March 5, 2009

Breastfeeding 101: Nursing Basics for New Moms

by: Barbara A. Eastom Bates Making the choice to breastfeed your new baby is one of the most important and far-reaching decisions you will make as a new mother. Both the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommend breastfeeding as the preferred method of infant nutrition for the first year […]

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March 4, 2009

Breastfeeding – Handling Criticism

by: Patty Hone Feelings about how to parent seem to shift with every generation. A new way of parenting, sometimes called attachment parenting, has emerged and it challenges many of the rigid teachings of our mother’s generation. Although breastfeeding is on the rise now, women are still dealing with the repercussions of previous generations. Not […]

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March 3, 2009

Benefits of Breastfeeding

This is a nice article about why “Breast is Best”. I feel compelled to mention, however, that the latest research on breastfeeding and AIDS shows that exclusive breastfeeding is safer for babies of HIV-positive Moms than mixed or formula feeding. Breast is Best by: Declan Tobin Women have been feeding their children this way from […]

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February 22, 2009

Tayven’s Birth Story

Told by Candace Novakowski Early morning March 26th (my darling son’s due date to boot!) I woke up and was having sharp pains in my belly, like I had to pee and hadn’t in months so I got up and tried to pee and couldnt right away so I’m thinking I am having a bladder […]

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