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Booby Traps Series: To normalize breastfeeding, start in the schools.
The back to school season got me thinking: Where where better to start with the project of normalizing breastfeeding than with kids, who hold the attitudes of the future? Exposure to breastfeeding does change attitudes in kids. Research has … Continue reading
Last revised on 08/28/2013
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
Booby Traps Series: How a History of Sexual Abuse Affects Breastfeeding
If Penny Simkin, author of When Survivors Give Birth, is right, between 25% and 40% of all women may be survivors of early sexual abuse. And if that’s the case, many women of child-bearing age may face an often invisible … Continue reading
Last revised on 08/21/2013
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
Booby Traps Series: Donor milk use is growing in NICUs, but not fast enough for some babies.
Last year a friend of mine had a baby in the U.K. Her baby was preterm, and I was doing what I could over email to help with breastfeeding while her baby was in the NICU. Anticipating that she might … Continue reading
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Best Breastfeeding Deals & Giveaways for Breastfeeding Month, August 2013!
Here’s a roundup of great deals courtesy of our wonderful sponsors, in honor of National Breastfeeding Awareness Month, August 2013. All of our sponsors are WHO-CODE compliant and meet the rigorous criteria of our C.A.R.E. - WHO Alliance, pledging … Continue reading
Last revised on 08/09/2013
Athlete & Author Gabby Reece: Top Fitness Tips for Breastfeeding Moms
We first interviewed fitness expert and author Gabby Reece in 2009 for our Celebrity Champions for Moms Blog Series and got her exclusive breastfeeding story about nursing daughters Reece and Brody. We were awestruck by what an absolute font of wisdom she was on … Continue reading
Last revised on 08/08/2013
Booby Traps Series: Was breastfeeding in the hospital harder on the night shift? It probably wasn’t your imagination.
Did you feel like nursing at night in the hospital was harder than during the day? If you did, there are probably some good reasons for that, and they’re not all about your biology. Of course, the mismatch between your … Continue reading
Last revised on 08/05/2013
Booby Traps Series: Jury duty is sometimes a trial for nursing moms.
In 2008, Maryland mother Elizabeth Jett was called for jury duty. At the time she was breastfeeding her baby boy, Henry, who was less than 12 weeks old. Jett asked the judge to postpone her service until the summer because … Continue reading
Last revised on 07/23/2013
