Sentences with phrase «friends at a breastfeeding»

I also met some great friends at a breastfeeding group!

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Holiness for me was found in the mess and labour of giving birth, in birthday parties and community pools, in the battling sweetness of breastfeeding, in the repetition of cleaning, in the step of faith it took to go back to church again, in the hours of chatting that have to precede the real heart - to - heart talks, in the yelling at my kids sometimes, in the crying in restaurants with broken hearted friends, in the uncomfortable silences at our bible study when we're all weighing whether or not to say what we really think, in the arguments inherent to staying in love with each other, in the unwelcome number on the scale, in the sounding out of vowels during bedtime book reading, in the dust and stink and heat of a tent city in Port au Prince, in the beauty of a soccer game in the Haitian dust, in the listening to someone else's story, in the telling of my own brokenness, in the repentance, in the secret telling and the secret keeping, in the suffering and the mourning, in the late nights tending sick babies, in confronting fears, in the all of a life.

I told her about another friend who gave up breastfeeding her 1st child at 3 weeks, due to bad medical advice, about an abcess.

I have a few friends who asked my «why breastfeed when formula's free at WIC» though I do not qualify for WIC due to income guidelines.

If they see mom, auntie, or mom's friend regularly breastfeeding a baby, chances are they at some point will try to do the same.

Take care, Annie I should note as well, because I couldn't find a way to work it into the letter, that if I know a friend is planning to breastfeed, I often try to arm them with good information (e.g. good books, good websites, how to find a lactation consultant) ahead of time and let them know that I am there if they have any questions at all.

Or when you keep your already sleep - deprived self up at night wondering if you're kids are going to be as smart or as healthy or as flexible (insert some other silly adjective here) as your best friend's kid who was breastfed for two years.

These are truths you'll only hear about from your closest friends, like how breastfeeding will not only make your boobs sag but get smaller at the same time, and how there's a good chance you'll poop on the delivery table.

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You may want to consider dedicating those first few days after birth to staying at home so you can feed both children on demand surrounded by understanding family and friends as you may feel a little self - conscious and exposed if you are breastfeeding your older child as well.

But I know that not all women have the opportunity to breastfeed at all, or they must stop breastfeeding sooner than they'd like because they don't have the support they need at work, or from their spouse, or from their friends and family.

I was just talking yesterday with a friend of mine whose wife had such trouble breastfeeding that she quit trying at 3 weeks and they formula fed from that point on.

Little boys that either play with the doll themselves (I hear people everywhere freaking out at the idea) or at least see their sister or friends play with the doll will have an early precedent set that breastfeeding is just how babies are fed.

For example, if your mother - in - law or best friend really wanted to breastfeed but didn't succeed, her disappointment or feelings of failure might end up being directed at you in the form of critical or discouraging comments.

I remember one evening with a friend, while I was pregnant with my first baby, chatting and gossiping about and seriously judging a mom friend we knew, who was ruining her «breastfeeding relationship,» by letting her husband give their baby a bottle of formula so she could sleep at night.

As far as breastfeeding goes, from what I understand when I talk to friends and people I know, mothers seem to really want to breastfeed for a long time but their employers often expect them to be back at work around 3 - 5 months after they give birth.

It seemed every friend I knew didn't have kids - and was out partying - while I was at home with stinky diapers to wash, a dirty house, meals I couldn't even begin to think about cooking, a newborn - and a breastfeeding «bond» that I had no idea how people were actually successful with!!

An at - breast supplementer can feel like a fiddly feeding device at first... but it can come to be the reliable friend that helps you keep breastfeeding going strong.

But I also have female friends who've been stay - at - home moms and have been able to breastfeed for a long time.

I did not breast feed at night but I have other mom and therapist friends who breastfed their children and used the same or very similar method with success.

I have 2 week old twins and we tandem breastfeed at home with the My Brest Friend nursing pillow, but I'm nervous about how to do this out of the house.

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You'd be surprised at how much you can learn from family, friends or breastfeeding support workers who have experience of using breast pumps.

While it may be challenging at first, moms who make the commitment to breastfeed and have support from family, friends and their doctor become the experts and the role models for the next generation.

Whether you're out in public or at home visiting with family and friends, you may feel a little uncomfortable breastfeeding around other people.

I have friends who were not interested in trying breastfeeding at all.

Since then, my friends all told me the dirty little secret of breastfeeding: It can very definitely hurt at first.

Have you ever asked your friend for help with parenting, diaper rashes, or breastfeeding, and been so confused by their answer that you wish you hadn't asked at all?

I don't understand the thought processes of my other friends and family who don't try or don't try to prolong breastfeeding for long term when they're stay - at - home moms.

I had never been to a La Leche League meeting... I didn't really have any close breastfeeding mama friends yet at the time, and I hadn't really ever seen a mom breastfeeding her child.

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We all have the friend who insists we will damage our baby if we don't breastfeed for at least a year.

A friend of mine inquired at work and actually a special room was designated for breastfeeding mothers.

My friend lend me a bassinet on wheels that become very practical I use it to keep the babies near when they were napping and I was washing dishes, cooking, showering, but at night we had a futon on the floor so we all fit and because they were breastfeed we all had a «good night's sleep» (I never changed nappies in the middle of the night)

I was once REVERSE harassed about Breastfeeding at a friend's baby shower.

At the broadest level, women need the social support of friends and family; we need to progress to a point where breastfeeding is accepted as a social norm and a part of life.

For breastfeeding practices to improve, there needs to be support at every level: supportive frameworks should exist within public policy, law, the health - care system, communities, families and friends.

When a friend of mine, before me, had breastfed * Her * daughter at 3, my mother kept making comments about «I wonder if it's the mother's needs»... it made me so mad.

This means hang around breastfeeding moms — either friends of yours who have babies and are breastfeeding, or if you don't know any then go to a breastfeeding support group like La Leche League or at the hospital where you plan to have your baby.

JESSICA: Yeah, I have a son and my friend has a son who is 2 months older and they are two now but at the time Matteo - my friend's son was 6 months and my son was 4 months and I was breastfeeding my son and I started babysitting her son Matteo and he was having issues with formula so I offered to breastfeed her son as well and she was all for it.

Fortunately, Greg's friend and mentor, Dr. Herbert Ratner, provided breastfeeding support and encouragement with the next few babies, and after the third one, all the rest were born at home, making it easier for them to get off to a good start.

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Meet new friends and have your questions answered at local get - togethers run by trained volunteer breastfeeding counsellors or educators.

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 have several friends whose first attempt at breastfeeding was unsuccessful but who resolved to learn more, try again, and seek help when necessary, and went on to have happy nursing relationships with subsequent kids.)

How is it that we can think a breastfeeding toddler who is drinking his own mother's milk is strange and «unnecessary», yet drinking the milk from a cow which is made to grow a calf (which weighs up to 45 kilos at birth) is seen as not only normal but superior?!! How is it that doctor's, midwives, mothers, fathers, friends and strangers can suggest that switching to a cow's milk is superior to a child's own mother's milk?!

Despite my early worries, I was a smashing success at breastfeeding, but not only breastfeeding: I tandem breastfed twice, and even breastfed my best friend's baby, my godson.

Our friends at the Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association (BMBFA) are partnering with us in our donation of over a quarter of a million dollars in nursing bras.

My mother and her best friend Carla had babies who were nine months apart so they were breastfeeding at the same time.