www.mybreastfeeding.com: The website of Sylvia J. Boyd, PT, LCCE, IBCLC, CLE, Lamaze certified childbirth educator and lactation consultant. Her specialty is in using her physical therapy skills to help babies latch-on & breastfeed successfully since 1967. She also enjoys teaching several Prenatal Classes in Hayward, CA.

On this page are recommended offsite links providing further information on a selected topics of interest to Sylvia's clients.  We hope to add more information on this topic in the future, so check back regularly. 

For a complete list of additional topics available, click the Recommended Links button at left.

 

Women's Health Issues

 

 

 

 

 

· This Breast Cancer Site ad provides a wonderful way to give to a good cause for FREE!
Please tell ten friends to tell ten today!  If every day enough people just click on their site, they can meet their goal of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. 
In 2007, visitor clicks funded over 3,800 mammograms
It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on the pink button. This doesn't cost you a thing.  Their corporate sponsors and advertisers donate mammograms in exchange for advertising on The Breast Cancer Site.  The higher the number of daily visits to the site, the more they donate.  But since each person can only click once per day, we need to encourage more to help out.
Here's the website link.  Pass it along to people you know, any way you can!
Click to Give @ The Breast Cancer Site (http://www.TheBreastCancerSite.com)
You could also sign up to receive their daily email reminder using their
Remember to Click link.

· Inflammatory Breast Cancer Alert - KOMO-TV - Seattle, Washington - News Special Report: Inflammatory Breast Cancer Story - Breast cancer is something women think they know all about: Look for lumps; have mammograms; see our doctors.  But none of that will save you from one silent breast cancer killer that women know virtually nothing about. It's called "inflammatory breast cancer," and it's something every woman must know about.

· FORE (Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education) Women pregnant and breastfeeding can go to the FORE to learn about how to protect their bones.  This is a very wonderful web site.  According to a recent survey conducted across the US, many men & women are still unaware of their risk for bone fracture and osteoporosis.

· Calcium & Vitamin D, don't stop taking your calcium - A helpful printout from FORE.

· Learn Continuous Chest Compression CPR with Sarver Heart Center’s Newest 6-Minute Video - Every three days, more Americans die from sudden cardiac arrest than the number who died in the 9-11 attacks. You can lessen this recurring loss by learning this hands-only CPR method that doubles a person’s chance of surviving cardiac arrest. It’s easy and does not require mouth-to-mouth contact.

 

 

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