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By Melissa Kotlen Nagin, About.com Guide to Breastfeeding

August 1 to 7 is World Breastfeeding Week!

Wednesday July 30, 2008

It's almost here! In keeping with the summer Olympic Games, over 120 countries will celebrate World Breastfeeding Week with this year's theme being “Mother Support: Going for the Gold”. To celebrate this week-long event across the world, you will see mass breastfeeding demonstrations, lectures, fairs and video and photo contests. Check out this comprehensive list of breastfeeding information from across the About family. I'd love to hear how you plan to celebrate. Visit me in my forum!

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August 19, 2008 at 7:08 am
(1) Franny says:

Hi there
Here in New Zealand we held latch-on’s at various places throughout the country, with the final count being over 1000 mothers feeding their babys at 10.30am! A very good effort indeed!

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