Health Care

February 26, 2013

One of the greatest struggles for breastfeeding mothers is to have our voices heard and accommodations met in order to express milk and feed our children in public places. Women have lobbied and fought for years to establish lactation rooms in their places of employment and public facilities. Only...

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Sojourner Marable Grimmett

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February 26, 2013

Long before my bouncing baby boy entered my life, I knew I would be breastfeeding. I’d read all the studies that detailed how breast milk was the ideal food for infants, the biological norm that provided the perfect combination of nutrients and immune system boosters for baby, and plenty of health...

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Shannon Shelton Miller

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February 26, 2013

To be honest, I never considered not breastfeeding I was a woman, I had breasts, and I was having a child. That is what breasts are for right? To feed babies. That was my point of view. My mother always boasted about breastfeeding her children. How long she breastfed and how wonderful it was for...

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Paperdoll cincy

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February 26, 2013

As I read the recent MMWR from CDC, I was encouraged to see that we are making progress in increasing breastfeeding initiation and duration as a nation. I was even more delighted to see that, while African American women continue to have the lowest breastfeeding rates among all ethnicities, the gap...

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Sahira Long, MD, FAAP, IBCLC

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February 26, 2013

Porchia-Albert teaches an ASDS doula training at Freebrook Spaces in Brooklyn, NY. Attention: If you had your doubts about women doing it all, I’ve found one who can. She’s a mother of four all under the age of four and simultaneously, she is saving the world. She talks about her accomplishments as...

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Jessica Fedenia

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February 26, 2013

I come from a long line of functional artists, domestics, and earth workers. Every family home I visited as a child had loads of quilts and handmade furniture, an iron pot, a garden, and a story. Until this day, I sit at the feet of my family “griots” to hear about the legacies and histories of my...

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Jeanine Valrie

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February 26, 2013

True story: When I was pregnant with my daughter, my husband and I took a trip to Atlanta. He was going through the admissions process for a PhD program at Emory University and I tagged along with the intent of scoping out places to live, work, and daycares. I was hungry though. We suspended our...

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Jasmin Saville

Health Care Blog Carnivals

February 26, 2013

I am a huge believer in the benefits of breastfeeding. To the amazement of many, I have successfully nursed three children without once buying formula. Yes, I am woman, here me roar! I have enjoyed each one of my nursing relationships, but it appears that the era of weaning is daunting upon us (shh...

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Jennifer Sherman

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February 26, 2013

"Well, what did you think they were for?" I am a huge advocate for breastfeeding. I have been breastfeeding for 7 consecutive years, with my last born currently going into his second year w/no signs of self weaning any time soon. I spent 6.5 years educating and facilitating breastfeeding education...

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Jamita Stith

Health Care Blog Carnivals

February 26, 2013

I was armed with an arsenal of information on how to have a successful breastfeeding beginning as we prepared for the birth of our daughter. I had read many of the best books, credible websites, and had extensive conversations with my health care providers, other nursing moms, and colleagues with...

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