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Needed: More Breastfeeding Support Groups for Working Moms

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on February 22, 2010

A couple of months ago I had a conversation with a mom on Twitter who had struggled with breastfeeding, and had been unable to find a support group either within or outside of her place of employment that accomodated working mothers.  … Continue reading →

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Kendra Wilkinson is Breastfeeding Successfully (Despite Implant Fears!)

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on December 17, 2009

Reality TV star and former Playboy model Kendra Wilkinson is successfully breastfeeding, despite her initial fears.  (You may remember that US magazine reported that both Kendra Wilkinson and Kourtney Kardashian were concerned they would not be able to nurse their … Continue reading →

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Booby Traps Series: “When are you going to stop doing that?” and others things moms fear hearing from their providers when nursing past infancy.

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on July 15, 2013

After overcoming the many barriers to breastfeeding in the early weeks and months of breastfeeding, many women are understandably proud to continue nursing  into toddlerhood and beyond.* But instead of a fist bump and words of encouragement, some moms instead … Continue reading →

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Example of Proposed Legislative Changes

By Michelle Hickman | Posted on June 9, 2012

If you’re looking to try to help pass new legislation in your state, then we applaud you! The laws we already have in place are there because someone put their foot down and said, “Hey, moms deserve these rights!” If … Continue reading →

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Booby Traps Series: This Labor Day, ask Congress to extend federal pumping law to all moms

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on September 2, 2013

You may have heard that the federal health care reform law of 2010 (known as the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare) requires employers to provide reasonable break time in a non-bathroom location to pump their milk. But did you know … Continue reading →

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Booby Traps Series: “If we lived on an island where nobody else cared what we did…” How stigma hinders nursing past infancy.

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on July 8, 2013

In Mothering Your Nursing Toddler, author Norma Jane Bumgarner describes the reasons why mothers feel they can’t breastfeed past infancy,* even though they (and presumably their children) would like to: “What other people think bothers me too much.” “Nursing is … Continue reading →

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Booby Traps Series: 30% of working moms report taking no maternity leave. 40% say they take 6 weeks or less. Meet one of the biggest Booby Traps of them all.

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on December 4, 2012

This is the 64th post in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. Last year the U.S. earned a distinction no country would be proud of:  worst in the world for breastfeeding … Continue reading →

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Celebrities Who Breastfed Toddlers (but not on the cover of TIME)

By Amber McCann, IBCLC | Posted on May 12, 2012

This is the 1st post in a series of Celebrity Breastfeeding posts, made possible by the generous support of Leading Lady. The online world was abuzz yesterday with the release of Time Magazine’s newest cover, featuring the portrait of a … Continue reading →

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The Risk of Overzealous Lactivism

By Kori Martin, JD, LLLL | Posted on June 6, 2011

Like many in the breastfeeding community, I was outraged when I saw recent reports about a new ordinance in a suburb of Atlanta that prohibited public breastfeeding of a child over two.  The issue quickly went viral in breastfeeding circles, … Continue reading →

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Mrs. U.S. Beauties 2009 Inspires Moms to start Corporate Lactation Programs

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on September 16, 2009

Juanita Ingram, Mrs. U.S. Beauties 2009 (a national success pageant) saw our feature in Fit Pregancy and asked how she could support our cause! We asked Juanita to share her story in part because of the recent Totes/Isotoner v. Allen … Continue reading →

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