Category Archives: Prepare

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 support in the hospital.  Today I’m pleased to … Continue reading →

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Booby Traps Series: Cultural traps in the hospital, and a “look” I won’t forget.

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on December 20, 2011

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 →

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Booby Traps Series: “They said the latch was fine.”

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on December 14, 2011

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 →

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Booby Traps Series: One mom’s experience with skin-to-skin in the operating room

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on December 8, 2011

This post is the 26th in a series on Booby Traps made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. Following up on last week’s post on skin-to-skin after a cesarean, I’m very happy to share this interview with … Continue reading →

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Booby Traps Series: Skin-to-skin in the operating room after a cesarean birth is possible, improves breastfeeding rates. Could this be the beginning of a trend?

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on December 2, 2011

This post is the 25th in a series on Booby Traps made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. A little while back I wrote about the power of skin-to-skin contact and its relationship to breastfeeding and many … Continue reading →

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Booby Traps Series: Pushing pacifiers?

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on November 23, 2011

This post is the 24th in a series on Booby Traps made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. For several years I taught breastfeeding classes at area hospitals.  At one class, in addition to about ten expecting … Continue reading →

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Booby Traps Series: Staff motivation can get in the way of Kangaroo Care and Skin-to-Skin

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on November 1, 2011

This post is the 23rd in a series on Booby Traps made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. To borrow a phrase, if there were a drug that could do the following things for premature and/or term … Continue reading →

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Booby Traps Series: Is this a hospital room or Grand Central Station?

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on October 27, 2011

This is the 22nd in a series of posts on the Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. It’s postpartum day one for 29 nursing mothers and babies in an Ohio hospital who have agreed … Continue reading →

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Booby Traps Series: Attack of the giant bulb syringe.

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on October 14, 2011

This is the 21st in a series of posts on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. My doula once attended a training in which the presenter shoved a giant bulb syringe in the faces … Continue reading →

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Booby Traps Series: “I used to ‘forget’ to cut the cord.” Why hospitals should delay newborn procedures until after the first feeding.

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on October 6, 2011

This is the 20th post in a series on Booby Traps made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. Keeping mothers and babies together as much as possible right after birth has long been recognized as important for … Continue reading →

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