This breastfeeding story WARMS my heart!

In January a woman died shortly after childbirth.  It was a tragic loss.  From that came a wonderful outpouring of support AND milk.
Friends and community members volunteered to breastfeed baby Moses. One mom still comes every morning at 9 AM with her baby in tow and nurses Moses.  Some moms have more confusing schedules and [...]

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SHAME on Target!

I just found out they called police on a Breastfeeding Mom.

 
 
 
 
Ohhhh, that makes me mad!  A mom has every right to feed her baby, WHEREVER she is!
I have nursed in many public places.  Here is just a few:

Disneyland, while waiting for Dumbo (and numerous other rides).
At a holiday business party at my husbands work.  Sitting [...]

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My favorite Personal Breastfeeding Pictures

I am working on my first Breastfeeding Class that I will be teaching in a few weeks. It made me want to find my favorite Breastfeeding Pictures of Bryson and I. (Carson and Devon’s aren’t digital and would require too much work to share! Maybe one day.)

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Nestle Sucks – what can YOU do about it?

I had heard of the Nestle boycott a few years ago.  I learned more about it at the CAPPA Lactation Education Training this weekend.  It made me want to learn more and join in the boycott.  So you can imagine my joy when in my Google Reader there were some blog posts about a week [...]

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Lovely Breastfeeding Analogy

In honor of my Lactation Education training weekend, here is a lovely breastfeeding story.
The Princess and the Chick Pea
Here is the deal, some nurses are AWESOME, they know tons about breastfeeding, have great tips and can offer wonderful support.
Some nurses, don’t know much at all.  Breastfeeding maybe scares them a little, because they can’t see [...]

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Breastfeeding Book Give Away

Go check it out here.   I love Kathy’s blog, because it has such great childbirth information. 
She is giving away a new Breastfeeding Book called   Breastfeeding with Comfort and Joy.   It really fits right in with my whole Enjoy Birth theme.  The book looks really great and all the reviews I have read have been really positive. 

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Immunity for Babies without shots

A BYU/Harvard/Stanford team of microbiologists have identified the molecule that is the key to immunity getting to the baby through breastmilk. 
This article explains in detail how even years before a women is pregnant cells that produce antibodies are circulating in a moms system, waiting for when mom starts to lactate and then they go to her [...]

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Angelina Breastfeeding

I must admit, I normally pay little attention to the stars, except for their births and breastfeeding.  I know Angelina was hoping for a VBAC with her twins.  She didn’t get that, I was sad for her.  BUT, I love that there is a picture of her breastfeeding on the cover of W magazine.  That [...]

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I wish I was still nursing!

A Breastfeeding Olympics would be just my style!
2008 Breastfeeding Challenge
Or, as it is known in the Philippines; The Breastfeeding Olympics
What: A fun event to challenge geographic areas to see who can get
the most babies breastfeeding at one time. The winners are determined
by a percentage of birthrate.
When: October 11, 2008
Time: 11:00 am your time
Why: To celebrate [...]

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The formula tragedy in China

This tragedy breaks my heart.  Three babies have now died from tainted formula and over 6000 have been made sick from it. 
This mother of a 2 month old said, “Doctors said I better not feed her powdered milk,” Xinhua quoted a “tearful” Wang as saying.
“In the past few days, I fed her fresh milk bought from [...]

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