Breastfeeding is something that is unique to women. While some feminists see this as an unfair barrier to equality with men, others see it as particularly empowering. Tanya Leiberman posted a great summary of feminism and breastfeeding at the Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog July 7, 2008. She summarizes the perspectives of liberal feminism, cultural feminism, and…
Category: Breastfeeding
Having Faith
Before I had children, long before I joined the world of breastfeeding support, I studied ecology. It was exciting and interesting and sometimes I miss it a lot. I just came across a book that lets me enjoy both my current (lactation) and my former (ecology) interests: Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood by…
Survivors that breastfeed
Many mothers are survivors of sexual abuse. These unhappy experiences and memories can affect how new mothers feel about breastfeeding their babies. Sometimes breastfeeding becomes a very healing thing for women — an empowering chance for them to use their bodies to nurture their babies. For other women the negative associations with their breasts can…
“Best for Babes”
If you read the gossip magazines (what else should we do in line at the grocery store?) then you’ve noticed how being pregnant is hip and sexy. Rather than hiding from the camera all those celebrities are parading their baby bumps. It’s ok to be pregnant these days. What if breastfeeding could become just as…
Cute, silly breastfeeding cartoon
This is something just to make you smile. This blog, Ninjerktsu, features cartoons about ninjas being jerks (not generally a breastfeeding topic) but this entry features a breastfeeding mother. Cute, huh? To see the whole story, including the ninja, click on the link.
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Here’s a video of a baby playing on the floor: What’s wrong with the picture? It is only a baby. No mother. No father. No grandma or grandpa or aunt or neighbor or big sister. Babies need adults to thrive and survive. In modern society we often forget about this without even being aware that…
WABA Accomplishments
The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action just turned 18! Here’s a poster listing 18 of WABA’s projects:
Lord Voldemort and breastfeeding?
I confess I’m a fan of the Harry Potter books. So I enjoyed seeing the title of a working paper published by Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health: ‘Voldemort’ and Health Professional Knowledge of Breastfeeding — Do Journal Titles and Abstracts Accurately Convey Findings on Differential Health Outcomes for Formula Fed Infants? For a…
Our mammal connection
Babies are born wanting to drink mother’s milk at the breast. Even if mothers don’t know how to breastfeed or don’t want to breastfeed, the babies know they need to suck and try to get to the breast. In this way, we’re just like other mammals — and we can learn a lot about feeding…
Sleep Survey Results
You may remember a post a while ago where I linked to a sleep survey for mothers of new babies. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett and Thomas Hale (authors of The Hidden Feelings of Motherhood and Medications and Mothers’ Milk respectively) have been collecting data about how new mothers sleep, where new babies sleep, how the babies are…
Madison Breastfeeding Help 