Category Archives: Prepare
Booby Traps Series: Did your child care provider support breastfeeding? It makes a difference.
This post is the 63rd in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. Last week a mother in Toronto spoke out after being told that she couldn’t nurse her twins in the … Continue reading
Last revised on 11/20/2012
Booby Traps Series: Let’s give thanks for this year’s Booby Trap-busting developments
This is the 62nd in a series of posts on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. You might think that writing each week about Booby Traps would make one feel pretty discouraged. But I’m … Continue reading
Last revised on 11/19/2012
Science You Can Use: “Shoot ’em while you got ’em?” New study raises questions about early Depo-Provera shots and breastfeeding problems.
A hot-off-the-press study is raising questions about the effect of early Depo-Provera contraceptive shots and breastfeeding outcomes. For some time I’ve been hearing that mothers - often low income women of color - are being given Depo-Provera shots very early … Continue reading
Last revised on 11/16/2012
Booby Traps Series: Our checklist for avoiding the Booby Traps in the early days of breastfeeding at home
This is the 61st post in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. For the last few months I’ve been writing about Booby Traps in the early days of breastfeeding. As I’ve … Continue reading
Last revised on 11/14/2012
Booby Traps Series: Results from our formula gifts survey! Check out the trends we found in your answers.
This is the 60th post in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. Recently we asked you to share your experience with formula “gift bags” on our survey. We thank the over … Continue reading
Last revised on 11/05/2012
Booby Trap Series: If you need to supplement with formula, avoid these Booby Traps
This post is the 58th in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. Sometimes supplementing a breastfed baby is necessary in the early days and weeks after birth.* When it is, it’s … Continue reading
Last revised on 10/23/2012
Booby Traps Series: “Crying helps you get an appointment faster.” Was your baby tongue tied?
This post is the 57th in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. “Cry when you get the receptionist on the phone. Just tell her that you really need to see the … Continue reading
Last revised on 10/16/2012
Did changes in WIC packages make you choose exclusive breastfeeding? A new study investigates.
Did you know that over half of American infants receive support from the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program each year, at over 9,000 clinic locations? That the program is the largest purchaser of infant formula in the U.S.? That … Continue reading
Last revised on 10/03/2012
Booby Traps Series: Did you get good breastfeeding care when your baby was jaundiced?
This post is the 57th in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. Jaundice (neonatal hyperbilirubinemia*) is the most common reason why babies are readmitted to the hospital in the first two … Continue reading
Last revised on 09/28/2012
Booby Traps Series: Six breastfeeding myths you might hear at the doctor’s office
This is the 56th post in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. Why there so many myths about breastfeeding, I don’t know. But I do know that our health care providers, … Continue reading
Last revised on 09/19/2012
