breast milk

Risks of Informal Breastmilk Sharing versus Formula Feeding

November 28, 2010




Anyone who has even thought about having a child recently has certainly had the “Breast is Best” message hammered into their brain. They have probably also heard countless tales of women who found breastfeeding difficult or impossible and have probably heard them say that infant formula is an acceptable alternative. While there is nothing wrong [...]

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Nestle Answers: Shifting Blame for Infant Deaths

October 22, 2009




This is one of a series of posts that features Nestle’s answers to my questions that came out of the Nestle Family event. To access the other questions and answers, go to follow-up questions for Nestle and click on the questions you are interested in. Answers will be posted as they are received and analyzed. [...]

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Are we asking the wrong people to comply with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes?

September 14, 2009




The World Health Organization (WHO)’s International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1981 as a minimum requirement to ensure appropriate feeding of infants and young children. According to the WHO ‘s FAQs on the International Code: The protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding rank among the most [...]

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Blood, milk and profits

July 3, 2009




Image credit: sweetbeetandgreenbean in flickr Blood We all need it. Most of us make enough of it and don’t lose too much of it. But some people will need donated blood due to medical conditions, accidents or surgery. Breast Milk Babies need it. Most women make enough of it to satisfy their baby’s needs. But [...]

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Friendly skies? Not always for breastfeeding mothers

August 16, 2008




A while ago I wrote a post called when breastfeeding is a safety hazard as a reaction to what I thought was a ridiculous clause in an airline policy. I’ve been thinking a lot more about breastfeeding on airplanes since then and enjoyed the conversation that we all had about the issue in the comments [...]

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"Got breastmilk?"…got a lawsuit…

July 31, 2008




She’s back… A few weeks ago I blogged about The Lactivist Jennifer Laycock’s silence of over a month. Well today we found out what it takes to get her back to blogging about boobs. It appears that the California Milk Processors Board is upset over a breastfeeding advocate’s t-shirts with the slogan “Got Breastmilk?”. Read [...]

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