[/caption]Hi,According to the latest national representative survey on breastfeeding in Bulgaria, 90% of the moms breastfeed their newborn babies in the first month. However, this percentage drops sharply to 14% over the next months. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months of age. That is why, we decided to focus more on this hot topic this month. In August La Leche League Bulgaria organizes an online breastfeeding school (webinars). The webinars will focus on the 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding that are the theme of World Breastfeeding Week 2010 (August 1-7). The access to the online school is free of charge after a pre-registration hereThe webinars started with the World Breastfeeding Week 2010’s closing on August 7th. They take place every Saturday at 5 p.m. in August. Diane Wiessinger was the lector of the first webinar on the topic of The Importance of Step 10. She is a consultant who holds multiple international lactation certificates and an author of numerous essays and articles as well as of a website dedicated to common sense breastfeeding .The next topics that will be discussed in August are:- The Beginning of Breastfeeding and the First Days of the Baby (August 14th)- Breastfeeding: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (August 21st)- Nutrition for Nursing Women and Their Babies (August 28th)[caption id="attachment_96" align="alignleft" width="219" caption="World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7)"]
[/caption]The purpose of the online school is to answer questions and address issues related to the first days and months of the child. Besides, the webinars aim to explain well the benefits of breastfeeding for the newborn compared to the use of breast-milk substitutes.La Leche League International is a renowned global volunteer organization, founded in 1956, with branches all over the world, including Bulgaria. The organization’s mission is to foster breastfeeding culture among mothers through raising awareness of breastfeeding benefits and the negative effects that lack of breastfeeding can have on the child’s growth and development.World Breastfeeding Week is marked from August 1-7 and commemorates the Innocenti Declaration, written and adopted in 1990 by the participants in the WHO/UNICEF meeting Breastfeeding in the 90s: On the Protection, Promotion and Support of Breastfeeding. World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated in 120 countries worldwide at a different time.