When these Breastfeeding Weeks come along, as they tend to do a few times a year depending on the country you’re living in, and the planet you are living on (Martians please note that planet Earth is having World Breastfeeding Week August 1-7), I feel huge pressure to contribute something super intelligent or meaningful. The [...]
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Welcome to The Breastfeeding Cafe Carnival! This post was written as part of The Breastfeeding Cafe’s Carnival. For more info on the Breastfeeding Cafe, go to www.breastfeedingcafe.wordpress.com. For more info on the Carnival or if you want to participate, contact Claire at clindstrom2 {at} gmail {dot} com. Today’s post is about baby friendly communities. Please [...]
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The following post is a guest post by Jennifer Johnson who writes on the topic of Nurse Practitioner schools. I asked her to write about this topic to give pregnant and breastfeeding moms, and those interested in pursuing a career in nursing, an idea of what nurses actually learn about breastfeeding in school. Thank you [...]
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The following post by Ruth Moss is #4 in my series on Mental Health and Breastfeeding. The other posts can be found here, here and here. Ruth was one of the first breastfeeding moms I made friends with on Twitter. Her talent for writing can be enjoyed all over the internet. For a list of [...]
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Disclaimer: I’m about to get all social work-y and academic on you today. I’m playing student as I examine social oppression its relationship with breastfeeding and formula feeding in Canada. Recent health promotion campaigns have encouraged people to adopt healthier lifestyles (quit smoking, breastfeed, eat well, etc.) but less attention has been given to promoting [...]
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This is Post #3 in my Breastfeeding and Mental Health series. Today I am honoured to have a guest post from Arwyn at Raising My Boychick who shares her experience of a meeting with her psychiatrist when she was considering having a baby and breastfeeding. The other posts in this series can be found here, [...]
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This is post #2 in my Mental Health and Breastfeeding series. The other posts can be found here, here and here. In her article Does breastfeeding really protect against postpartum depression? Lauren Hale from the Atlanta Northside New Moms Examiner discusses one study’s findings that postpartum depression is the result of biochemical hormonal changes in the postpartum period. [...]
