Making Sense of the Science

A Babe’s Guide to Pumping

By Fleur Bickford, BSc., RN, IBCLC | Posted on November 30, 2011

Whether pumping at work, pumping at home for the occasional night out, or pumping to protect milk production while managing breastfeeding challenges, many mothers these days use a breast...

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Celeb News

Olympic Medalist Deena Kastor Supports Nursing in Public

By Danielle Rigg, JD CLC | Posted on February 1, 2012

Deena Kastor, Olympic Running Medalist, American Record Holder, and new mom to daughter Piper, age 10 months, shares how treating breastfeeding like training for a race is a great...

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Babeworthy

The “Boob Cube” comes to the Superbowl!

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on February 2, 2012

While Giants-Patriots rivalries reign on the playing field, nursing mothers are likely to pump both sides, instead of taking sides, at the Lactation Station provided for Superbowl guests. Open...

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Booby Traps

Booby Traps Series: Is there a “soft bigotry of low expectations” when it comes to breastfeeding?

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on January 17, 2012

This is the 29th post in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. In my last post I wrote about cultural issues and breastfeeding...

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Advocacy

Dr. Harvey Karp & Top Pediatricians Back Breastfeeding on Sesame Street

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on January 17, 2012

While nearly 30,000 petition signees clearly think that breastfeeding should be shown on Sesame Street as a normal, healthy way to feed babies, it seems that there is still a strong...

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Support 360

Influencing the Influencers: World Pneumonia Day

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on November 14, 2011

Behind the scenes at Best for Babes, one of the most important things we do is reach out through our network to connect with influencers who can help us put the "breastfeeding message"...

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