Nursing Rooms at Shedd Aquarium

After some renovations at Shedd Aquarium they now offers a nursing room. Until recently the nursing room was designated on the maps and at the door with a logo of a bottle.

One of our local mothers was one of many who contacted the directors of the aquarium and happily they are in the process of changing the bottle logos to the international breastfeeding logo:

Shedd Aquarium is located in Chicago and has regular free community days. You can find out more about their free days and other admisson discounts as well as all the sights to see while you are there at http://www.sheddaquarium.org/discounts.html

Tuesday AM Meeting

Tomorrow we will be gathering at Krista's home (945 S. 21st St., South Bend, IN 46615):


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Meeting Reminders

Sorry to anyone who was overloaded with meeting reminder emails from google calendar. I'm not sure what happened to make it mass produce like that but we are working on it and are sorry for bogging down your email boxes.

November's Evening Meeting

November's Evening Meeting (11/10 at 7PM) will still be at the St Joseph Medical Center in the St Monica Room.

Hope to see you there!

Morning Meeting- Location Change

This coming Tuesday the morning meeting will not be held at the River Park Branch Library. Instead we will be gathering at Krista's home. For more information call Krista or Tama.
Hope to see you there!

Birth Discussion Event

Did you know you don’t *have*
to be in a hospital to give birth?

Join the Michiana Birth Professionals group for a panel discussion
BEST BIRTH LOCATION: HOME, HOSPITAL, BIRTH CENTER
the first in a 4-part series of discussions about childbirth options in Michiana

6:30 p.m. (social/networking time starts at 5:45 p.m.)
Saturday, October 24 at the
South Bend Chocolate Cafe, 122 S. Michigan St., South Bend

Some 98 percent of women in the United States give birth in the hospital. But the hospital is only one of several venues where a woman might choose to welcome her new baby. In the Michiana area, many women are choosing home births, and still others are making use of low-intervention birthing centers. Panelists for this forum will include a certified nurse-midwife from the Fairhaven group in Goshen — a group that recently opened the area’s only licensed birth center; a mother and family therapist who chose home births; and doulas, nurses and midwives who work in hospital settings.

Birth professionals, expectant parents, students and anyone interested is invited to attend the discussion forum and hear the benefits and drawbacks of different birth settings.

For more information:
Deborah Allen at 574-274-0898, Deborah.allen@live.com
or Stephanie Price at 574-333-4903, tsjprice@gmail.com

Chili Cook Off For Breastfeeding

SAVE THE DATE!

October 15^th 2009

KICK OFF

St. Joseph County’s Breastfeeding Coalition

Join fellow breastfeeding advocates for some FRIENDLY COMPETITION and to hear the plan for Indiana to achieve BIG GOALS from our state breastfeeding coordinator, Tina Cardarelli.

5:30 – 6:30 Chili Cook-off. Lactation specialists compete to make the best comfort food since breast milk—chili! You taste, you vote. Just a buck a vote!

6:30—7:00 Do you know what Indiana’s goals are for breastfeeding and how St. Joseph County fits into the plan? Come find out as Tina Cardarelli shares a vision for Indiana!

7:00—7:30 Community Connect. Bring your flyers, business cards, questions, and quests to share with like-minded members of our community.

Memorial’s Innovation Café

(1^st floor of the Navarre building)

For more information contact amydmurray@yahoo.com