Breastfeeding Archive

  • Reading the latest The Parental Intelligence Newsletter I came upon this article that struck a cord with me - Why African Babies Don't Cry
by J. Claire K. Niala.

    The warm heart of my family

    Reading the latest The Parental Intelligence Newsletter I came upon this article that struck a cord with me - Why African Babies Don't Cry by J. Claire K. Niala.

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  • New Scientist Bumpology column looks at the latest evidence that suggests that breastfeeding works by baby creating a vacuum rather than compression.

    Breastfeeding – a vacuum pump

    New Scientist Bumpology column looks at the latest evidence that suggests that breastfeeding works by baby creating a vacuum rather than compression.

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  • Your breasts are in the middle of a battle. An expert tells you why. Well thought out look at why breastfeeding, which should be so natural, can be so difficult...

    The Secret War Against Breastfeeding

    Your breasts are in the middle of a battle. An expert tells you why. Well thought out look at why breastfeeding, which should be so natural, can be so difficult...

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  • I’ve started a new yahoo group http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Breastfeeding-Watford/ to help breastfeeding women meet each other in the Watford area. Sometimes other social groups just aren’t enough to support breastfeeding. If everyone...

    Breastfeeding support in Watford, Hertfordshire

    I’ve started a new yahoo group http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Breastfeeding-Watford/ to help breastfeeding women meet each other in the Watford area. Sometimes other social groups just aren’t enough to support breastfeeding. If everyone...

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  • Research midwife Suzanne Colson defines biological nurturing as ‘any mother/baby behaviour at the breast where the baby is in close chest contact with the mother’s body contours’. Suzanne Colson

    Biological nurturing – a new approach to breastfeeding

    Research midwife Suzanne Colson defines biological nurturing as ‘any mother/baby behaviour at the breast where the baby is in close chest contact with the mother’s body contours’. Suzanne Colson

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  • Went to the LLLGB National Breastfeeding Workshop in Derby this weekend. Great to be surrounded by similar thinking people, where breastfeeding a toddler, cosleeping or babywearing are normalised and where...

    La Leche workshop

    Went to the LLLGB National Breastfeeding Workshop in Derby this weekend. Great to be surrounded by similar thinking people, where breastfeeding a toddler, cosleeping or babywearing are normalised and where...

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