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The “Boob Cube” comes to the Superbowl!
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 from January 27th through February 5th, with 24-hour coverage starting today … Continue reading
Olympic Medalist Deena Kastor Supports Nursing in Public
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 game plan for success! Deena’s steady focus on her goal, smart … Continue reading
Booby Traps Series: Is there a “soft bigotry of low expectations” when it comes to breastfeeding?
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 support in the hospital. Today I’m pleased to … Continue reading
Target Responds
Copyright Target Nurse-In We reached out to Target last week on Wednesday, December 21st to see if we could work with them so that the nurse-in scheduled for tomorrow, Dec. 28, 2011 would not be necessary. Nurse-ins require a … Continue reading
FAQs on Target National Nurse-in, Dec. 28 2011
At last count, nurse-ins have been organized at over 100 Target stores across the country for 10 a.m. local time on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011. For locations and more information, join the closed Facebook group, Target Nurse-In and see the … Continue reading
Booby Traps Series: Cultural traps in the hospital, and a “look” I won’t forget.
This post is the 28th in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. I’ll be writing for a few weeks about a set of Booby Traps which are both seldom discussed and … Continue reading
Help us Create a Company Policy & Employee Training Toolkit for Target & Other Stores, Restaurants, etc.
Yesterday, we posted about an incidence at a Houston area Target where a mother was humiliated and harassed for breastfeeding in the store, despite Target’s corporate policy, and despite the legal right Texas mothers have to breastfeed in public. … Continue reading
Target Employees Bully Breastfeeding Mom Despite Corporate Policy
Although Target issued a corporate statement supporting nursing mothers in 2006, apparently they are still falling short on efforts to educate employees about their policy. (You may remember the incident in 2006 reported by thelactivist and the incident in … Continue reading
Booby Traps Series: “They said the latch was fine.”
This is the 27th in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. There are few topics that get me going more than the quality of help mothers get in the hospital getting … Continue reading
Alyssa Milano: Charmed by Breastfeeding!
Woohoo! Alyssa Milano and her son Milo, born August 31, are breastfeeding champs! The super cool actress was super quick to respond to questions from our readers and staff, and we’re thrilled to share them with you. (As usual, we’ve footnoted our … Continue reading









