August 2nd, 2010
Ameda, a wonderful breastpump company, launched the “I Breastfeed Beacause…” Campaign yesterday to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. This campaign is designed to give women all over the world the ability to voice their reasons for breastfeeding.
Mothers who are currently breastfeeding, or have in the past, are encouraged to log onto www.ibreastfeedbecause.com to . . . → Read More: I Breastfeed Because…
July 18th, 2010
Our guest post last week on Breastfeeding Support Bags at Hospitals was SOOOOO popular and inspired so many moms to get something started in their own areas! It is amazing! So I asked Amanda Mack, the author of the post and founder of the Laramie Breastfeeding Bag Project to write up a list . . . → Read More: Suggestions For Starting a Breastfeeding Support Bag Project
July 15th, 2010
By Amanda Mack
Baby Owen at age 6 months
On December 21, 2009, our second son decided to come into the world with the assistance of our mid-wife Esther and our doula Michelle. We were so full of the bliss that comes with bringing another sweet baby into the world naturally and the . . . → Read More: Breastfeeding Bags At Hospitals – A Remarkable Project!
June 4th, 2010
By Tiffany Holley
Jewel and I got off to a rough start with our breastfeeding relationship.
Her birth was difficult, and we ended up with not quite the totally natural birth I had hoped for. Thankfully, she and I were both healthy, and able to leave the hospital immediately.
I had been given . . . → Read More: Jewel’s Breastfeeding Journey
May 17th, 2010
It has been nearly 10 months since my son weaned. You can read our full breastfeeding/weaning story which I wrote a few months before he weaned. His weaning process was a compilation of gentle techniques that I employed to encourage weaning combined with his own natural self-weaning process.
To be honest, there was . . . → Read More: Do You Remember…
April 9th, 2010
By Tiffany Holley
As a mom-to-be or new mom deciding how to feed your baby, you’re likely to get tons of advice. That’s true of any parenting issue of course.
What surprises me about feeding “advice” is how much of it starts with, “Well you won’t be able to, because…”
Some are . . . → Read More: Breastfeeding With Implants – It Can Be Done!
February 26th, 2010
By Tiffany Holley
Let me start by briefly reiterating what I explained in my previous post of medical escapades:
I appreciate my doctors. I appreciate the medical system that got me through a variety of health issues. They know a lot about what they were trained in…
…But they do not necessarily . . . → Read More: Breastfeeding And The Medical Profession, Part Two