Motherwear Breastfeeding Podcasts: Recent Episodes
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Interview with Linda Smith author of The Impact of Birthing Practices on Breastfeeding. Ever wonder how epidurals, IV fluids, c-sections, or pitocin impact breastfeeding? Or how hospitals care for newborn babies and mothers right after birth affects how breastfeeding goes?...
Interview on breastfeeding late preterm (sometimes known as 'near term') babies with well known breastfeeding expert Marsha Walker. Was your baby born at 36 or 37 weeks? Did you struggle with breastfeeding a sleepy and jaundiced baby who took her...
Interview with Karen Kerkhoff Gromada, author of Mothering Multiples. Karen is a mother of breastfed twins and long time expert on breastfeeding multiples. We discuss prenatal preparation for nursing twins, common challenges, nursing in public, and how on earth you...
Interview with Hilary Flower, author of Adventures in Tandem Nursing about nursing in pregnancy and beyond. Hilary and I discussed a number of questions about tandem nursing, including: - How safe is nursing during pregnancy? - What are some of...
Learn to speak Spanish to help mothers breastfeed, with audio portion of Chapter 1 of Spanish for Breastfeeding Support, written by the host of the Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog. http://motherwear.typepad.com/Chapter1.mp3 Download Chapter 1.mp3 (16634.9K) I'm very pleased to share with...
Interview with Danielle Friedland, founder of the Celebrity Baby Blog, on celebrities and breastfeeding. The Celebrity Baby Blog is an extremely popular site, getting over 20 million page views a month. Danielle has included information about breastfeeding in her posts...
Interview with Penny Simkin on breastfeeding and early sexual abuse, including common feelings of survivors about breastfeeding, and ways that breastfeeding support people can support survivors. Penny is the author of When Survivors Give Birth, on early sexual abuse and...
Interview with Kathi Barber, author of The Black Woman's Guide to Breastfeeding, and founder of the African American Breastfeeding Alliance. Kathi and I talked about the history of breastfeeding for black women in the U.S. from slavery through the 20th...
Conversation with Dia Michels, author of If My Mom Were a Platypus, on how other mammals nurse their young. Ever wonder how on earth a whale baby nurses underwater? How common is it for mammals to nurse other mothers' babies?...
Interview with Dr. Alison Stuebe, OB/GYN and professor at the University of North Carolina, on formula company diaper bags given out at some hospitals. Though her work with the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition, Alison helped organize an effort to stop hospitals...
Interview with Ellyn Satter, registered dietician and author of Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense about starting solid foods. This book was a guide and comfort to my family when we started solid foods, and I hope...
Sarah Rubenstein Gillis discusses breastfeeding images and scenes in mainstream American film. Based on her article "Reel Milk" in Mothering Magazine. Sarah discusses scenes in Me, Myself, and Irene, Training Day, Meet the Fockers, and other films. What does film...
Lisa Marasco, IBCLC, discusses hormonal causes of low milk supply, such as PCOS, thyroid problems, prolactin levels, hypertension, diabetes. She also discusses the effect of environmental toxins on milk supply. Here's a very special podcast for those of you who...
Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC, describes different certifications available for people interested in working or volunteering in breastfeeding support, including International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, La Leche League Leader, Certified Lactation Counselor, and Breastfeeding Peer Counselor. Work and volunteer opportunities are also...
Interview with public interest lawyer Jake Marcus on nursing in public and the law. Jake discusses the different types of breastfeeding laws, what to do if you're harassed for nursing in public, and where to get information on the law...
Thanks to reader Jennifer, I have more Baby Blues breastfeeding cartoons to share! She's been collecting them and was kind enough to send them to me. For others Baby Blues breastfeeding cartoons, see this post. Gross Hints Open up Tire...
*To learn how to win a copy of this book, see the directions at the bottom of this post. A friend of mine who grew up on a farm once told me how she knew that their cats' kittens were...
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When I tell people that I run this blog they always assume that I'm technologically savvy. I'm really not. I know no HTML and almost nothing about Photoshop. The fact that I can do this is just a testament to...
Interview with Diana West, IBCLC, on milk supply. Diana is best known for her work supporting mothers who have had breast surgeries through her website Breastfeeding after Reduction Surgery and her book, Defining your own Success. Diana is co-author of...
Part II of an interview with Diana West on milk supply. Diana answers readers' questions about birth and milk supply, keeping up milk supply while working, and how stress affects milk supply. Download it.
Interview with Heather Cushman-Dowdee, creator of the Hathor the Cowgoddess comic strip. Welcome to another Motherwear Podcast! My guest for this recording is Heather Cushman-Dowdee, creator of Hathor the Cowgoddess, shown to the left nursing and drawing in her kitchen....
Part II of an interview with Kathleen Kendall-Tackett on breastfeeding and postpartum depression. The role of inflammation and omega-3 fatty acids, and ways of advocating for breastfeeding-friendly treatment plans are discussed. Download it.
