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“Ultrasound examination of the lactating breast during breastfeeding by Peter Hartmann’s research team in Perth, Australia has provided new information about what occurs within the breast during let-down (Kent 2002). This team has found the following after observing many mothers and babies during breastfeeding:
* On average 75 percent of the mothers had more than one […]
Did you know that La Leche League International operates in 70 countries and territories and helps over 10 million people per year? Do you realize that encouraging and supporting breastfeeding actually saves babies’ lives?
“Research shows that exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months – with continued breastfeeding for the first year – could save […]
If you are looking for breastfeeding advocacy songs for a nurse-in, nurse-out, rally, World Breastfeeding Week or other breastfeeding awareness event, consider these songs recorded in conjunction with the Synchronized Breastfeeding Worldwide event last August. These are not quite as powerful as the World Breastfeeding Week Kit songs, but they’re catchy and set to tunes […]
In its seventh year, the Quintessence Foundation’s Breastfeeding Challenge spanned three countries, including all thirteen Canadian provinces and Territories, two sites in Ukraine, and 25 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. With just 25 of 250 sites yet to report their results, it is clear that over 5,374 babies participated in the simultaneous breastfeeding […]
When does a breastfeeding woman produce the most breast milk?
(a) In between nursing sessions (after a feeding ends and before the next one starts)
(b) During a nursing session (as milk is being taken from the breast), or
(c) Equal amounts in between and during nursing sessions.
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Time to have some more fun with a look at ten of the funny search terms people used to end up at Breastfeeding 1-2-3 in the last two weeks!
1. “i didn’t expect”
You didn’t expect what? That you were going to end up at a breastfeeding blog?
2. “hummus recipe”
I do have a good hummus recipe, but […]
WordPress tells me when a blog or other website links to Breastfeeding 1-2-3. I was surprised and pleased to see one day that a website in Arabic had linked to mine! That got me to wondering what the words “breastfeeding” and “breastfeed” look like in other languages. I used Google Translate to find out (so […]
If you asked me which are my most favorite posts of all the ones I have written over the last year, I would not choose the ones that have been the most popular — the ones most viewed. My favorites are the ones that received the most reader comments! I love hearing what is on […]
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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If you enjoy posting on any of the top 10 breastfeeding forums or messages boards, you might be interested in this free line of cute breastfeeding “tickers” or banners. Lilypie.com says:
Lilypie Breastfeeding mothers announcement counts how long you have been nursing your baby and updates daily. Create your own free custom graphic which you can […]
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