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The Angelina Jolie Breastfeeding Statue
Angelina Jolie is a superstar, an icon and to some, a goddess. She’s regularly put on a pedestal and worshipped by the world’s celebrity loving masses. The artist Daniel Edwards has opted to honour Angie in a very unique way, with a life-sized statue representing the mum of six breastfeeding her twins Knox and Vivienne. The piece is entitle...
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It’s World Breastfeeding Week!
Time to let those nursing bras hang out, because the 1st to 7th August is World Breastfeeding Week. Queensland Health is using the week to promote its surprisingly controversial '12+ months on the breast: normal, natural, healthy' campaign. Yeah, it's amazing what people will get offended by these days. The breastfeeding vs formula debate jus...
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Photo Of Woman Breastfeeding A Child And A Deer
I don’t know what to make of this. The image is from an eBay auction of the image itself. The price is $US9.50. The photo is from the 1930’s, apparently of a “Pennsylvania Mountain Lady.” What is she doing? Well, she’s “suckling both a baby deer and a child at the same time.” And judging by the expression on her face, she’s ha...
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Breastfeeding Mums Pose For Calendar
A group of mums in the U.K. wanted to raise money for their new mums breastfeeding support group. The best way to get attention, they decided,was to show a little (or big) breast. In nursing action. Thus, the Rugby Breastfeeding Cafe calendar was born. The photos — one for each month — have been called provocative and daring. The Telegr...
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A Wrinkle in Time
Can I use Botox while breastfeeding? — Spare Me The Lecture Dear Spare Me, The folks who make Botox state clearly that women should not use Botox if they are pregnant or think they are pregnant but regarding breastfeeding mothers, they say "Only your doctor can decide if BOTOX Cosmetic is right for you." In other promotional...
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IKEA Boots Breastfeeder To The Bathrooms
Hey, that’s not very Swedish of you, Brooklyn IKEA! Security guards and an employee told a breastfeeding mother she had to do "that" in the bathroom and sent her packing — but not before checking her receipts. Here’s what the un-named mom wrote in a Yahoo! forum: On Wednesday I was in Ikea Redhook in the middle of breastfeeding, fully...
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Breastfeeding Benefits Overstated, Says Expert
Ooh, this is going to be controversial. Michael Kramer, a professor of paediatrics who has advised the World Health Organisation and Unicef, has said that much of the evidence used by national health bodies to persuade mothers to breastfeed is either wrong or out of date. As reported in the Times Online, he claims that evidence that breastfee...
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High School Cancels Breastfeeding Demonstration
A Melbourne high school cancelled a planned breastfeeding demonstration for year 7 and 8 students by an ABA counsellor because the teenagers did not have parental consent. As reported over at Essential Baby, Sarah Simmonds, a volunteer from the Australian Breastfeeding Association's community education program, had been invited to Hume Central S...
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Breast-is-Best 2.0: Pumping In Public
You know I'm all about the breastfeeding. And, I like to think, I support all things boob and breastmilky. And I do, I really do. But we all have our challenges, our things to get over. Pumping in public is mine. But not Christen Clifford's. She rather likes to pump in public, or at least has no problem doing it. The feminist in me says "Kudos!...
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