Make a world week to promote breastfeeding

"Protect breastfeeding, shared responsibility".This is the theme of World Breastfeeding Week (SMAM) which takes place from this Monday, October 11 until Sunday, October 17.A strong subject whose aim is to emphasize the importance of the support of those around them and professionals to create conditions favorable to breastfeeding.

It is called white gold.That is to say the value of this elixir made by the woman's body.Mothers have always fueled their toddlers within.And then, powdered milk has arrived on the market, becoming for some a real revolution and classifying France as one of the countries where the breastfeeding rate is the lowest.For several years, this figure has been increasing again, although it remains one of the lowest compared to our neighboring countries.Many associations of breastfeeding are nevertheless expanded to promote this practice and its countless benefits.

Breastfeeding, collective responsibility

Always ready, at temperature, free and ecological are not the only qualities of breast milk.From the first welcome feeding, a few minutes after birth, the first milk - called the colostrum - is full of antibodies that protect the infant from various infections.It is often called "the first vaccine".Breast milk then evolves according to the age and needs of the baby, and always contains all the essential nutrients to its good development.It is not for nothing that the World Health Organization recommends "exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life and the continuation of breastfeeding until the age of 2 years, or even beyondfunction of the wish of mothers ».

The information must still have to reach them and then get the necessary support. Et c’est là que le thème "Protect breastfeeding, shared responsibility" prend tout son sens."There are still cultures where breastfeeding is something that is transmitted from one generation to another.In France, we have lost this transmission and young mothers lack benchmarks.Hence the importance of going all in the same direction, whether it is the nearby entourage, health and early childhood professionals, to trust mothers, reassure them and "normalize" breastfeeding,which is the logical continuation of childbirth.It is a network of all actors, "explains Marie Klauss, president of the Lacted Voices in Cévennes.This association of support for breastfeeding accompanies, listens and reassures mothers by organizing for example "sudden cafes" to find themselves, discuss the possible difficulties encountered or simply find an attentive and empathetic ear.

The program of this World Week in Alès

The association is also mobilized during this World Week through several events organized in the Auditorium in Rochebelle, in Alès.Monday, October 11, two round tables will be offered: "Breastfeeding, a good start" with Emmanuelle Alarcon, liberal midwife;and "breastfeeding and resumption of work" with Odile Desprez of the maternal assistant relay and Marianne Vernet, childcare worker.Thursday, October 14, a projection evening at 8 pm on "breast milk, an elixir of health" by Marion Schmidt will be followed by a debate with Anne-Flore Bruni-Bizet, pediatrician.

SMAM will end on Friday October 15 with a workshop on the diversification led by the child (DME) with Cynthia Thierfort, PMI childcare worker and the association's volunteers, at the Alès media library.Finally, more generally, these few days will also be an opportunity to exchange around parenting, to discover different types of breast pump, to participate in a portage workshop, etc..A week with many benefits!

Élodie Boschet