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Tag: Texas Ten Step Program

Brooke Army Medical Center earns re-designation for support of breastfeeding mothers
January 12, 2017 — Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston once again earned the Texas Ten Step Program facility designation from the Texas Department of State Health Services. The Texas Ten Step Program encourages breastfeeding as the preferred method of feeding for newborns and infants. BAMC joins a growing number of Texas birth facilities that are supporting new mothers and their decision to breastfeed. ... MORE

Bridget Owens prepares to breastfeed her son, James, in the lactation room at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston June 24, 2016.