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Recent Publications

Posted in Resources, birth, breastfeeding, fathers, tagged , , , , on July 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This has been quite a month for me for publications!
My short article Centering for Birth was published in the International Journal of Childbirth Education (page 20)
My book review of Fathers at Birth was published in The CAPPA Quarterly (page 14).
My film review of Birth as We Know It was in The CAPPA Quarterly (page 15).
And, [...]

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Breastfeeding with Comfort & Joy Book

Posted in Neat stuff, Resources, breastfeeding, tagged on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

One of my fellow birth bloggers, the fabulous Kathy of Woman-to-Woman CBE is celebrating her 100,000 hits with a giveaway. She is giving away a copy of the new book Breastfeeding with Comfort & Joy, which looks like a real treasure. I hope I get a chance to read it someday soon. Kathy also has [...]

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World Breastfeeding Week T-Shirts

Posted in Local Events, breastfeeding, mothers on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We have a number of t-shirts left from our World Breastfeeding Week event in Rolla on August 9. The shirts are a light sage green with dark brown printing. The printing says Breastfeeding: Baby Friendly, Mother Friendly, Earth Friendly. The back of the shirt has the logos of our three generous t-shirt sponsors: Town & [...]

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Celebrate Mothers & Babies in Rolla!

Posted in Local Events, breastfeeding on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Preparations are in full swing for a wonderful mother-baby fair at the middle school gym in Rolla, MO to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. The event is from 9-1:00 on Saturday, August 9th and will have a wide range of vendors, nonprofit booths, a stroller derby, concessions, tons of door prizes, and more! Hope you will [...]

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Do Epidurals Impact Breastfeeding?

Posted in Birth Thoughts, babies, birth, birth education, breastfeeding, maternity care, mothers, normal birth, tagged , , , , on May 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

There was a question recently on a list I belong to about the impact of epidurals on breastfeeding. The person asking the question had been told by several hospital based childbirth educators that epidurals do not “cross the placenta’ and thus do not have an impact on the baby. Since this is an issue of [...]

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Stem Cells in Breastmilk!

Posted in breastfeeding, tagged on February 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I just read some cool news about a recent discovery that there appear to be stem cells in breastmilk!
A quote from the article:
“The point is that many mothers see milks as identical – formula milk and breast milk look the same so they must be the same. But we know now that they are quite [...]

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