Renee L Water’s Story

With my first child kayla, I really had a hard time getting her to breast feed and getting my milk to come in.  It was a good month before we really figured it out.  Had I known what I know today I would’ve taken warm showers, massaged my breasts with warm castor oil and pumped to get my milk to come for the good bacteria  and the doctor finally... [Read more...]

Celebrating Our Commitment to Breastfeeding

I moved to the US when I was four months pregnant and still waiting to get my green card.  By the time it came through, I was too far along in my pregnancy to start work.  My intention was to have my son, Connor, and then go back to full-time work when he was three months.  Everything changed after his birth and at three months neither of us was... [Read more...]

Support the Breastfeeding Promotion Act

Breastfeeding is good for mothers and their babies and it has positive economic impacts as well.  Breastfed babies are generally healthier than formula fed babies thereby reducing medical expenses.  This helps save money both for the company and their employees while increasing productivity as their employees don’t have to take time off to... [Read more...]

Breastfeeding Protects Against Swine Flu

As parents were have all recently been nervous about the H1N1 (swine) flu outbreaks, how it will affect our children and wondering how to protect them.  The United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) “recommends breastfeeding as a critical strategy to prevent infection.”  The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offeres guidance... [Read more...]