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Breastfeeding: A winning goal for life

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A.D. Ibarra

-UMC

 

The United Medical Center Eidson Rd. Clinic and the W.I.C. Program offices were the scene for this year's celebration of World Breastfeeding Month 2014 where local dignitaries came together to thank the labor of love and care that Breastfeeding Peer Counselors Adriana Alonso and Nelsa Calvillo take to assist our community's newest mothers while guiding them to give their child that very important head start in their infancy.

Lupita Fuentes Director of the Women, Infants and Children Program for UMC was also on hand to welcome The Honorable Ramsey English-Cantú, Mayor of the City of Eagle Pass, the EPISD's Superintendent of Schools Gilberto Gonzalez and School Board President Ignacio Saucedo, UMC's Mario Pola and Humberto Duran among others who were there to lend their support to the cause.

Mayor Cantú read a Proclama honoring all the staff at the clinic and at the brestfeeding center.

"We are promoting and celebrating our breastfeeding mothers.  We want to promote breastfeeding as the best form of nutrition for these babies.  We serve 989 infants," stated Manrique Fuentes, a licensed.

Dietician/Nutritionist for both UMC and the W.I.C. Program, "Of 989, 92% of these infants are being breast fed.  Some of them have moved on to formula, but we do encourage mothers to breastfeed."

When asked what the essential life-giving nutrient which can only be obtained from a mother's breast milk, Fuentes said it is called colostrum.

"Formula companies are always going to try to emulate mother's milk, but it cannot be done.  The first milk a mother produces is called colostrum.  We refer to it as 'liquid gold' because it has nutrients and antibodies which can prevent babies from getting sick making breastfeeding 'A Winning Goal for Life' which also happens to be this year's theme."

 

Adrian Ibarra 

-UMC 

 

El United Medical Center por Eidson Road. y las oficicnas del W.I.C. fueron el escenario para la celebración del   Mes  Mundial de  la  Lactancia 2014, donde los dignatarios locales se reunieron para agradecer la labor de amor y cuidado que las  consejeras del Programa de Lactancia Adriana Alonso y Nelsa Calvillo ayudan a nuevas madres de nuestra comunidad mientras guían a dar  a sus hijos  la lactancia ya que es importante en su infancia. 

Lupita Fuentes Director del Programa de Mujeres, Infantes y Niños para UMC también estuvo presente para recibir a la Honorable Ramsey English-Cantú, Alcalde de la Ciudad de Eagle Pass, Superintendente de Escuelas Gilberto González del EPISD y el presidente del Consejo Escolar Ignacio Saucedo, Mario   Pola y Humberto Duran del UMC  entre otros que estaban allí para prestar su apoyo a la causa. 

El Alcalde leyó una Proclama en honor a todo el personal de la clínica y en el centro de lactancia materna. 

"Estamos promoviendo y celebrando a nuestras madres y la lactancia materna. Queremos promover la lactancia materna como la mejor forma de nutrición para estos bebés. Servimos a 989 bebés", afirmó Manrique Fuentes, un dietista / nutricionista con licencia para ambos UMC y el WIC Programa "De 989, 92% de estos niños están siendo amamantados. Algunos de ellos se han trasladado a la fórmula, pero sí alentar a las madres a dar el pecho." 

 

 

 

 

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