Not exact matches
To the best of our ability, their father and I raised our children to
see both parents
working in the home and without as normal, and when they grew up, our daughters, our only children, had no second thoughts about giving time to their careers, nor to the advantages of
breastfeeding and the importance of providing healthy, whole foods to their families.
Believe it or not I
work not only in healthcare but in a NICU and while I
see breastfeeding encouraged (especially initially for the colostrum), I have had my share of funny looks and criticism when I share the fact that I am still
breastfeeding my own 2 1/2 year old daughter.
When you have to return to
work within weeks of giving birth, AND you have access to free formula, I really
see how
breastfeeding rates would take a hit.
I had lots of help: dh was not
working at the time and was committed to helping me 24/7 and was 100 % supportive; mil is a IBCLC and would drop everything and come to our home if we called her; my midwife was passionate about
breastfeeding, visited me ever other day, sometimes every day; I
saw Dr. Jack Newman regularly until my son was 8 weeks old.
We have heard tremendous praise about her care from clients and certainly
see the benefits of her
work ourselves in the ease of which our clients birth and
breastfeed.
I stopped
breastfeeding at 8 months and now with diet and exercise I am
seeing results, however it's taking a lot of
work and going slow.
You will
see films and other
works about Margaret Mead announcing that she «reintroduced
breastfeeding to America.»
Unfortunately in the past 12 years of
working with
breastfeeding women, I have
seen many women describe the moment they started to notice their baby prefer the bottle and refuse the breast.
He said something that struck me: «you know, I think they've been
breastfeeding, we've
worked so hard but it's not like you ever
see pictures of
breastfed babies getting bottles.
In addition, weighing has wrongly been
seen as a good way to assess whether
breastfeeding is «
working».
I want every woman to feel that it is possible to
breastfeed her child successfully, and I want to
see entire communities
work together to support those efforts.
If you read more of Dr Amy's
work, you'll
see that she is not actually against
breastfeeding at all.
Just to
see if I can't squeeze anything, and alas,
breastfeeding during the second trimester makes for hard
work.
When you consider all of the advantages of
breastfeeding, especially the health and bonding benefits, you will
see breastfeeding really is easier for
working moms in the long run.
I spent the next ten weeks triple feeding,
seeing lactation consultants, going to
breastfeeding support groups,
working with an occupational therapist, trying nipple shields and SNS and praying that she would get strong enough to transfer milk on her own.
While we understand that it's an adjustment to
see a baby at
work, and perhaps even an additional adjustment to
see a baby
breastfeeding at
work, it is our priority to ensure that moms and babies are together.
It's only really
seen in large groups and certainly is not a reason to
breastfeed if other benefits, like
working or a happy mother, are lost.
Since my last post I've purchased probably all of the recommended bottles for
breastfed babies, and we're
working our way through them to
see what she will like best.
While we do have some of the highest numbers of mothers who
breastfeed internationally, we also have some of the fastest return to
work rates among mothers and formula is
seen as a way of life.
Instead of
seeing breastfeeding and formula as a simple choice (something formula companies have
worked hard to promote), lactivists
work to make
breastfeeding the normal, default option.
See a health care provider or board - certified lactation consultant to
work on your latch and support you with your
breastfeeding goals,» Chamblin says.
It's also so very helpful for
working mothers who want to continue
breastfeeding, and we honestly need to
see more breast pumping depicted in the media.
As a mother who
breastfed both children (and
worked through multiple problems in order to be successful), it drives me a little crazy to
see negative
breastfeeding stereotypes reinforced on mainstream television programs.
It does not take an understanding of complex statistics to
see that we would not have survived as a species if the simple, natural way or birthing and
breastfeeding did not
work most of the time.
This stems from a sexualization of
breastfeeding and our culture's fear of
seeing even a hint of nipple, and groups like La Leche League have
worked hard to counter that view.
1st — 7th August
sees World
Breastfeeding Week celebrated all around the world with an aim of encouraging breastfeeding and improving the health of babies globally.The theme for 2017 World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is Sustaining Breastfeeding Together, which sees a number of organisations working together for the common good to promote the role that breastfeeding plays in our wellbeing.Breastfeeding i
Breastfeeding Week celebrated all around the world with an aim of encouraging
breastfeeding and improving the health of babies globally.The theme for 2017 World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is Sustaining Breastfeeding Together, which sees a number of organisations working together for the common good to promote the role that breastfeeding plays in our wellbeing.Breastfeeding i
breastfeeding and improving the health of babies globally.The theme for 2017 World
Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is Sustaining Breastfeeding Together, which sees a number of organisations working together for the common good to promote the role that breastfeeding plays in our wellbeing.Breastfeeding i
Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is Sustaining
Breastfeeding Together, which sees a number of organisations working together for the common good to promote the role that breastfeeding plays in our wellbeing.Breastfeeding i
Breastfeeding Together, which
sees a number of organisations
working together for the common good to promote the role that
breastfeeding plays in our wellbeing.Breastfeeding i
breastfeeding plays in our wellbeing.
