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 IV . . . → Read More: Jewel’s Breastfeeding Journey]]> http://mommynewsblog.com/jewel%e2%80%99s-breastfeeding-journey/feed/ 3 http://mommynewsblog.com/breastfeeding-and-the-medical-profession-part-two/ http://mommynewsblog.com/breastfeeding-and-the-medical-profession-part-two/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:13:49 +0000 Mommy News http://mommynewsblog.com/?p=5275 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 know . . . → Read More: Breastfeeding And The Medical Profession, Part Two]]> http://mommynewsblog.com/breastfeeding-and-the-medical-profession-part-two/feed/ 6 http://mommynewsblog.com/breastfeeding-and-the-medical-profession-one-moms-story/ http://mommynewsblog.com/breastfeeding-and-the-medical-profession-one-moms-story/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:10:43 +0000 Mommy News http://mommynewsblog.com/?p=5180 By Tiffany Holley

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 know anything about breastfeeding.

It makes me so sad to think of all the babies that . . . → Read More: Breastfeeding And The Medical Profession – One Mom’s Story]]> http://mommynewsblog.com/breastfeeding-and-the-medical-profession-one-moms-story/feed/ 14 http://mommynewsblog.com/one-moms-breastfeeding-story/ http://mommynewsblog.com/one-moms-breastfeeding-story/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:06:16 +0000 Mommy News http://mommynewsblog.com/?p=4235 By Tiffany Holley

I’ve got a lot of years of nursing under my belt, er, bra… And three very different experiences.

Mom nursed my sister and I, so formula was just not something I ever considered. She went with me to my first La Leche League meeting when I was pregnant with my first.