Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Jane HBFW
When I was pregnant with my first son, discussion of feeding method was fairly limited.
At 13-week booking appointment:
Midwife - “How will you be feeding your baby?”
Me - “With the placenta, for some while to come, I hope! Ha-ha-ha!”
Midwife - “Ha-ha, yes, very good. And after the baby’s born?”
Me (serious again and with the optimism of [...]
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Posted on March 30th, 2008 by Jane HBFW
Going back to work. Breastfeeding. Quite frequently, I have heard people give the former as a reason why they can’t do the latter for any length of time - sometimes at all. But often, with a bit of logistical jiggery-pokery and some planning, it’s completely possible to combine breastfeeding with working, even full time.
I thought I’d [...]
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Posted on March 6th, 2008 by Jane HBFW
I’ve just seen this story in the Daily Mail from earlier in the week. According to this article:
“New mothers dread breastfeeding their babies in public because of stares and criticism - and one in eight have actually been asked to stop, a report out today reveals.
Fully 38 per cent, almost two out of five new [...]
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