***This post is about nursing toddlers. If you are uncomfortable in any way with this topic, please do not read. I don’t mind thought provoking comments and friendly discussion, but I WILL NOT tolerate hurtful or rude people on this post. It means a lot to me.*** Sadly, this is the closest thing to a [...]
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*** Before I start, I want to say that to breastfeed, you truly don’t need anything besides breasts! Everything else is gravy. Same for pumping. You don’t even really need a pump if you are able to manually express. These are just products that were donated to me, and I decided to do reviews on [...]
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About a week ago, I was invited to “like” a group on facebook. I get invitations from other doulas and birth geeks all the time, so I didn’t really think much of it besides clicking “like”. Then, I saw a post from one of my good friends (if you can call people that if you [...]
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Sunday was the one month anniversary of Tyrion’s birth and death. (If anyone doesn’t know, my son was born at 13 weeks 5 days on August 5, 2010. My milk came in three days later and I have been pumping to donate this milk). This weekend we went up to northern Utah to hang out [...]
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In the last week, eight of my breastfeeding friends plus me have received formula samples in the mail. One of my friends isn’t even married with children and she received samples. Mine was for “my special preemie” and they sent formula designed for preemies (which in and of itself is a joke). I feel really [...]
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*** Before I start, I want to say that to breastfeed, you truly don’t need anything besides breasts! Everything else is gravy. Same for pumping. You don’t even really need a pump if you are able to manually express. These are just products that were donated to me, and I decided to do reviews on [...]
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*** Before I start, I want to say that to breastfeed, you truly don’t need anything besides breasts! Everything else is gravy. Same for pumping. You don’t even really need a pump if you are able to manually express. These are just products that were donated to me, and I decided to do reviews on [...]
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I pumped when my daughter was in the NICU, and I pumped the two days I worked a week when I went back when she was 5 1/2 months old. I didn’t think there was that much to it. But, I also didn’t pump very much. Now, I am learning the error of my ways. [...]
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I am not a normal pumping mother. My situation is different than the majority of women that pump their milk. I haven’t been able to connect with anyone that is pumping after a loss or did pump after a loss, but I know of a few, but not many. I don’t have a baby to [...]
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Earlier this week, I started following the blog of my local La Leche League. I had always meant to go, but I never got around to it. I’m not sure why, it is right up my alley. So, this week when I saw that the meeting was going to be today, I instantly wanted to [...]
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