Friday, February 17, 2012

W.Va. nursing mothers seek legal protections

CHARLESTON, W.Va. Samantha Stewart never questioned whether she would breast-feed her young kids once she became the mother. Hospitals scramble for scarce kids' cancer drug An Ohio drugmaker began releasing limited reserve of the crucial remedy to provide childhood leukemia Thursday, sending sanatorium pharmacists confronting life-threatening shortages scrambling for their share. High arsenic levels found in the little organic foods, baby formula Amid shortages, hospitals trash scarce drugs Star Jones on her weight loss: 'I wasn't plus-size. I was morbidly obese' Short-term wickedness triggers heart attack, stroke The 35-year-old Elkview mother of 4 is pregnant with twins as well as plans to helper them as she did her alternative children. "God created our bodies perfectly. They were designed to feed our young kids with complete nutrition," Stewart said. The Senate Health as well as Human Resources Committee will cruise the bill next week which would allow new mothers such as Stewart to breast-feed in public. Stores, restaurants or museums could not ask them to stop. Another bill introduced this week would excuse the nursing mother from jury duty. West Virginia is one of about 4 states which do not strengthen the woman's right to breast-feed in public. Nebraska passed the similar open nursing law last year as well as Michigan considered the law to excuse nursing mothers from jury duty. Choosing to breast-feed is the large joining for mothers who will need to take care of their babies whether they have been during the work, the mall or during home. Many women don't want the hassle or feel uncomfortable feeding their young kids in open as well as turn to baby formula instead. Stewart doesn't let the shopping trip stop her from feeding her children. And legislation underneath consideration in the state Senate would encourage more women to make which joining to breast-feed, she said. "Everybody has the right to eat which should be no different for an infant. A woman has the right to breast-feed her child no matter where she's at," Stewart said. Stewart pronounced she would not be able to serve on the jury unless the court would let her twins come into the courtroom with her. Babies need to eat every twenty minutes to 3 hours as well as the nursing mother needs to be nearby or able to pump her milk periodically. That time joining often spurs mothers to stop nursing especially when they lapse to work as the little employers offer nowhere for women to pump, pronounced Dawn Kinser, the registered helper as well as certified lactation consultant during Cabell Huntington Hospital. And if the woman has the busy job as well as can't pump often enough, her milk will dry up, Kinser said. Although women can no longer be arrested for breast-feeding in public, the use is still unpopular. Strangers will glare during women who helper in open as well as family members who bottle-fed their own babies may criticize the woman's choice to nurse, Kinser said. About 40 percent of mothers leave Cabell Huntington Hospital nursing their baby. But according to the Centers for Disease Control as well as Prevention, only the quarter of West Virginia mothers have been still breast-feeding their 6-month-old baby. Only three states report fewer women who nurse. Women need something to contend it's OK, Kinser said. "Hopefully it will help. It will bring much-needed attention as well as hopefully enlarge which rate eventually," Kinser pronounced of the bills. Supporters of breast-feeding contend it's both cheaper as well as healthier for both the baby as well as mother than bottle-feeding with formula. Breast-feeding reduces the risk of breast as well as ovarian cancers as well as can reduce the risk of postpartum depression in the mother. The use also shrinks her uterus back to its normal size as well as allows her to lapse to her pre-pregnancy weight faster, Kinser said. For the baby, breast milk can lower the rate of respiratory infections, asthma, obesity, Type 2 diabetes as well as sudden infant death syndrome, Kinser said. "It's there. It's free. It's always the right temperature. You don't have to hope for anything. You don't have to wash dishes," Kinser said. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc


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