Part I of an interview with Kathleen Kendall-Tackett on breastfeeding and postpartum depression. Causes, treatment options, and new research is discussed. Download it. I'm very pleased to bring you another Motherwear Podcast! This one was very eye-opening for me, and...
Interview with Cate Colburn Smith, co-author of The Milk Memos. Here it is - the first Motherwear Podcast! I had the pleasure of interviewing Cate Colburn-Smith, co-author of The Milk Memos for this recording. You can also read my review...
No, this is not about cookies made with breastmilk, though I wouldn't blame you for thinking so after Monday's post. It's about cookies that contain ingredients which increase milk supply. I baked a batch of chocolate chip, oatmeal "lactation cookies"...
Motherwear's 25th anniversary continues with another monthly $25 gift certificate contest! This time we're celebrating Mother's Day by asking you to leave a comment with your favorite advice from your own mom. Here are a few from my mom that...
I was in Whole Foods last week and did a complete double take. There, in the supplements section were several brands of colostrum for sale. And to make it even stranger, next to the colostrum was a bottle of lactoferrin...
May is Pregnancy Awareness Month, and for this month's carnival we're seeking posts on the topic of pregnancy and breastfeeding. You might write about: - What you did (or wish you did) in pregnancy to prepare for breastfeeding - What...
New data from the CDC shows that breastfeeding initiation rates hit a 20 year high of 77% in 2006. And there were especially big gains for African American women. The Associated Press reports: About 77 percent of new mothers breast-feed,...
I was just reading The Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning, which has an interesting introductory section on the age of weaning through history. This quote put the poster in context: "...by 1915 [the recommended age of weaning] had declined to...
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With apologies to those of you who don't live in my area, here are several announcements for moms who live in Western Massachusetts: I'm working with some other women on advocating for pumping rooms at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst....
I was over at Motherwear a few months ago for a photo shoot and decided to take some pictures of the office. Motherwear's administrative office is located in a renovated mill building in Holyoke, Massachusetts. It's one of those buildings...
I sent out the first e-newsletter of the Mothers' Milk Bank of New England last week. I wouldn't ordinarily post about it, but it's the first one I've ever done, and I'm feeling a little proud! You can see it...
Tell me what you think of this issue. From the Salt Lake Tribune: The Texas judge overseeing the polygamous FLDS sect's case today refused to make any ruling that would allow breast-feeding mothers to remain with their children in state...
Welcome to the April Carnival of Breastfeeding! This month we're bringing you posts on the topic of breastfeeding problems and solutions. Be sure to check out the posts below for great stories overcoming thrush, blebs, plugged ducts, oversupply, and other...
Just in time for Earth Day, I have four of these great Motherwear bumper stickers to give away. To enter to win one, leave a comment below by midnight on Earth Day (4/22/08). I'll choose four winners in a random...
By now you've probably heard about Bisphenol-A, the estrogen-mimicking component of some polycarbonate plastics which is found in most baby bottles and some formula cans. I posted about its health effects last year. BPA has been in the news quite...
Baby Blues is one of the few mainstream American comic strip that dares to take on breastfeeding, and I love seeing those strips. Another one which recently dealt with the topic is Stone Soup. I've compiled links to the ones...
Last year a study proved something many of us have found out the hard way: much of the information nursing mothers get at the pharmacy counter is inaccurate. According to the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition: The study's authors examined the safety...
- This contest is now closed, and the winner will be notified by email. The correct answer was 1993. Thanks for entering, everyone! This year marks Motherwear's 25th year supporting nursing moms! To commemorate this event, I asked Motherwear to...
A study just published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology reports that breastfeeding is associated with a decrease in risk for metabolic syndrome in mothers. What's metabolic syndrome? According the American Heart Association, it's a combination of factors...
A while back Angela posted a great list of uses for leftover lanolin creme. I loved it, and thought I'd do a post on how we use our old nursing stool now that it's out of commission. Our nursing stool...
Thanks to Heather at Hathor the Cowgoddess for this one: Cow and Gate formula company just introduced a formula called Cow and Gate Good Night Follow-on Milk. For those of us in the U.S. who aren't familiar with the term,...
Some of you have overcome some daunting breastfeeding problems like thrush, plugged ducts, Raynaud's, blebs, fast letdown, mastitis, low supply, nipple confusion, tongue ties, oversupply, breast refusal... the list could go on and on. Here's your chance to write about...
Here's a quick quiz: Which are the four countries in the world that do not provide paid maternity leave, according to Moms Rising?* Answer: Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, Liberia, and the United States of America. Wonder what it looks like...
This time last year a bunch of blogging friends and I formed a team for the Woman Challenge - a fitness challenge sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We all encouraged readers to join, and I...
I listen to NPR all the time. I turn it on first thing in the morning, and I listen to it throughout the day at home and in the car. I consider several hosts to be close personal friends who...