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Official Twitter feed for 23rd Annual Breastfeeding
Toronto, ON
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Average time a mom donates to the Calgary Milk Bank is 3 months. Bank requires 150 oz of milk to donate. #bfconfTO
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Need to know birthrate, preterm rate, level III within province. Research level of support of donor milk within hospitals. #bfconfTO
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Engineering & maintenance is outsourced for community milk banks. #bfconfTO
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Community milk banks funded by fees, grants, & donations, located outside hospital, self-admin by independent board. #bfconfTO
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Hospital milk banks are funded by hospital, can be incorporated into existing departments. Set up by admin priorities #bfconfTO
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Calgary had a call out for donor milk for gravely ill baby. 30 moms donated 20 litres within days.
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Jannette Festival is now speaking on the Calgary Mothers Milk Bank. #bfconfTO
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Do you have a new baby? You aren't alone! Meet new parents and get great info from our public health nurses http://t.co/4fHrZ7K3bv
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Risk of decreased gut flora in babies born to moms who had IV antibiotics during labour. #bfconfTO
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Prevalence of obesity and wheezing is decreased the longer a baby/child is breastfed. #bfconfTO
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The less bacterial diversity in the gut, the increased risk of disease. #bfconfTO
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@BfConference ... No surprises in this Canadian data ... Breastfeeding protects babies immunity hands down !!!
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C-section delivered babies have higher C Difficile infection rates. #bfconfTO
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Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Toronto were included in this CHILD study. #bfconfTO
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4 cities in Canada over 90% ever breastfed. Over 70% still have some Breastfeeding at 3 months. #bfconfTO
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Anita Kozyrskvi is speaking about microbiota in babies guts after c-sec an formula feeding. #bfconfTO
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Babies born via c-section don't have access to vaginal or fecal flora. Makes a different microbiome jn the gut. #bfconfTO
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