Event Calendar
 

Event Calendar

Year 2002 Chicago Area Events


Breastfeeding Classes

Recommended during the last trimester of pregnancy.

Learn from an internationally known expert on breastfeeding:

  • why breastfeeding is important to you and your baby�s health
  • what you can do to make breastfeeding comfortable right from birth
  • how to know when breastfeeding is going normally and when it isn�t
  • what is truth and what is fiction about diet, alcohol, and medications
  • which breast pumps are painful or ineffective and which work well
Instructor: Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC
President, The Art of Breastfeeding
Co-author, The Breastfeeding Answer Book, helping breastfeeding families since 1982
Class location:
Northwest Community Wellness Center
900 West Central Road
Arlington Heights, Illinois
next to Northwest Community Hospital
Dates:    Thursdays
January 24
February 28
March 28
April 25
May 23
June 27
July 25
August 22
September 26
October 24
November 21
December 19
Time:  7:00-9:00 pm

Cost:  $28.00 per couple


Class location:
WomanCare
355 West Northwest Highway
Palatine, Illinois
in the Century Plaza,
just west of Smith and east of Quentin
Dates:    Wednesdays
February 6
April 10
June 5
August 7
October 2
December 4
Time:  7:00-9:00 pm

Cost:  $28.00 per couple


Registration is required and class size is limited.
For registration information call The Art of Breastfeeding at 847-394-9758
or toll-free at 1-888-909-9758.


... or, learn the same valuable information from an experienced board-certified Lactation Consultant:

Instructor: Cynthia Guzmán, IBCLC
Lactation Specialist since 1994.
On staff full-time at The Art of Breastfeeding.
Class location:
Portage Park Center for the Arts
3914 North Menard / 5801 West Dakin
Chicago, Illinois
For directions, please call the Center at 773-205-0151
Note: We are not in the park but in a former church just off Irving at Menard.
Dates:    Saturdays
January 26
February 23
March 30
April 27
May 25
June 29
July 27
Time:  1:00-3:00 pm

Cost:  $39.00 per couple

which includes the highly recommended book
Bestfeeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right for You, a $14.95 value.
Registration is required.
For registration information call The Art of Breastfeeding at 773-745-0992.


... the same class is also given by an experienced Lactation Specialist in Buffalo Grove:

Instructor: Jeanne Cygnus
Creator of Family Circle's "Time With Baby" support group.
Lake County staff member of The Art of Breastfeeding.
Class location:
Premier Pediatrics
Office of David Openheim, MD
150 W. Half Day Rd, #201
Buffalo Grove, Illinois
located in The Condell Acute Care Building
office phone number: 847-821-9500
Dates:    Sundays
July 21
August 18
September 15
October 13
November 24
December 29
Time:  1:00-3:00 pm

Cost:  $28.00 per couple

which includes the highly recommended book
Bestfeeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right for You, a $14.95 value.
Registration is required and class size is limited.
To register, call Jeanne at 847-566-2029.





The Art of Breastfeeding
You can now order using our new online shopping cart system.
Or, as always, you can call us toll-free at 1-888-909-9758.
Or e-mail Nancy here at The Art Of Breastfeeding
Our FAX number is (847)394-9030
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