Archive for the ‘breastfeeding’ Tag

Online communities deliver sanity to moms

Monday, 20 May 2013, 15:14 | Baby | 0 Comment

by Leah Speer posted in Mom Stories Could we do all of this without one another? Could we survive the sleepless nights, the toddler tantrums, the sassy preschoolers, the cranky husbands, and all the other things we experience as moms without a community to lean on? Together, we can feel safe sharing. We all have [...]

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Breastfeeding sexualized by new billboard

Friday, 17 May 2013, 20:34 | Baby | 0 Comment

by Jenni Buckley posted in Mom Stories A new billboard recently popped up on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. The billboard is an advertisement for the dating website, Cougarlife.com. Cougars, if you’re unaware, is a slang term used to describe an older woman who ‘preys’ on younger men. Your immediate reaction is probably ...

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New Low: Dating Site Ad Uses Breastfeeding to Lure Guys

Wednesday, 15 May 2013, 15:19 | Family etc. | 0 Comment

Someone please tell us this is a Saturday Night Live skit. Read more from source:“ivillage.com”

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Early formula feeding may help with breastfeeding

Monday, 13 May 2013, 2:10 | Baby | 0 Comment

by Dr. Lisa Dana posted in Mom Stories Controversial research out of the University of California at San Francisco finds that women who offer their babies small amounts of formula in the first days of life are more likely to succeed with breastfeeding. This contradicts World Health Organization breast feeding recommendations. The data was ...

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Two kids: Twice the love and triple the work

Thursday, 2 May 2013, 22:02 | Baby | 0 Comment

by Jenni Buckley posted in Mom Stories The transition into having two kids has been harder than I expected. I went into having this second baby with a smug, know-it-all attitude. This been there-done that attitude helped me for the first couple of days after L was born. Breastfeeding has been very easy for me [...]

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7 Things I forgot about newborns

Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 1:50 | Baby | 0 Comment

by Jennifer Borget posted in Mom Stories As my doctor laid my sweet baby boy in my arms I felt a familiar wave of love wash over me. Aaah yes, I’ve experienced this before, and this time it will be so much easier because… Well, been there, done that. Right? Yea, maybe a little, but [...]

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Milkscreen discontinues breastmilk assessment test

Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 10:26 | Baby | 0 Comment

by Betsy Shaw posted in Mom Stories Milkscreen, the company known for making the alcohol testing strips touted by Kourtney Kardashian, has announced they are discontinuing their breastfeeding assessment test as a result of negative feedback. The breastfeeding assessment test is/was an at-home kit that measures and evaluates a lactating ...

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When did you step on the scale again?

Monday, 22 April 2013, 13:14 | Baby | 0 Comment

by Jennifer Borget posted in Mom Stories A little overly eager, I grabbed my skinny jeans the other day. My mind must have been in some alternate universe because I pulled them up actually thinking I may have been able to button them. HA! That was hilarious. Off they came. I had my baby boy [...]

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Could bras be making your boobs lazy?

Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 13:43 | Baby | 0 Comment

by Betsy Shaw posted in Mom Stories After 15 years of examining young women’s breasts with a slide rule and calipers, a French sports medicine specialist from Besancon, France– beautiful city, I highly recommend visiting with or without a bra– Dr. Jean Denis Rouillon has determined bras don’t prevent sagging. “Our ...

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Week 40: She’s here!

Monday, 8 April 2013, 14:46 | Baby | 0 Comment

by Sabrina Garibian posted in Mom Stories I had my daughter last night! Alessandra Rose is a beautiful and healthy 8 lbs 4 oz and 21 3/4″ long. Bigger than her brother! My labor and delivery was smooth and could not have gone better. I chose to have an epidural, and I have to say [...]

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