Dena Duran, LLL Leader, New York City and Idaho, USA The World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF, the United Nations (UN), La Leche League International (LLLI), and the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) all recommend continuing to breastfeed during COVID-19 illness if possible, while following hygiene precautions (WHO, 2019; UNICEF, n.d.; UNFPA, 2020; LLLI, 2020; ABM, 2020). … Read More
Laurence Khern, Paris, France “[A La Leche League Leader . . .] Takes an active role in helping other mothers find out about leadership and helps them prepare to become LLL Leaders.” From “Leader: Basic Responsibilities,” LLLI Policies and Standing Rules (LLLI PSR) When we become Leaders, many of us commit to fulfilling the … Read More
Kelly Durbin, Austin, Texas, USA At Series Meeting 2, we talk about all the elements of bringing home a newborn and how to get breastfeeding flowing in a positive and effective manner. This meeting gives us a chance to discuss the basics: recognizing feeding cues, how often to feed the baby, feeding positions, latching techniques, … Read More
In this issue, we have articles sharing news from La Leche League South Africa and Israel and a discussion on how to empower mothers by Giuditta Mastrototaro. Kelly Durbin looks at how to handle discussions about baby purchases in Series Meetings. Laurence Kher provides help for any Leader who is supporting a Leader Applicant and … Read More
By: Rahmat Bagus, Parow, Cape Town, South Africa I am a Leader with the Parow Group in Cape Town,South Africa, with my two co-Leaders Dilshaad Sungay and Gwynneth Hefke. Our Group is in a low to middle income area. For seven to eight years, we received no donations or memberships from the mothers in … Read More
By Ilana Glucker, Beer Sheva, Negev Desert, Israel David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, had a dream –– to make the desert bloom. The Negev desert in the south of Israel covers approximately 60 percent of the State of Israel. When the state was founded, it was very sparcely populated. Ben-Gurion fell in love … Read More
By: Giuditta Mastrototaro, Milan, Italy Translated from Italian by Shevawn O’Connor An LLL Leader writes The answers seemed straightforward from a technical point of view—the issues being overuse of the pacifier, incorrect attachment, skipping night feedings—but were exhausting from the point of view of emotional support. The mother kept sending me WhatsApp (a form of … Read More
Missy Wang, Xiamen, China Spring festival is the most important holiday for many Chinese people. The number of people traveling during this period during 2019 reached as many as 2.98 billion. [ref. 1] The 2020 Spring Festival travel rush began on January 10 as people gathered with families. Who could have imagined what we were … Read More
Marien Hou, Shanghai, China More contagious, but less deadly than the 2003 SARS[1] outbreak, the coronavirus COVID-19[2] has infected at least 46,997 (at time of writing February 13, 2020) people around the world, with the majority of those affected located in Wuhan, China. Cities get locked down; local and international transportations halted; shops closed down; … Read More
Contact: zion@llli.org Raleigh, North Carolina, SUA La Leche League România https://lllromania.ro/ Noul coronavirus (COVID-19), tot mai prezent în știri, reprezintă o situație medicală globală cu evoluție rapidă, cu informații limitate disponibile în acest moment. La Leche League International (LLLI) respectă eforturile organizațiilor și asociațiilor medicale internaționale de sănătate de a menține informațiile actualizate și recomandările … Read More