Category Archives: Support 360
More Help Coming for Underfunded Breastfeeding Cause!
Consider these numbers: Susan G. Komen raised $372 million last year through donations, corporate sponsorships, and race entry fees. Charity Navigator reports on another 28 breast cancer charities, which along with Komen raise a total of $1.7 billion annually. The American Cancer Society raised $723 million in 2011. … Continue reading
Last revised on 08/23/2013
LPGA’s Danah Bordner: I Golf For the Love of Moms & Babies!
We asked Best for Babes Champion for Moms and LPGA Pro Golfer Danah Bordner for her top tips and tricks for training while breastfeeding. We are so proud of Danah for playing the U.S. Women’s Open this summer with a 7 month old baby in arms! … Continue reading
Last revised on 08/15/2013
Team We’ve Got Your Back, Babe! Krista Cornish Scott Sweats for the Love of Moms and Babies!
Each week during our Team We’ve Got Your Back, Babe! Nationwide Fitness Challenge with Breastfeeding USA in honor of National Breastfeeding Month, we are profiling an amazing participant and sharing her story of why and how she is boldly going … Continue reading
Last revised on 08/13/2013
Help Baby Charlotte Get Enough Banked Miracle Milk™!
After suffering a severe traumatic brain injury in December that was originally deemed fatal, Charlotte Rose continues to defy all odds! Not only is she alive but she is thriving, due in part to her daily infusions of mothers milk. … Continue reading
Last revised on 05/21/2013
Thank you to all the moms who donate their Miracle Milk(R)!
Late yesterday, we received this picture and thank you note from Baby Charlotte Rose’s grandmother wanting to express her gratitude to ALL of the mothers who have donated their milk to help her grandbaby recover from a fatal severe traumatic … Continue reading
Last revised on 05/13/2013
Miracle Milk® Helps Heal Brain Injured, Formula-Fed Baby
The science is clear: Our very own mom-made Miracle Milk® provides perfect and customized nutrition and lifelong protection against many illnesses and diseases. But one exciting question is still unanswered: can breast milk be used medicinally as treatment in babies … Continue reading
Last revised on 02/11/2013
Milk Train Brings Healing to Baby and Mom
Our dear friend and lactation expert, Nikki Lee, has more than breastfeeding know-how to share; she is one of those ‘wise women’ whose example and storytelling shines a light for her own generation, this one and the next. Here, in … Continue reading
Last revised on 12/27/2012
What doulas can teach about support without judgement.
I recently had the opportunity to read The Gentle Art of Newborn Family Care: A Guide for Doulas and Caregivers, by Salle Webber. While this book is written for postpartum doulas, it occurred to me as I read it that … Continue reading
Last revised on 11/02/2012
It’s Not Just About Breastfeeding
This Mother’s Day post is dedicated to the millions of moms who don’t or can’t breastfeed. I am now one of them since breast cancer took my breasts, at age 37. It’s for all of the moms who decide not to breastfeed, … Continue reading
Last revised on 05/05/2012
Racial Breastfeeding Disparity Disappears at Baby Friendly Hospitals
One of the biggest issues in breastfeeding is the disparity in breastfeeding rates among different races. (Read: Is there a “soft bigotry of low expectations” when it comes to breastfeeding?) The gap between African American women and women of other … Continue reading
Last revised on 04/25/2012