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A blonde is walking down the street with her blouse open and her right breast is hanging out. A policeman approaches her and says, “Ma’am, are you aware that I could cite you for indecent exposure?”
She says, “Why, Officer?”
“Because your breast is hanging out.”
She looks down and says, “OH MY GOD, I […]
Sophie Currier won her appeal for extra time to pump during the medical licensing exam. Appeals Court Judge Gary Katzmann ruled:
In order to put the petitioner on equal footing as the male and non-lactating female examinees, she must be provided with sufficient time to pump breast milk and to address the same physiological and other […]
Formula feeding is the longest lasting uncontrolled experiment lacking informed consent in the history of medicine.
Frank Oski, MD
Retired editor, Journal of Pediatrics
Thanks to Laura for bringing this one to my attention!
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As I was reading through my daughter’s latest copy of National Geographic Kids magazine I came across a piece of breastfeeding trivia. Want to play along? How many gallons of milk does a baby humpback whale drink per day?
a) 30 gallons
b) 70 gallons
c) 130 gallons
d) 170 gallons
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A Massachusetts judge denied Sophie Currier’s request for extra break time to pump during a two-day medical licensing exam. Currier, who has a four-month-old daughter, plans to appeal before the test early next week.
The Quintessence Breastfeeding Challenge on Saturday, September 29, 2007, now has 189 registered sites, with 29 of those in 17 different U.S. […]
Not too long ago I confessed that I had never paid a babysitter to watch my children in my home, and I offered several cost-saving and sanity-saving alternatives to hiring babysitters. Shortly after I wrote that article, I needed to arrange for someone to watch my toddler while I accompanied my other daughter to her […]
Welcome to September’s Carnival of Breastfeeding (see this month’s entries below)! As a parent I understand how hard the parenting job is. That is why I have a general philosophy of “I’ll do what works for my family and you do what works for yours.” There are just two issues I feel very strongly about: […]
How did it get to be that time of year again? This year’s round-up of the 2008 breastfeeding calendars offers an opportunity to see some beautiful breastfeeding pictures and to let your calendar shopping make a difference.
The International Baby Food Action Network Breastfeeding Calendar sells for £7 each (£6 if you buy 10 or more). […]
All of the breastfeeding advocates who recently participated in the Applebee’s nurse-ins might want to channel their renewed activist energy into the Quintessence Breastfeeding Challenge 2007, which takes place on September 29, 2007, at sites across Canada and the United States. The Quintessence Foundation of Vancouver, British Columbia, developed the challenge in the spirit of […]
Be inspired by pictures of the breastfeeding activism signs, the nursing mothers, the lactivist t-shirts, and the cute babies! Amy Philo put together the following photo montage from the nationwide Applebee’s nurse-ins.
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