Last night I looked in the mirror and was surprised by the woman looking back at me. She had lines on her face, the sunken, dark eyes of a person who could never get enough sleep, and a profile, that without needing to look at her body gave away the fact that she still couldn’t [...]
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There’s a new breastfeeding doll on the European market that is creating quite the stir on the internet. It bears the unfortunate name, Bebé Glotón, which is actually a term of endearment in Spain, literally translated as “the gluttonous baby, “but if the doll ever makes it way to North America I’m sure that someone is [...]
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Ah, the early days of breastfeeding. They can be everything from painful and frustrating and full of teary moments to joyous, rewarding, and pride-instilling. But the one thing for sure, unless you are a breastfeeding expert before actually having your first child (Anyone? Anyone? Hm. Unlikely.) is realizing it is nothing like what you imagined [...]
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It’s World No Tobacco Day today. I was going to write a unique post about how smoking is bad for babies and moms but how if you are a smoker who can’t or won’t quit then it is better to breastfeed and smoke then formula feed and smoke because the breastfeeding will help protect your [...]
The following is a guest post by Kathy Dutton, an IBCLC who lives over in my neck of the woods on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. This was originally published in our local magazine, Island Child, and I am re-publishing it with the author’s permission. Can I still breastfeed if I have implants? The answer is [...]
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Are you shocked that I actually dislike something about breastfeeding? Well, don’t get your knickers in a knot because I’m the last person to tell you not to breastfeed, but this one little thing really drives me bonkers. What is it? The inability to wear a dress. “What!?” I hear you thinking. “Dresses? Not the [...]
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The polls are now closed. Results will be posted on Tuesday March 24, 2009. Thank you to everyone who participated. You can still feel free to leave a comment. The following polls were created to help me answer this question: Do moms who feel more comfortable breastfeeding in public and who generally don’t use a [...]
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