastfeedingcanada.ca/wp-content/upl…
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Call for 2026 Board of Directors nominations:
Nomination period:
We invite you to nominate yourself or a colleague (with permission) by midnight (ET) on Friday, February 27, 2026
Learn more:
breastfeedingcanada.ca/wp-content/upl…
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There is still space available in the upcoming Empowering Conversations course, a highly practical, skills-based workshop designed for IBCLCs, public health nurses, healthcare providers, community workers, & peer supporters.
Special Offer: $25
6 CERPs
lllc.ca/empowering-con…
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As the season invites quiet & closeness, we recognize the bond that allows families to nurture & sustain a child. Wishing families comfort, connection & well-being this season
#seasonsgreetings #holidays #babyfriendlyinitiative #bfi #breastfeeding #chestfeeding #parent #family
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Proud moment for St. Paul's Hospital!
BFI Lead, Andrea Firmani, joined perinatal care leaders at the 2025 Perinatal Care Forum in #Vancouver, sharing St. Paul's Hospital's successful journey in #infantfeeding guided by the #BFI framework and The Ten Steps.
@DoctorsOfBC
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@UBC researchers invite transgender & non-binary people to participate in a survey about lactation induction.
Learn more: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9s…
#lactation #breastfeeding #chestfeeding #research #transgenderawareness #nonbinaryawareness
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The 2025 Cochrane Review validates again that Skin To Skin is a key element of care delivery. 2025 Update integrates the evidence found since 2015.
cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10…
#skintoskin #kangaroocare #birth #deliveryroom #babyfriendlyinitiative #BFI #breastfeeding #chestfeeding
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Recordings are now available of the virtual speaker series from National Breastfeeding Week 2025!
Go to: shorturl.at/DbU1R
#NBW2025 #nationalbreastfeedingweek #sustainability #breastfeeding #chestfeeding #humanmilk #infantnutrition #canada #healthcare
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Join this @UBC WEBINAR:
- Prenatal Wildfire Smoke Exposure and Childhood Autism and Behavior
- How do wildfires shape the health of the next generation?
Register now:
scienceofbirth.ubc.ca/events/registe…
#wildfire #prenatal #smokeinhalation #autism #health #childhood #baby #infant #ubc
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Join us for our virtual speaker event today:
Topics include:
- Introduction to #breastfeeding and the #environment & #emergency situations
- Integrating #wildfire risk into #prenatal health promotion
#nationalbreastfeedingweek #sustainability #humanmilk #NBW2025 #infantfeeding
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This #NationalBreastfeedingWeek, we join @WHO & @UNICEF in calling for:
✅ More investment in maternal & newborn care
✅ Educated health workers to support breastfeeding
✅ Stronger community health systems
✅ Protection from harmful marketing practices
#NBW2025 #sustainability
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💡 Every $1 invested in breastfeeding generates $35* in economic returns. #Breastfeeding is not only a #health imperative, it's an #economic and moral one.
(US Dollars)
#NationalBreastfeedingWeek #PrioritizeBreastfeeding #NBW2025 #chestfeeding #humanmilk #sustainability
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