I’m being made to feel guilty…

Posted on April 27th, 2008 by Jane HBFW

Well, I’m not.  Not being made to feel guilty.  But I do feel guilty sometimes.  I will explain why.  As is probably pretty clear from this site, I read a lot about breastfeeding.  I think about it a fair bit - things will occur to me when I’m commuting to work, so I have a notebook with [...]

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What it’s “OK” to do when you’re breastfeeding - a bit of a ramble

Posted on December 27th, 2007 by Jane HBFW

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how when you have a new baby, everybody’s got their own little pearls of wisdom for you.  Depending on various things - their generation, their ideas about bringing up babies, their own personality - this advice can range from very helpful to out and out lunacy.  Unfortunately, a lot [...]

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