A Breastfeeding Journey


By Tina Bremer

My name is Tina and I am married and I have four beautiful children.  I share my testimony because I am so deeply committed to breast feeding and with each baby, I have experienced four unique breast feeding relationships.  My first born (Kristina), now 12 years old, self weaned at . . . → Read More: A Breastfeeding Journey

The Breastfed Toddler


As many of you know, I nursed my son for a very long time. We kind of just followed his cues – with a little nudging along the way. Some of my favorite nursing moments are of when he was a toddler. I was browsing the web this morning and came across this . . . → Read More: The Breastfed Toddler

When Support Isn’t Really Support


I received a comment on one of my blog posts about facebook and photographs that were taken down of breastfeeding moms. I received this comment on January 11th, after I had linked to this blog article on facebook in response to some other “censorship” that facebook had been doing more recently. It took . . . → Read More: When Support Isn’t Really Support

The Reluctant Nurser


By Vanessa Manz

I chose this title because it perfectly described my daughter Madeline and me at different times during our pregnancy and breastfeeding journey together. During my pregnancy in 2003, many people asked me if I would breastfeed her and I answered honestly, that I was not yet sure how I would . . . → Read More: The Reluctant Nurser

The Year In Review – 2011


As the year comes to a close, I thought I would take a few minutes to review my favorite blog posts of the year and to summarize breastfeeding during 2011.

2011 has been a year of celebrating successes, breastfeeding being covered by the media, breastfeeding in public and breastfeeding advocacy. We have seen . . . → Read More: The Year In Review – 2011

Giving Of Myself – A Breast Milk Donor’s Story


By Helen Anderson

“On February 19, 2011 The Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) asked healthy lactating mothers to consider donating to a milk bank so that fragile babies will be fed this life-giving and sustaining nutrition.

HMBANA announced that the non-profit milk banks in North America have reached critically . . . → Read More: Giving Of Myself – A Breast Milk Donor’s Story

Helping Moms To Breastfeed


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 how . . . → Read More: Helping Moms To Breastfeed