This article posted on CNN absolutely infuriates me. The story is a warning about a nipple cream, Mommy's Bliss Nipple Cream (a "natural" cream that is lanolin free and made with shea butter and calendula), which is SUPPOSED to sooth cracked and sore nipples. Instead, it causes … [Read more...]
Herbal Remedies: Natural Pregnancy Tea Recipe
As promised in "Natural Remedies for Morning Sickness", here is my recipe for pregnancy tea. My midwives always advised I drink a quart a day of this special blend instead of taking prenatal vitamins, as our bodies absorb the nutrients from herbal teas more readily than from … [Read more...]
77% of New Mothers in the US Breastfeed
US Statistics on Breastfeeding Astonishingly, 77 percent of mothers in the US breastfeed their newborn babies. I would have suspected the number was far lower, due to the intolerance of public breastfeeding that still exists in some parts of the country, and I am partially … [Read more...]
Breastfeeding Experience from A Green Girl and First Time Mom
When I became pregnant with Layla, the first decision as a mother was to breastfeed. With the information we have now about the benefits of breastfeeding, not only healthwise but environmentally; it was an obvious choice to make. Besides how hard could it be? I was lucky to have … [Read more...]
Sesame Street, Breastfeeding, and the Pump
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/g3DWRhfNm4c" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] MC sent me this link, as a follow up to my post "Breastfeeding Reduces Anxiety in Children". Apparently, breastfeeding creates anxiety in some mothers, thus they have … [Read more...]
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