The Breastfeeding Initiative of Ulster
County had their one year birthday party at the Kingston Farmer's
Market during breastfeeding week. Successful mothers,helpful fathers,
agencies, businesses, and individuals all joined to be honored with
certificates, “Nursing Mothers Welcome” DVD's and cake and
cookies. Senator Tkaczyk was represented, she has been a
breastfeeding mother and said she would love to help.
One highlight was a mother who was
honored for donating to a milk bank. Women were also celebrated for
longevity as nursing mothers, and breastfeeding in difficult
circumstances. Supportive fathers were nominated for awards by their
wives, and many excellent community organizations like WIC, La Leche
League, YWCA, BIUC and Northern Dutchess Hospital received awards.
Here are a few of the inspiring stories
that resulted in nominations:
Shelia Dvorak: An amazing mother who in
the face of severe adversity and health problems continues to drive
long and far to obtain pumped milk for her daughter.
Shaquoia Hilton: A young mother who
successfully breastfed through a year in a homeless shelter while
working towards independence. She is now pumping at work and is a
true model of inspiration.
This letter was sent in to nominate
Miriam Pickett :
I'm nominating Miriam Pickett for
breast feeding me and my sister in the 1970's for goodness sakes!
When my mom was pregnant with me, her
mother was very sick. She knew that she would probably pass away but
she wasn't sure if it would be before or after I was born.
She went into labor on Rosh Hasshana
and her mother was making a big dinner to celebrate. My mom didn't
want to let on that she was contracting because she didn't want to
excite her mother and put her into cardiac arrest. My mom actually
went food shopping, cooked dinner with her mom and sat for a big
dinner, all while she was having contractions! So eventually she
couldn't hide the fact that she was in labor. I was born 4 weeks
before my due date and my mother and I were separated after I was
born. They actually knocked her out and she doesn't remember the
delivery at all. She said she woke up and I was gone and her mother
was dying. Her mother passed away two weeks after I was born. My
mother was depressed. She had planned on breastfeeding me, but as she
put it her milk ”dried up” while she was depressed.
So, cut to the funeral then sitting
shiva at her fathers house. She was sitting there and I began to cry
( as babies do at the most annoying times) and her mother in law, my
father's mother, picked me up and carried me into another room and
shoved a bottle in my mouth. My mother watched this, became extremely
pissed off, snatched me back and put me to breast. The rest is
history!! She nursed me exclusively after that. She built up her
supply and never used another bottle again.
Please send us your inspiring nursing stories and or photos we can share. We want to encourage nursing anytime, anywhere!
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