Mothers and their babies are invited to gather across metro Atlanta in honor of World Breastfeeding Week.
The Global Big Latch On is an annual event in which women meet at registered locations to breastfeed and offer peer support in an effort to normalize the practice.
In 2016, nearly 18,000 breastfeeding children across 758 locations in 28 countries participated, according to the website. Women’s Health Action started the Big Latch On in New Zealand in 2005, and it was introduced to America in Portland, Oregon, in 2010.
Here are the 2017 meeting locations in metro Atlanta. Events start at 10 a.m.
Friday:
- Grant Park Recreation Center, 537 Park Ave. SE, Atlanta. More information can be found here.
- Cobb and Douglas Public Health, 1650 County Services Parkway, Marietta. More information can be found here.
- Gwinnett Medical Center Women's Pavilion, 550 Medical Center Boulevard, Lawrenceville.
Saturday:
- ALIGN Wellness, 2290 Ben Hill Road, Atlanta.
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Separately, eligible women and clients of the Fulton County's WIC nutrition program may participate in a trivia event Monday. The program is for pregnant women, breastfeeding women up to 12 months postpartum, non-breastfeeding women up to six months postpartum and children up to five years who have a medical or nutritional risk and meet financial eligibility criteria.
The breastfeeding trivia event and clinic is Monday at 9 a.m. at the North Fulton Service Center Health Center, 3155 Royal Drive, Alpharetta.
For more information about the services offered by Fulton's WIC program, contact Christine Kassas at 404-906-3826 or Christine.kassas@fultoncountyga.gov.
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