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The Simple Way to Help Protect Your Baby's Heart Health
You’ve read about the many benefits of breastfeeding, but new research finds yet another reason for Baby to latch on: heart health for the rest of her life.Yep, it involves breastfeeding.
View ArticleThe Breastfeeding-in-Public Controversy Continues
You've seen the backlash against celebrities who have posted breastfeeding selfles online, and now, a California mom created more controversy when she shared a similar photo on Facebook. Why is...
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How to Get a Free Breast Pump
Mamas, rejoice: A provision of the Affordable Care Act requires insurance companies to provide copayment-free lactation consulting and breast pumps. But since the law is fairly new, you might lock...
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Why Amanda Peet Is Using Cabbage While Breastfeeding
Amanda Peet went on Ellen today and shared a photo of herself brushing her teeth while wearing a black bra stuffed with cabbage leaves. The actress, who gave birth to her third child, Henry, in...
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It's Here! Postpartum: The Musical
Being a new mom can be crazy, messy and, yes, amazing—but it can also be super rough (hello, 4 a.m. feeds). From breastfeeding disasters to pee in your face, sometimes you just gotta laugh it off.Being...
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Breastfeeding in Public: 5 Ways to Get it Right
After our first daughter was born, my inaugural nursing in public (NIP) attempt took place in the private booth of a darkly lit restaurant, under a nursing cover. By the time daughter number two came...
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Breastfeeding Mom Responds to Shamer
An afternoon out at an Indiana TGI Fridays turned into an online quest for one mom after a fellow diner took a photo of her breastfeeding and posted it to Facebook and Instagram.An Indiana mom was...
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7 Nursing Tips from Moms Who've Been There
Women are told that breastfeeding is the most natural thing in the world—breast is best! But no one mentions the emotional drain, flat nipples, over supply, clogged milk ducts or any of the other...
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More Moms Help Moms Through Cross-Nursing
When Susan Goodrich died of a rare amniotic fluid embolism shortly after giving birth in 2009, a community of women in her home state of Michigan stepped up to take on the task of nursing her...
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Mom Spoofs Dr. Seuss with Nursing Parody
If we've learned one thing from World Breastfeeding Week, it's that nursing is no way as easy as it looks.Does breastfeeding Baby have you crying tears of pain AND joy, often at the same time? The...
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Photo Highlights Importance of Cross-Nursing
Can this mom do for cross-nursing what the #normalizebreastfeeding movement is doing for women breastfeeding their children in public? It looks like she's on her way.Mother to a 16-month-old, Jessica...
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Why Some Moms Are More Likely to Breastfeed
Women who live in wealthier neighborhoods are more likely to breastfeed their babies longer than women in low-income areas, according to a new Department of Health report.A new study says early...
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Jessie James Decker Shares Sweet Breastfeeding Selfie
It's well-known that the American Association of Pediatrics recommends babies be exclusively breastfed for at least the first six months of life.The country singer, who has two children with husband...
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Healing Properties of Breast Milk Discovered
We already know that breast milk has many benefits for babies, including helping to develop their immune system. And now, researchers have found even more evidence of its super powers. A new study...
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Police Threaten to Ticket Breastfeeding Mom
One mom is planning to file a complaint with the Omaha, Neb. police department after an officer threatened to (illegally) ticket her for breastfeeding her infant son during a school board meeting.You...
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Reason Moms Stop Nursing Linked to PPD
The reason a woman stops breastfeeding is closely linked to her risk for postnatal depression, according to a new study published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing.A new study says the reason a woman...
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Is Breastfeeding Bad for Your Bones?
You probably know that breastfeeding holds many benefits for baby as well as for mom—but there may be one downside to it. A recent study has found that the bone density in nursing women decreased the...
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Australian Artist Shows What Breastfeeding Really Looks Like
We've all seen that widely circulated photo of Gisele Bundchen breastfeeding as a full glam squad hovers around her, primping the supermodel to perfection.These images from Australian photographer...
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Cool New Video Fights for Public Breastfeeding
If 2015 has taught us anything, it's that moms will always put their babies first. Even if that means, ahem, 'freeing the nipple' to breastfeed in public. This year, moms staged nursing stand-ins,...
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9 Times Breastfeeding Won in 2015
This year might not have been the year that effectively 'freed the nipple'—but we're at least flashing it a little more now, without shame. There's always a lot of discussion around breastfeeding and...
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