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Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

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Books For Birthing Naturally

Jun 30, 2008

If you haven’t checked it out yet Eco Child’s Play did a great series of posts called Labor of Love, each of them written by moms on the births of their children. You have to stop by and read each of the posts, they are …

Tagged: books, birth, childbirth, natural birth

Breastfeeding Experts Quit Over Nestle

Jun 28, 2008

Nestle isn’t exactly a well loved company by many people who are concerned with breastfeeding or infant nutrition. They have a pretty nasty reputation, so far in that a Nestle boycott has been held by many people. So it …

Tagged: news, nestle, breastfeeding

Co-sleeping, Doctors, and Death

Jun 27, 2008

The eternal co-sleeping debate. Does it ever end? This time I was sent a link to an article written by Dr. Cara Natterson with her thoughts on co-sleeping. It’s a fairly typical article, about exactly what you would …

Tagged: co sleeping

Midwives Legal In Missouri

Jun 26, 2008

In a 5-2 decision the Missouri Supreme Court upheld a midwifery provision and became the 38th state to allow midwives. You could almost hear the sigh of relief that spread across the state as this ruling was handed …

Tagged: birth, missouri, home birth, midwife, midwifery

Breastfeeding In Public

Jun 26, 2008

I came across an article here about breastfeeding in the UK. Apparently there is a law being passed through the Parliament in the UK to protect breastfeeding mother’s rights for up to 1 year. However now the government …

Tagged: breastfeeding, lactation