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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

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Last revised on 08/21/2013

Science You Can Use: For sexual assault survivors, does breastfeeding affect depression and sleep?

An area of breastfeeding that gets little attention - but impacts an astoundingly large number of women - is the experience of sexual abuse survivors. When I spoke with Penny Simkin, author of When Survivors Give Birth, for a podcast  … Continue reading

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Last revised on 02/18/2013