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Is this lactivism or just rude?

My sister was bottle feeding her (then)7 month old on a bench and a woman walked over, looked adoringly at the babe and then said, "wow, it's been a long time since I've seen a baby that little have...

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Awesome new Art Campaign

<p>This art project consisted of photographing moms feeding their babies in gross bathrooms. I wonder if it will help people realize that's not a good option!! </p> <p> </p>...

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Vagifem/breastfeeding

I posted in Heath and Healing but haven't gotten any responses, I was hoping some of you mamas might know. My obgyn just prescribed Vagifem (basically tablets of estrogen that I'm supposed to, well,...

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Busted for breastfeeding in Peoria, Illinois.

<p><span style="color:rgb(55,64,78);">Soooo, now that enough distance has passed since it happened earlier today, and I've processed it a bit more (th</span><span...

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Please sign my petition

I started an online petition on change.org, petitioning the Governor of Delaware to step up and add private rooms for pumping mothers. Thank you for your support!...

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Breastfeeding in public satire article, love it!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bunmi-laditan/how-to-breastfeed-appropriately_b_5530806.html

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Aventura, FL-Nursing mom busted by security

I ran across this on my facebook page and I thought I would share with other South Florida lactivists. There is a nurse-in tomorrow to protest:...

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post here if you've never had a problem breastfeeding in public

Before a new mom chooses bottles over breast for fear that she will encounter harassment for breastfeeding in public, I'd like to say I breastfed my son for about two years and never had a problem....

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Need Participants for Breastfeeding Study

I'm seeking to interview all kinds of folks who breastfeed/breastfed in "alternative" ways: co-feeding, milk donors and recipients, adoptive parents breastfeeding, lesbian couples (both) breastfeeding,...

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Modesty, blah, blah, blah

I don't come in here often, but I'm so sick of my (mostly) religious friends blathering on about modesty. I've nursed seven children and I've never used a cover. I also doubt anyone has ever seen my...

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Breastfeeding imagery

I've been meaning to start this thread for ages. As a nursing mother, I've gotten really obsessed with breastfeeding imagery -- in art, in photography, in real life. I'm interested in what it says...

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Now stop that right now!

She waited over an hour for her appointment - her baby got hungry - and then she was told to leave ... and her baby's appointment was canceled....

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SCOTUS, ACLU, and breastfeeding - ?

How sad is it that breastfeeding is, you decide - Ames sued the company for sex discrimination, but it has been dismissed at every turn, and in January, the Supreme Court rejected Ames’ petition for a...

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Encouragement

It's really a confidence booster when you're congratulated for doing something a lot of people look down on. Here's my story. I was out in town, filling out some applications and my son, Jude, started...

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presentation for health care class

I have to do a group presentation for an intro health care class. There are three of us in the group and we will each have 5 minutes to speak/share visual aids. We all agreed our topic would be...

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Breastfeeding Coalition Celebration: Promoting Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care

Dear Breastfeeding Advocates, The Alameda CountyBreastfeeding Coalition will be celebrating World Breastfeeding Week 2015 withan event on August 5th! This event will launchactivities, including a free...

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Pediatricians encourage free formula for new moms

The manufacturers of formula make deals with hospitals to have hospital staff members (usually nurses) give new mothers gift bags which contain free formula and other formula related baby items. That...

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Stop breastfeeding

So that the vaccines can work better, especially if it is a live virus vaccine. http://naturalsociety.com/cdc-tells...astfeeding-so-that-vaccines-will-work-better/

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Can you start out wrong

I heard that if your baby has a problem latching and you decide to pump that you have to pump every 2-3 hrs otherwise you will not produce enough milk for the long hall. I would like to know your...

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