Category Archives: Prepare
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
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
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
Booby Traps Series: Pushing pacifiers?
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
Booby Traps Series: Staff motivation can get in the way of Kangaroo Care and Skin-to-Skin
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
Booby Traps Series: Is this a hospital room or Grand Central Station?
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
Booby Traps Series: Attack of the giant bulb syringe.
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









