There's also a wealth of books
about breastfeeding on the market, some of which have been reviewed by Mumsnetters.
That's just one of several things I wish I'd known
about breastfeeding on demand, because there are a lot of misunderstandings about it.
Listen in iTunes Listen in Stitcher Today I'm here with my friend Joy MacTavish talking
about Breastfeeding on the natural path: on cue, at night, in public, and full term.
«I would look up articles
about breastfeeding on Pinterest and watch videos on YouTube and Google certain things,» she says.
We talk a lot
about breastfeeding on demand, so much that when I found myself breastfeeding a toddler I just kept right on doing it on demand!
I spent most days thinking about what I had done wrong and reading articles
about breastfeeding on the internet.
Both my Crohn's Specialist and OBGYN agreed that the treatments were safe throughout the pregnancy, but they have different opinions
about breastfeeding on
-LSB-...] No need to hide: Great public service announcements
about breastfeeding on a toilet (or rather why you shouldn't...).
The truths that she learned from the Samoan women
about breastfeeding on demand were correct and transformed maternal culture in America.
-LSB-...] of you have a probably read my series of posts
about breastfeeding on an airplane.
Not exact matches
But all that most people saw when they looked at the magazine cover was a fully - clothed boy of
about four or five years old standing
on a chair to
breastfeed.
If a woman couldn't
breastfeed because of lack of support or lack of maternity leave or social pressure and used formula and made her peace with it and moved
on, then hears
about a campaign to provide others with what she did not have, I think there is some pain (that she didn't have it) and anger (why should they get it when I didn't) that is a legitimate reaction that needs to be addressed before moving
on.
-LCB- And while it's totally a personal decision, and I have NO interest in «debating» the issue, I do want to pass
on an informative little note
about breastfeeding and alcohol for those of you who have shared with me your concern. -RCB-
Home to discussions
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on cue, extended
breastfeeding, comfort nursing, bottle nursing, introducing solids, gentle weaning, coping with toddler pickiness, creating healthy eating habits in older children and more.
If you have diabetes, PCOS, breast reduction surgery or other conditions mentioned in this post, did your health care providers talk to you
about the possible impact
on your ability to
breastfeed?
To read more
about others» experiences and thoughts
on pregnancy and
breastfeeding, please visit the other carnival participants listed below:
With Domperidone, herbs, pumping 5 - 6x a day
on top of
breastfeeding, I managed to work up to
about 80 % of what he needed & supplemented from 12 days to 10 months.
Just putting my own experience in — my son lost interest in
breastfeeding at
about 14 months, my daughter still woke for a night feed
on occaision till she was a little over 4.
During my short tenure
on the Internets, I've learned that a sure way to get a gazillion controversial comments **
on an article is to write
about circumcision,
breastfeeding in public, or flying with kids.
In addition, if you are a healthcare provider working with a woman with diabetes, PCOS, hypoplasia or other conditions that impact her fertility, it is important to talk to her
about the potential impact
on her ability to
breastfeed.
«In any case, there is clearly more going
on the
breastfeeding vs. formula feeding debate than just worrying
about who can make which choices.
The formula companies will try to deceive you into clicking
on their ads by pretending they are
about breastfeeding.
Our daughter was eleven - months - old
on our first trip, and she'd weaned herself from
breastfeeding at
about nine months.
I wrote 200 posts
about breastfeeding and another 600 or so
on other topics.
And what
about the ad that appears
on this blog touting the «superpowers» that
breastfeeding brings.
Surprisingly, there's not even any negative content
about breastfeeding in public
on the page, something that's always a cause of controversy.
I realize (with tears coming
on) how sad I still am (3 years later)
about my experience with
breastfeeding (or rather with not
breastfeeding).
Channel 4 also ran a longer segment
about it
on the morning of the event (view the video) and interviewed Jennifer Weddig * of the Colorado
Breastfeeding Task Force.
And NBC's Channel 9 published a story
about it — Local moms try to beat national
breastfeeding record —
on their website.
Christine at Pop discourse wrote
On Bloggers,
Breastfeeding, Formula, Morality, Change, & the Nestle Family Event and talks
about why she chose not to attend the #NestleFamily event and how all of this impacts blogger relations in general.
-LSB-...] is a debate going
on about the hidden cost of
breastfeeding.
Sadly unless she was
on some heavy duty anti-psychotics she was misled
about not
breastfeeding on antidepressants.
If you feel unsure of your parenting choices because they are different than the «mainstream,» I doubt the answer is to boast
about breastfeeding and co sleeping while trying to make moms who formula feed feel like shit just so that you can give yourself a pat
on the back.
They also mused
about the findings potentially opening up further discussion
on breastfeeding and feminism (I'm always up for discussion).
My favorite thing
about breastfeeding was
on the airplane.
I make it a point to talk
about why I gave up
on breastfeeding so early - because I know (now) that I was wrong
about a lot of things - and I hope that it will somehow help other moms (and myself next time around).
Someone reading either of these stories
on their own could be led to believe a conclusion
about the financial aspects of
breastfeeding that is not entirely complete.
If a mom came
on there and posted
about how much she missed
breastfeeding and how sad she was that she wasn't able to
breastfeed anymore, I would bring up relactation as an option.
Education during pregnancy rarely has anything serious to do with
breastfeeding, and since
breastfeeding is perceived by most pre-parenthood women to be a natural, instinctive thing instead of a learned behavior (
on both mom & baby's part) if it doesn't go absolutely perfectly from the first moments they may feel something is wrong with THEM and clam up
about it while quietly giving the baby the hospital - offered bottle along with the bag of formula samples they give out «just in case» even if you explicitly tell them you're
breastfeeding (which was my experience with my firstborn in 2004 and one of the many highly informed reasons I chose to birth my next two at home).
I'd sit
on message boards for hours reading what everyone was saying
about breastfeeding, learning
about what kind of cribs I should get, and discovering what I should be teaching my children at different stages.
This book not only guides you step by step
about breastfeeding, but also provides tips
on how to stay healthy when you
breastfeed.
LEILANI WILDE: Yeah and they were talking
about how, the concerns of a mom cradling a baby and when a new mom is
breastfeeding she tends to lean forward also and if she is in the middle of the night and she falls asleep then the weight of the baby could actually put some pressure
on that little one, so... so there are some concerns, but for the most part that's rare and far between.
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Katherine Dettwyler, an associate professor of anthropology and nutrition at Texas A&M University, conducted a study in the late 1990s
on 1,280 children whose parents self - reported information
about their
breastfeeding practices.
PRIYA NEMBHARD: Today we are talking
about IVF and the impact
on breastfeeding.
On a 2003 episode of CBS's Early Show, Dr. Carden Johnston, the AAP's president at the time, claimed that he was absolutely in favor of a campaign to promote
breastfeeding but worried
about the tone of this particular campaign.
Based
on the findings, they estimated that
about 720 infant deaths would be prevented annually if all American women
breastfed their babies for the first year.
Are you
on the fence
about breastfeeding, or have you definitely decided that
breastfeeding is right for you and your baby?
This is hands down, one of the best books
on breastfeeding that educates you
about everything, from equipment to sanitization, from how to carry the baby to how to feed.
This book is no doubt one of the best books
on breastfeeding with the tricks and tips, stats and facts and everything a mom needs to know
about breastfeeding.