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There’s still time to purchase your book and join us for book club next week!

BOMB BOOK CLUB IS BACK!

Do you miss us? Because we miss you! Good thing we are starting up our winter book club! We all had so much fun last time and look forward to having more fascinating conversations. This time we’ll be reading Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis. We understand everyone has busy schedules, so we plan to meet at 6pm CST on Tuesdays AND Wednesdays. We will be reviewing the same content on those days, so choose the day that best fits your schedule!

The meeting dates are:

Tuesday, March 30^th & Wednesday, March 31^st à Chapters 1-5

Tuesday, April 6^th & Wednesday, April 7^th à Chapters 6 & 7

Tuesday, April 13^th & Wednesday, April 14^th à Chapters 8 & 9

To purchase a book visit, https://www.blackwomenbirthingjustice.com/battling-over-birth

We look forward to seeing you all! Questions? Email us at doulas@milwaukee.gov

REGISTRATION LINKà https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-bomb-doulas-presents-winter-book-club-tickets-140892751011

Hi, the Periscope Project, which is a free psychiatric consultation service for peripartum mood and anxiety disorders, is hosting a free webinar on psychiatric meds during lactation on Friday, April 9th from 12pm to 1 pm. Register and Join us!! https://the-periscope-project.org/webinars/

Doulas Find A Way Webinar March 27th 10am Via Zoom

❤Sunday, February, 14 AABN’s Hashtag Campaign 2-4PM #ImLovingIt! Tell us what you love about breast/chest-feeding, legislative actions, breastfeeding equity, donor milk, etc.! Don’t Forget to use the hashtag “ImLovingIt! AND Tag AABN!  Thank you!❤

Please share this new study through the Mt Sinai Icahn School of Medicine on the COVID-19 vaccine and breastfeeding! The contact is covid19humanmilkstudy@gmail.com  This would be for any breastfeeding person who takes the vaccine, and is interested in being a part of a study.

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If you are interested in participating in the COVID-19 Human Milk Study, enrollment is only open to individuals with a current or past confirmed/highly suspected COVID-19 infection or those who have received or who are (likely) scheduled to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in the next few months. 

You will be contacted in the 3-5 days with study information and the consent form.

Please remember that you may have several samples collected and frozen at home before we can arrange pickup/shipping. We are very appreciative for your patience and freezer space!

Friday, October 2, 9, 16, & 30, 2020  8:15-12:15 Each Day

Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Webinar with Anne Eglash, MD, IBCLC, FABM, Alisa Williams RN, IBCLC, and Kathy Leeper, MD, IBCLC

For more information, visit: https://lacted.org/shop/wi202010

Last Week of Bomb (Birth Outcomes Made Better) Doulas Breastfeeding Month

From Angela Hamilton, Community Outreach Specialist, with the City of Milwaukee Health Department:

If you are free tonight for a bit of fun, join us, at 5:30 for Breastfeeding Trivia Happy Hour. It’s on the BF Month Channel.

BF Month channel: https://www.gotostage.com/channel/263a0415565a4615b8492cecd8715336

Book Club Channel: https://www.gotostage.com/channel/59ed440f09a54306b22cfe5e68fa69df

·       Monday, August 17^th – Dr. EA Quinn and Dr. Cecilia Tomori, editors of Breastfeeding: New Anthropological Approaches and anthropologists behind the blog/podcast Anthrolactology will join BOMB Doulas in a panel discussion about the biological-technological-cultural meaning of breastfeeding through an emergency. Come discover breastfeeding from an anthropological lens! Register HERE.

·       Wednesday, August 19^th – Dr. Jenny Thomas, founder of the WI Breastfeeding Coalition, is joining us to discuss evidence based practices and current healthcare policies related to breastfeeding during the pandemic. Register HERE.

·       Thursday, August 20^th – Join us as we dive deeper into comparative global perspectives of birth and infant feeding through a discussion of the film Milk following our August 14^th Virtual Screening. Register HERE.

·       Thursday, August 20^th –  Breastfeeding Trivia Happy Hour! Grab your favorite beverage, test your breastfeeding knowledge, and possibly win an autographed copy of our Book Club book The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding. Register HERE.

Questions/Comments/Concerns? Contact us at doulas@milwaukee.gov

Each year, the Breastfeeding Alliance of Northeast Wisconsin creates a new t-shirt to promote breastfeeding. This year, we were not able to have our annual walk but we still created a new shirt! If you are interested, please visit the BFAN website for more info. https://bfanwi.org/events/

We hope you enjoy World Breastfeeding Month!