HOSPITAL OFFERING MOTHERS SERVICES LACTATION TEAM TO PROVIDE INFO ON BREAST-FEEDING.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER -- Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital workers are promoting breast-feeding breast-feeding /breast-feed·ing/ (brest´fed?ing) nursing; the feeding of an infant at the mother's breast. this week with the observance of World Breastfeeding Week. The hospital recently formed a ``lactation lactation Production of milk by female mammals after giving birth. The milk is discharged by the mammary glands in the breasts. Hormones triggered by delivery of the placenta and by nursing stimulate milk production. team'' to help new mothers breast-feed breast-feed v. To feed a baby mother's milk from the breast; suckle. successfully, and provide education and social support to fathers, partners and health care providers. ``We formed the lactation team of registered nurses to help mothers who are in the hospital as well as through our Women, Infants and Children's program, and also after moms are discharged and at home,'' said Triz Tajalli, executive director of the hospital's women and children's services. ``We want mothers to feel comfortable with breast-feeding and to have a resource to go to with any questions or concerns.'' The nurses are available seven days a week during daytime hours by calling the help line at (661) 26-6215. After hours, mothers can leave a message and a lactation specialist will call them the next day. ``Medical research is very clear on the benefits of breast-feeding, and considering that we have more than 5,000 babies born at Antelope Valley Hospital every year, we want to be sure that they have the benefit of this knowledge,'' says AVH AVH Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy AVH Association Valentin Haüy pour le bien des aveugles AVH Acute Viral Hepatitis AVH Alex Van Halen AVH Antelope Valley Hospital (Lancaster, California) AVH Auditory Verbal Hallucination CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Les Wong. During World Breastfeeding Week, the lactation team will hand out magnets and other giveaways to remind mothers about the benefits of breast- feeding. Some of the benefits include that breast milk has the right amount of nutrients in the right proportions for growing babies. Human milk also provides antibodies against many common respiratory and intestinal diseases. |
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