November 2009

My Son, the Lactivist!

My boys (age 11 and 9) love to watch reruns of Get Smart.  Well, last night they saw the show where agent 99 had twins.   Thing 2 (my 9 year old) said, “I am pretty sure they were born vaginally.  The only bummer is that she doesn’t breastfeed them, they get formula.” I love that

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A Great Calendar for 2010

Hi Everyone, Hypnobabies recently sponsored a very nice 2010 Breastfeeding Calendar for LLL of Central IL, and it is now on sale here: http://laleche2010calendar.blogspot.com/ It is a fund-raiser for them and they will be marketing it to other LLL groups, moms groups and BF groups. Please help if you can by buying one and/or listing this on your

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Are ultrasounds safe?

The easy answer.  We DON’T KNOW! That scares me.  It scares me more that moms don’t know that we don’t know if it is safe or not. I think one ultrasound at 20 weeks is just the right amount.  Anything more than that should have a good medical reason to do it. We just don’t

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