Yikes. After the announcement came out that Mayor Bloomberg had plans for a proposal to make changes to how formula is offered in hospitals came out, some amazing headlines popped up: Should Baby Formula Be Hidden In Hospitals To Force Moms To Breastfeed? Mayor Bloomberg Says Yes LIBERALISM IS A MENTAL DISORDER AND MAYOR BLOOMBERG PROVES [...]
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When expecting your third child, you think you know exactly how and when the baby is going to come. You’ve had some practice, and this baby can’t be that different. So of course it’s surprising when you realize how untrue that is. My second child made her appearance after just 4 hours of labor, at [...]
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I’m watching Lifetime’s One Born Every Minute and while I love love love seeing a beautiful baby being born and the joy that comes in that moment I want to jump through the television and give some people epidurals in their face. I was prepared to feel this way. I was warned. But I was [...]
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Breastfeeding challenges — oh where do I start? There are the common ones like latching, issues with milk production, sore nipples, but there are others that no one likes to talk about much. Issues stemming from traumatic birth and c-section. Sometimes things get muddled because the c-section is attacked, moms feel like a crappy statistic [...]
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Humans are mammals. We’re animals that walk on two legs instead of four and have nifty opposable thumbs. We can use logic and are able to build huge civilizations, and thrive in them. So why are we the only mammals that have such a hard time giving birth? Why do we think that our bodies [...]
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