We are shift workers. We are stay at home moms . We are Doctors. We are waitresses. We are paralegals. We are CNAs. We are unemployed. We are lawyers. We are administrators. We are grandmothers . We are teachers. We are single parents. We are acrobats. We are depressed. We are researchers. We are the woman behind the cash register. We are nurses. We are secretaries. We are aunts. We are sales associates. We are all races. We are the majority. We are sisters. We are the minority. We are childcare workers. We are dancers. We are barristas. We are film producers.
We are illegal immigrants. We are friends . We are passionate. We were supported in our efforts to breastfeed. Our husbands think our breasts are for their use only . We were formula fed . We did not receive the support we needed to breastfeed. Our mothers breastfed . Our mothers did not breastfeed. Our husbands have cheered us on through the difficult times. We read everything we could to prepare. We read nothing because breastfeeding is natural . Our extended families supported us in our efforts to breastfeed. Our families thought we were crazy to breastfeed. We are breastfeeding. We never breastfed.
We breastfed our second child but not our first. We only pumped milk. We nursed for two days . We nursed for three years. We supplemented. We nursed for two weeks. Our babies weaned on their own terms. We were convinced we needed to wean at 6 months . We found breastfeeding to be one of the most difficult acts we have ever done in our lives. We found that breastfeeding came naturally . We see the amazing benefits of breastfeeding extend far beyond our immediate surroundings. Our circumstances are unique yet we all have so much in common. We are moms who aim to support each other with our breastfeeding goals and provide the tools we have found to be helpful the early weeks.
The Port City Breastfeeding Project is an initiative of Women in the Center dedicated to the support and normalization of Breastfeeding in Southeastern North Carolina.
Mission: We believe quality public health begins with breastfeeding. We strive to help new parents successfully breastfeed through public awareness and education.
Goal: Every mother will leave the hospital with our bag of resources armed with the tools they need for a healthy and happy beginning.
Vision: We envision a community where all women have access to the support and education neccessary to improve rates of initiation and continuation of breastfeeding.
Each day millions of women are sent home with a bag provided by formula companies filled with samples and coupons for formula. Evidence based research shows that these bags have a negative impact on the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding.
portcitybreastfeedingproject_gmail.com
910.622.3792
Breastfeeding Friendly Business Program
The breastfeeding Friendly Business Award was created in 2011 to recognize and encourage businesses that are breastfeeding friendly. This serves to coneect these businesses with breastfeeding mothers and also builds a sense of good-will and community.
In 2012 PCBP is expanding the program to support all area businesses that are breastfeeding friendly.
There are two parts of the program:
1. Breastfeeding Friendly Businesses
Any business that that supports breastfeeding can contact us and ask for a listing on our website. They will also get a decal of interenational symbol of breastfeeding to place in a window or prominent location. We can also post the listing on our facebook page.
2. The Awards
We would like to recognize businesses that have gone "above and beyond" and and have shown exemplary suopprt for breastfeeding. This can be either with costumers, clients, patients or with workplace policies for their own employees. Nominations are accepted from our membership and the community. Businesses cannot self nominate. Employees however, may nominate their employer.
FAQ's
1. Why is there a need for the program?
Did you know that women are regularly asked to feed their babies in bathrooms? Or even asked to leave a place of busness while feeding their baby?
2. What is a breastfeeding friendly business?
It is a
A grassroots initiative of Women in the Center dedicated to the support and normalization of breastfeeding in our communities.
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