Shannon Smith is no crusader for women’s rights. She’s just “a mom who had a really bad day at the mall.” The 36-year-old recently found herself on the verge of tears,feeling vulnerable and humiliated,when a clerk at the Orchestra children’s clothing store told her to stop breastfeeding her five-month-old daughter. On Jan. 19,1996,a [...] [...]
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          | By Cheryl Taylor,CBE When in the course of a happy breastfeeding relationship you notice a supply change,it can cause momentary panic. The first course of action should be to assess a few basic things. Are you resting enough? Getting a good night’s sleep? Taking a nap if necessary? Are you drinking at least 64 [...] [...] Vote for the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center InfantRisk Center in the Pepsi Refresh Project contest and benefit mothers and babies by showing your support for a HSC project that will impact the nation. Currently there is no central source of information in the U.S. that can help women sort out their options on which medications [...] [...] Here’s heartening news for breast milk advocates:In the wake of the recent milk powder scandals (most recently,the possibility that one type of milk was causing babies to grow breasts),mothers in Shanghai at least are turning to the nip. A survey by the Shanghai Morning Post found that 85% of 452 Shanghai residents believed [...] [...] Despite being a natural progression of life,there still appears to be an enormous lack of awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding today. Often with the combined negativity towards breastfeeding and lack of support,it is common for first time mothers to be dissuaded from persisting with this beneficial practice. Unfortunately,breastfeeding is not necessarily as [...] [...] Surgeon General Dr. Regina M. Benjamin released a statement on Friday in honor of World Breastfeeding Week about her hopes to reduce disparities in breastfeeding rates. Dr. Benjamin is an African-American woman from Alabama,a state with one of the lowest breastfeeding rates,particularly among black women. Read full story here…Article Courtesy of Blacktating [...] |                | |
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