Health Care

February 26, 2013

Fear. Indifference. Disdain. These are the emotions that too many African American mothers feel regarding the decision to breastfeed. Instead of having the cheerful "breast is best" line sung to them from family members, colleagues and even physicians, some black mothers have to fight through a...

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Christina Caldwell

Health Care Blog Carnivals

February 26, 2013

I am an African American woman breastfeeding currently, so I wanted to share my story and why it is so important to Breast Feed, if you are able! Breastfeeding is the best thing that you can do for your baby and at the same time it is the biggest sacrifice you will EVER make in your life. When I...

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Charee Hall

Health Care Blog Carnivals

February 26, 2013

One of the biggest issues in breastfeeding is the disparity in breastfeeding rates among different races. (Read: Is there a “soft bigotry of low expectations” when it comes to breastfeeding? ) The gap between African American women and women of other races, while closing, remains the most salient...

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Tanya Lieberman

Health Care Blog Carnivals

February 26, 2013

Baby #3 is almost here!! Can you believe it? I often get the question, "Are you going to breastfeed or bottle feed?" For me it was really never a question for this baby or my other two. Breast is Best. I know some moms choose to bottle feed and we all have our reasons. So, I make it a point not to...

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Bernetta Knighten

Health Care Blog Carnivals

February 26, 2013

As I reflect on my 16 month (and counting) breastfeeding experience, I think about the elements that have been critical to such a wonderful stage in the life of me and my child: the desire to breastfeed, education, resources, and support. I always knew that when I had a baby, I would breastfeed. I...

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April Brown

Health Care Blog Carnivals

February 26, 2013

When it came to breastfeeding my two amazing children, it was an easy choice to make. I wanted to be sure I provided my children with the very best start in life and I understood that breast milk was considered the very best first food. Being born African American, we are already predisposed to...

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Anjanette Davenport Hatter

Health Care Blog Carnivals

February 26, 2013

When it comes to breastfeeding, major media outlets have pretty much decided that it’s a leisurely activity that some women may engage for their entertainment. Seriously, discussions of the topic are deemed newsworthy by the extent of controversy they create. Last year, there was this thing with...

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Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka

Blog Carnivals Health Care

February 26, 2013

My daughter was born 3lbs and 12oz, on February 10th 2011 at 37 weeks. She was tiny for her gestational age because she experienced, Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR). I had an emergency C-Section and she was placed into the NICU. I was determined to breastfeed my daughter prior to her birth...

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Cheyenne Mateen

Environmental Health Health Care

February 22, 2013

Something's rotten in Denmark. Well, in DC actually. That's where the decision's been made — again and again and again — to keep a nasty insecticide called chlorpyrifos on the market. The result? A generation of kids is sicker and less smart. I'm truly not being melodramatic, though I admit the...

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Kristin Schafer

Health Care

February 22, 2013

Do you want to give the insurance industry *more* power over New Mexicans’ health coverage choices?! If you answered, “No!”, you must call New Mexico’s legislators RIGHT NOW to speak up to stop the insurance industry's attempt to gain more control over our state's new health coverage marketplace...

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