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The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action chose four winning breastfeeding videos in its 2008 World Breastfeeding Week Video Contest. My favorite so far is “Lactating Mother” (by Uma Devi), which I thought made its point in 52 seconds rather well:
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Ameda offers a free online instructional video “Your Baby Knows How to Latch-On.” The five-minute clip talks about proper latch and demonstrates how a newborn latches himself on the breast with a minimal amount of guidance from his mother. The video is offered through these links in English and in Spanish.
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The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) has announced the 1st World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) Video Contest! The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2008.
“Going with the WBW theme “Mother Support: Going for the Gold” WABA invites you to create a one-minute video that shows how breastfeeding mothers can be supported. The video can have […]
Medela put together a video in honor of the field of lactation consultants. Lactation consultants who need a pick-me-up, or candidates striving to become lactation consultants, could get a lot of affirmation and inspiration from this thoughtful tribute. Watch “One Mother at a Time” (click on your choice of media player: QuickTime or Flash).
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In another segment of their free videos on breastfeeding in public, nurses and lactation consultants Corky Harvey and Wendy Haldeman address some fascinating questions:
~ Does seeing a woman breastfeed stimulate people sexually?
~ Is breastfeeding perceived as a sexual act?
~ Are breasts just good for sex?
~ Why do some people feel shame when they see a […]
In this video, registered nurses and lactation consultants Corky Harvey and Wendy Haldeman offer advice and reassurance about breastfeeding in public. These women project the right attitude (in my opinion) about nursing in public — anywhere (except the public restroom), anytime, with confidence. I especially love their answer to the question: “How do I deal […]
Think hand expression is unnecessary or too difficult? Dr. Jane Morton offers a free video that demonstrates how to teach mothers (or how to learn for oneself) the technique for hand expression of breast milk. When I interviewed Dr. Morton last March, she mentioned new research that suggests that hand expression used in conjunction with […]
This question came up recently when one of my friends had an emergency appendectomy. Personally I have used this question as a way to weed out (bad) doctors — unless they give me the correct answer or say “I don’t know, but I’ll find out for you,” they’re history. For the expert answer to whether […]
My hat is off to Hathor the Cow Goddess for putting together this fantastic parable about breastfeeding and the formula marketing industry. Hat tip as well to Tanya at the Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog for bringing it to my attention! Enjoy “The Zoops Movie”!
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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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