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Breastfeeding is an instinctual and natural act, but it is also an art that is learned day by day. The reality is that almost all women can breastfeed, have enough milk for their babies and learn how to overcome problems both large and small. It is almost always simply a matter of practical knowledge and […]
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All it takes is a few moments of your time to vote for the funding proposal for the Mothers’ Milk Bank of New England on IdeaBlob. If enough people vote (and it only took 600 votes for last month’s winner), the fledgling milk bank receives $10,000 that will be used to buy processing and storage […]
World Action for Breastfeeding Alliance (WABA) is running another global breastfeeding photo contest in conjunction with this year’s World Breastfeeding Week. Winners will each receive $100! Entry forms and details are available here. Entries are due February 29, 2008 (leap year gives you an extra day to enter!!)
Thanks to TulipGirl for the heads up!
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Was anyone else saddened to read about the prison sentence for Olympic athlete and breastfeeding mother Marion Jones? I certainly do not condone doping, lying, or the breaking of any law, and I don’t think she should escape punishment in some form. But I cried, thinking of the nursling, as I read this article in […]
Here’s a shout-out to Australian readers! The rest of us could learn from the Australians, who are taking a proactive approach to gaining support for breastfeeding in public. Rather than expressing outrage and staging nurse-ins (which do have their place) after an incident occurs, the Australian Breastfeeding Association is promoting the “Feel Free to Feed […]
Well, if a woman can’t talk about her breasts on a breastfeeding blog…. I have to laugh at my own astonishment at my growing cup size. I thought after nursing two children (and still nursing through pregnancy) that my breasts had done all the “preparation for breastfeeding” that they were going to do, and they […]
Tanya reminded me that National De-lurking Week is traditionally the second week in January. So let me know you’re out there with a hello, a comment about the weather, the funny thing your kid said today, whatever! If you want to participate on your own blog, check out the graphics compiled last year by I […]
The benefits to the new mother of immediate breastfeeding are innumerable, not the least of which after the weariness of labor and birth is the emotional gratification, the feeling of strength, the composure, and the sense of fulfillment that comes with the handling and suckling of the baby.
– Ashley Montagu, Touching: The Human Significance of […]
This month the Carnival of Breastfeeding resumes with entries on “Beginnings and Endings.” If you would like to submit your own post about the early days of breastfeeding, about weaning, or any other beginning or ending, email me your submission by January 22, 2008, for consideration for the carnival on January 29, 2008.
As a reminder, […]
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