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According to The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding: Seventh Revised Edition (La Leche League International Book): “Certain herbs and medications are sometimes used to stimulate lactation or boost a mother’s milk supply. Substances that stimulate the body to produce milk are called galactagogues. Your La Leche League Leader or a board certified lactation consultant can provide […]
World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated from August 1 to August 7, 2008. If you are looking for a last minute way to mark the occasion and raise awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding, check out this helpful list of ten low cost or no cost ways to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, compliments of the Breastfeeding […]
A few months ago my kindergartner took a field trip to a farm. She came home excited to tell me all about how the baby cows are separated from the mama cows so the farmer can collect the cows’ milk for humans to drink. When I expressed my horror at little calf nurslings being separated […]
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Good Morning America aired an interesting piece on cross-nursing this morning. I thought it was quite balanced. I liked hearing the well-spoken mothers who were interviewed and I appreciated seeing the La Leche League position presented. In addition to the video clip the article is available on-line.
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Here I am, mother of three, with nearly six years of breastfeeding experience, a year-and-a-half as a breastfeeding counselor, and nearly two years writing this blog. You would think I would know how to prevent any and all breastfeeding problems. Really though, the problems I have dealt with over the years are the reason I […]
Three and a half years had passed since I last nursed a newborn, and it turns out I had forgotten some things:
1. How those tiny flailing hands get in the way of latching on.
2. How I always manage, accidentally, to drop food crumbs on the baby’s head.
3. How it’s a learning experience for both mom […]
As I sobbed at the end of a movie the other day, two things occurred to me: (1) The Other Boleyn Girl is probably not the best choice for postpartum (or pregnant) viewing, and (2) I must be experiencing the change in hormones that accompanies the transitional milk coming in. Sure enough, with the very […]
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On Wednesday July 16 I was 38 weeks and 1 day into the pregnancy. The midwife had just finished her pre-birth home visit at 3:15 that afternoon. At 4 p.m. I was resting in bed and reading stories to my girls. Over the next hour I had some contractions, but no more and no stronger […]
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