Celebrating my Second Year Nurniversary

Last week my son, Connor, turned two.  My little baby is now a boy.  I am celebrating my second year of breastfeeding him and am so happy and proud to have made it this far.  I have written about how we started and we got to this point in My Story.  Take a look if you haven’t done so yet.  I am so happy to be here now where nursing is simple... [Read more...]

Boobies Without Borders

Salma Hayek arrived in Sierra Leone in September as a UNICEF ambassador with a mission to help fight tetanus, a leading cause of death in the country for mothers and their babies.  Twenty one percent of infant deaths in the country are related to tetanus.  Backed by sponsorship from Pampers, she was delivering vaccines which can prevent this fatal,... [Read more...]

Chinese Police Woman Breastfeeds Babies Following Earthquake

A Chinese police woman breastfed eight babies who were either orphaned or who’s mothers were unable to provide breast milk following the trauma of a severe earthquake that hit the Sichuan province in May 2008.  Although this is an older story, we thought this heroic deed still worthy of praise and your attention.  Watch a mother selflessly... [Read more...]

Be Inspired: Mom of Octuplets Plans to Breastfeed

There has been much controversy about the California mom who gave birth to octuplets on 26 January 2009.  Despite people’s opinions on the moral issues surrounding her having so many babies at once, I am hugely inspired by her commitment to breastfeed them all.  Any mom who has breastfed her own baby knows that it takes commitment and dedication... [Read more...]

Nursing in Public

Our children have the right to be breast fed anywhere and anytime.  We, as mothers, should feel the freedom to feed them in public without the need to hurry off home which is often impractical and, especially for new moms, would have them chained to their homes for months on end. There has been a large push to promote breastfeeding worldwide over the... [Read more...]