Whether you are breastfeeding or not, gaining child custody is always a painful ordeal. However, if you are breastfeeding, you should be prepared for another…
Mothers-to-be are often urged to create a birth plan. Many indeed do that! It’s easy to find all sorts of templates for how to create such…
When a natural disaster strikes, breastfeeding mothers may feel anxious about their ability to continue to properly care for and feed their baby. Use these…
Columnist and editor Doug Larson explained: “Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.” Do we recognize…
Most of us want more of something. More money, more free time, more skill, or more influence, for example. On the flip side, though, most…
As you know, we just marked World Breastfeeding Week 2018 a few weeks ago. So, you might be wondering why there’s a need for Black…
I admit, I learned much from my recent podcast interview with Lois Wattis, RN, CM, IBCLC, FACM. Author of New Baby 101, A Midwife’s Guide…
Most everyone knows and agrees that exclusive breastfeeding is the ideal way to feed a baby until he is about 6 months old. Thereafter, parents…
In my recent podcast, Dawn Thompson addressed traumatic birth. One issue she mentioned was the commonly-performed episiotomy. For sure, the lack of evidence for such…
A mother has posted a photo of herself breastfeeding her 4-year old. Fox news reports that she is “being shamed on social media for nursing her kids…