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The biggest reason those didn't
work is that most
breastfeeding experts don't take the time to
see the whole picture of you and your baby
breastfeeding.
She enjoys
working with Leader Applicants and
seeing their enthusiasm for
breastfeeding and mothering.
I
worked out while
breastfeeding with both of my babies and did not
see any effect on my milk supply or on my child accepting my milk after a workout (lactic acid levels increase a little after
working out, but studies show there is no effect on the baby).
But by virtue of the
work I do, I
see my fair share of low milk supply cases (I
see the babies who are having issues with
breastfeeding!).
I could
see from
working within the hospital setting, that there was a tremendous need for additional in - home support for
breastfeeding women.
The kit was
seen to be a valuable resource to both assist in the development of policy as well as to raise awareness of the issues surrounding balancing
breastfeeding and
work.
In other studies, combining
breastfeeding with paid
work was usually not considered possible or at best was
seen as difficult to do by women (Kurinij et al., 1989; Gielen et al., 1991; Bagwell et al., 1992; Gorman et al., 1995; Nolan and Goel, 1995).
We can
see them as agents who think, feel, decide and, when it
works for them and their babies,
breastfeed.
You can tell that Ana has a genuine passion for this
work and is committed to
seeing moms succeed at
breastfeeding without being judgmental if a mother feels like she wants to stop (believe me, I wanted to quit many times).
As you can
see from the clip of the film below, we still have a lot of
work to do to normalize
breastfeeding.
In my
work I
see many gutsy women who have experienced awful grief about weaning early with previous babies (often this is their third or fourth baby) but they are facing their fears of «failure» and giving
breastfeeding a go with subsequent babies — and winning this time around!
For more tips and information
see: The Womanly Art of
Breastfeeding 8th edition, Schaumburg, IL: LLLI, 2010, pages 425 — 426 and Mohrbacher, N.
Working and
Breastfeeding Made Simple.
I have
seen babies who are upset every time they go near a breast because they have been handled roughly by hospital staff (mothers» breasts have been grabbed and their baby's head shoved onto a breast); I have
seen women who have been told they don't have enough milk or «your milk isn't strong enough» (this is never true and usually comes from an older relative who may have been told this a generation ago); women who have been advised to give their babies a top - up bottle only to have the baby find the fast milk flow easier than
working at the breast so consequently, weaning begins before
breastfeeding even becomes established.
Rachelle has
worked in the hospital setting —
seeing patients in L&D, postpartum and NICU — as well as running the hospital out - patient clinic and weekly
breastfeeding support group.
By that i mean I've
seen babies who potentially have posterior tongue ties who have
breastfed better after having them released as well as ones who've done better after having a lactation consultant
work closely with them to improve positioning.
Apart from trying these six
breastfeeding positions to
see which
works well for you, your baby may be having trouble with their latch on.
I'm definitely intrigued by the babybond nursing covers... the design looks so interesting, and I'd love to
see how it really
works when
breastfeeding my baby.
I get the frustration of someone who gets pounded into their head that they are killing their baby if they don't
breastfeed then it doesn't
work out for them but I can
see the point about it opening the doors to someone else who may not give it the shot that maybe they could have to make it
work.
Using a data set from the Centers for Disease Control, Spitzmueller and her team examined survey responses from 859 women returning to
work to
see if their
work experiences were predictors of their
breastfeeding decisions.
I already knew from my
work that women often need support and advice with
breastfeeding, but I just didn't
see anything available around the clock — after all,
breastfeeding happens at any time of the day and night!
See below and my previous Blog for links to comments and briefings about the importance of ensuring that media don't feed commonly held misconceptions about how
breastfeeding works.
I can
see how women can believe they truly couldn't
breastfeed — that they tried everything they could think of yet nothing
worked; that they reached a point they simply couldn't take anymore trying.
While the improvements in the text regarding cross-promotion may
work to protect
breastfeeding (which remains to be
seen), mothers who use formula have been failed by those who voted down the objections.
After all,
breastfeeding for 9 months
worked for my mom, and since
breastfeeding is a largely private activity, I didn't
see anything to disabuse me of the idea that
breastfeeding for an extended period of time was «weird,» because it was weird to me.