JuneJun 7 Thursday 07
Sex in your chocolate milk
I wanted to share an email I sent yesterday to M. Jane Heinig the head of the lactation department at UC Davis. It describes a very interesting conversation I had with Doug Gisi the herd manager at the UC Davis Dairy Teaching and Research Facility. Needless to say …
MayMay 31 Thursday 07
How to Know a Health Professional is not Supportive of Breastfeeding
How to know a health professional is not supportive:
1. S/he gives you formula samples or formula company literature when you are pregnant, or after you have had the baby. These samples and literature are inducements to use the product, and their …
MayMay 15 Tuesday 07
Daily Boobs at janemag.com
I am not going to pretend to know where we as a society failed to appreciate our naturally grown boobs...but I am all for a healthy attitude about ones own breasts. Not to say I am against implants...there are many reasons why a woman might …
Continuum concept
The continuum concept is an idea relating to human development proposed by Jean Liedloff in her book The Continuum Concept. According to Liedloff, in order to achieve optimal physical, mental and emotional development, human beings -- especially babies -- require the …
MayMay 13 Sunday 07
Happy Mothers Day
A mother's love determines how
We love ourselves and others.
There is no sky we'll ever see
Not lit by that first love.
Stripped of love, the universe
Would drive us mad with pain;
But we are born into a world
That greets our cries with joy.
How much I owe …
AprilApr 26 Thursday 07
Breastfeeding and Alcohol
Dr. Jack Newman, member of the LLLI Health Advisory Council, says this in his handout "More Breastfeeding Myths":
"Reasonable alcohol intake should not be discouraged at all. As is the case with most drugs, very little alcohol comes out in the milk. The mother …
Share your nursing story!
As I was coming up with the story boards for this gallery, I was recalling all the strange and bizarre situations I have been in as a lactating Mother functioning in my community.........Imagine.......There I am at the local Summer Jubilee volunteering at the Chamber …