Our modern world was not built to support a breastfeeding mother, according to Farah Antoine-Mayberry, a Certified Lactation Counselor and Birth Doula. She is among a movement of birth workers and advocates trying to transform community understanding of and behavior towards new and expectant mothers. “For a lot of moms, the goal when it comes […]
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A local woman made a business out of baby bottles
A local woman made a business out of baby bottles when faced with the difficulties of returning to work and continuing breastfeeding her baby.
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Chicken-Fried News: Remember the mall?
A breastfeeding rights group held a nurse-in at an Oklahoma mall after a security guard escorted a woman out of the mall for breastfeeding.
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Milking it
The Ban the Bags program calls on hospitals to cease distribution of formula gift bags to new mothers, which proponents call “pure marketing” that undermines efforts to promote breastfeeding as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization. “When a hospital hands out a name-brand formula, it’s considered an endorsement,” said […]