LATCH DAVAO BRINGS IN CANADIAN DOCTOR JACK NEWMAN FOR BREASTFEEDING SEMINAR
Celebrate the Breastfeeding Month (August) by
learning together as a community in a one-day symposium by one of Canada’s
highly acclaimed doctors and breastfeeding advocates, Dr. Jack Newman. Dubbed
as Breastfeeding Uncovered: Mission Possible,
this special event is set to happen on August 11, 2014, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
at the SMX Convention Center in Davao City. Organized by Latch Davao, the whole day activity is open to nurses, mothers and other
interested individuals. Topics include What
they didn’t teach you about breastfeeding, Norms for the first few days,
Numbers on demand: Norms for the breastfeeding baby.
L.A.T.C.H. (Lactation, Attachment, Training, Counseling,
Help) is a hospital-based non-profit organization established in 2006 that
offers quality lactation education and peer counseling services to mothers who
wish and make a commitment to breastfeed.
As mothers, Latch
Davao Peer Counselors reach out with kindness and understanding to fellow
mothers. Their aim is to empower parents by ensuring they receive the most
up-to-date information to assist them with their breastfeeding baby. Sharing challenges
and benefits of breastfeeding raises awareness and creates ripples within the
community, and a Latch Peer Counselor’s purpose is to reach out within her own
growing sphere to support, promote and forge breastfeeding into everyone’s
lifestyle. Their resources also address breastfeeding concerns, milk
supply issues, fears about babies’ health as related to feeding, and help to
prevent future problems.
Latch Davao regularly holds breastfeeding talks and
counseling among groups of parents and women within the city. Their lectures
include not only their experience but also medical data, new ideas and best practices
in breastfeeding.
The upcoming event with Dr. Newman is one feat that
Latch Davao is proud of. Throughout the year, the group ran series of fund
raising activities that circled around the interests and hobbies of moms.
Considered a labor of love, all members of Latch Davao generously shared their
time and talents in putting together workshops and lectures just to save up for
everything that was needed to fly in Dr. Newman.
Dr. Jack Newman is a Canadian physician
specializing in breastfeeding support and advocacy. A graduate
of University of Toronto medical school, first worked as staff pediatrician at
the Hospital for Sick Children emergency department from 1983 to 1992,
sometimes acting as chief of the emergency services. It was during those years
that he found his calling and decided to campaign on the benefits of
breastfeeding to both mothers and children. This advocacy eventually gained a
lot of following and took more of his time from the hospital. He then decided
to work full time in helping mothers and babies discover and enjoy the wonders
of breastfeeding. This journey led him to open the Newman Breastfeeding Clinic
and Institute based at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in
Toronto.
Dr. Newman is known for having written books on
breastfeeding. In 2000 he, along with Teresa Pitman, published books on
breastfeeding for professionals and mothers called Dr. Jack Newman's Guide to Breastfeeding, The Latch and Other Keys to
Breastfeeding Success and The
Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers. Some of his works were translated to
French, Indonesian and Japanese, and some are currently being translated to
Spanish and Italian. He, along with Edith Kernerman, also produced a video
guide in DVD format as learning tool for health professionals and
mothers.
Register for Dr. Jack Newman’s seminar by July 31
and avail of the early bird rate of Php1,000.00 net per participant. Regular
admission fee is at Php1,500.000 per person and Php800.00 for medical students.
Seminar fees also cover snacks and packed lunch.
For inquiries, please contact Latch Davao through (0905) 353-7144 or
send them an email at latchdavao@gmail.com. Follow https://www.facebook.com/LATCHDavao for regular
updates on breastfeeding talks and seminars.
(Latch Davao photos by Mima Tan)
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Story published on my newspaper column, Metro Mom.
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