MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — With August being Breastfeeding Awareness Month, the Monongalia County Health Department held the Breastfeeding Awareness Walk for the first time since 2019.

Event organizers told 12 News that breastfeeding has a number of benefits for babies including decreasing the risk of diabetes, improving brain function, and increasing antibodies. Attendees and organizers of the walk told 12 News about a number of barriers that might keep women from breastfeeding, including working it into a daily schedule with work, procuring a breast pump, and stigma from breastfeeding in public.

One of the walkers, Anne Dobnak, told 12 News that the stigma can make breast-feeding ”a really lonely journey” and that she appreciates events like today's for connecting mothers with each oth

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