Breastfeeding

June 2, 2017

According to a study published in the journal Women’s Health Issues , 60% of pumping women don’t have basic workplace accommodations or adequate break times. That’s no news. I personally have pumped in many weird places. I returned to work three months after giving birth as a staff writer at a...

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To-wen Tseng

Breastfeeding

June 1, 2017

Let’s talk about some moments of motherhood that aren’t covered in the Hallmark cards. Like that time my baby spit up all over my face, and maybe in my mouth a little (SO GROSS!)? Or the times at work when I had to pump breastmilk in my car instead of in my sleek office? On that last part, I know I...

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Sili Recio

Breastfeeding Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care MomsRising Politics & Policy

May 26, 2017

It’s an emergency! Your voice is needed — and is powerful! Sign up to drop by your members of Congress' office(s) to drop off, or share, important materials on health care and SNAP (food stamps). We'll send you everything you need for a successful visit! Sign up here: http://action.momsrising.org/...

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Casey Osborn-Hinman

Breastfeeding

May 3, 2017

I laugh about it now; all the ridiculous places I’ve had to pump breastmilk. I share horror stories with my friends about having to pump in my car, in a bathroom, and that one time I pumped in the busy lobby of an office building! “Wait, you pumped WHERE?!?!” is a common response to these stories...

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Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration MomsRising Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

April 28, 2017

THANK YOU! Through all the political chaos that’s happened since Trump took the White House we’ve been blown away by the impact at the state and federal levels of the over million members, and millions of readers, of MomsRising who have been raising their voices in high impact ways for the last ten...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Immigration Military Families Paid Family Leave

April 25, 2017

Me llamo Brishithe Tovar y nací en Guatemala. Mi familia y yo emigramos a California cuando tenía 9 años después de que mi madre fuera asaltada a mano armada cuando tenía 6 meses de embarazo. El trauma y el estrés fueron tan severos que mi mamá desarrolló presión arterial peligrosamente alta y...

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Brishithe Tovar

Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Immigration Military Families Paid Family Leave

April 24, 2017

My name is Brishithe Tovar and I was born in Guatemala. My family and I migrated to California when I was 9 years old after my mother got robbed at gunpoint when she was 6 months pregnant. The shock and stress was so severe, my mom developed dangerously high blood pressure and temporary blindness,...

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Brishithe Tovar

Breastfeeding

April 12, 2017

Originally posted on Kimberly Seals Allers' blog . Losing a child is a tragedy. As the Internet buzzed with the story of Jillian Johnson and the death of her son Landon, our hearts ached. Every mother, every human, feels her pain. Often, the best you can glean from any tragedy are important lessons...

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Kimberly Seals Allers

Breastfeeding

April 12, 2017

Getting beyond the headlines to the truth about recent stories of “breastfeeding-related deaths.”

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Kimberly Seals Allers

Breastfeeding Military Families Paid Family Leave

March 27, 2017

Paid Family Leave for military families has rapidly changed in the past two years, and the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act brings even more changes. While some of these changes appear to be improvements for military parental leave, several points of the new law have left us with some...

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