Hello LLL Moms and breastfeeding supporters, Help us celebrate World Breastfeeding Week at our Annual Family Picnic on Saturday, August 7. We’ve attached our Event Flier with all the info – please pass it along to all your friends, neighbors, family, moms groups, church groups and anyone you know that loves fun for the whole […]
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I am a big lactivist and if a mom wants to nurse in public, she should feel comfortable doing so. I have nursed in many public places. I was ready to whip it out, if needed. Here are just a few: (BTW, pretty discrete don’t you think? I never used a blanket, but I don’t
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Well, maybe it isn’t surprising to us that if 90% of U.S. women breastfed their babies for the first 6 months of their lives that over 900 babies lives would be saved, not to mention Billions of dollars. What is startling is that we haven’t been using this information earlier to help increase the number
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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
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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
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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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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This is a Canadian Clinic, but benefits women everywhere from the research they do and the videos they make and so much else. If you can help out, or want to learn more, visit their website!
Dr. Jack Newman's Breastfeeding Clinic running out of funds! Read More »
