17 Gorgeous Photos That Show Breastfeeding Is Nothing To Hide
Earlier this month, Virginia passed a bill that will make the state the 48th to legally protect mothers' rights to breastfeed wherever and whenever they want. Around the country, moms can nurse...
View Article25 Things This Lactation Consultant Wants Breastfeeding Moms to Know
1. We've all had days when we wanted to give up. 2. There are breastfeeding helpers out there who won't judge you. Keep looking till you find one who makes you feel safe and supported. 3. Breastfeeding...
View ArticleMore Moms Are Breastfeeding, But Many Babies Still Miss Out
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that mothers breastfeed for 12 months, and the World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding for up to two years. And perhaps because breastfeeding is...
View ArticleCougar Life's Breastfeeding Billboard Is Being Pulled Down (PHOTO)
A billboard that sexualizes the act of breastfeeding has been deemed too racy for the streets of Los Angeles. The poster, an advertisement for CougarLife.com, shows a naked woman breastfeeding her...
View Article22 Candid Photos That Show How Beautiful Breastfeeding Really Is
Inspired by her reluctance to nurse in public, one photographer and mother of four is seeking to normalize the sight of breastfeeding and show support for other nursing moms. Leilani Rogers is a...
View ArticleStudents Give 'Call Me Maybe' The Breastfeeding Twist You Didn't Know It Needed
You don't have to have children to be a breastfeeding ally. That's what a group of students at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia demonstrate with their nursing-themed parody video....
View ArticleBreastfeeding in bathroom: Viral photo screams yuck-factor of bathroom eating
The breastfeeding in the bathroom photo has gone viral and for a very good reason. In the picture, a woman seen breastfeeding her baby in the bathroom while sitting fully dressed on the toilet. She is...
View ArticleMy Apology Letter to Breastfeeding Moms
To the mothers who breastfeed, I'm writing this to you because, well, you deserve it -- especially from someone who now exclusively breastfeeds her child, anywhere and anytime my child wants to, and...
View ArticleThe Misconceptions of Not Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding is a topic of conversation all over the world for numerous reasons. The biggest disappointment in regards to this topic is how the mothers that choose not to breastfeed are being thrown...
View ArticleBreastfeeding mothers stage mass 'nurse-in' outside Claridge's after hotel...
Women have staged a mass breastfeeding protest outside a hotel in London after it told a mother to cover herself with an over-sized napkin. The mass nurse-in was co-ordinated by Free to Feed in an...
View ArticleMoms Stage 'Nurse-In' To Protest Anthropologie Breastfeeding Incident
More than 100 moms gathered at an Anthropologie in California to protest after a woman was escorted from the sales floor of the store for breastfeeding her baby. On Tuesday, mom Ingrid Wiese Hesson...
View Article'Women In The Wild' Features Moms Breastfeeding Outside To Spread A Message...
Photographer and mom of four Erin White was having a hard time breastfeeding when a creative project gave her the boost of confidence she needed. Inspired by an image by Stephanie Karr Studios, her...
View ArticleBreastfeeding Mom Forced Into Bathroom At Arkansas Water Park
The news quickly went viral once it found its way onto a closed Facebook group, with many individuals lashing out at the city- and county-owned facility. Allison Reeves-Plummer was one of many, who...
View Article10 Tips On How Dads Can Help With Breastfeeding
Prior to giving birth to our second son, my husband and I had a serious conversation about him being the gatekeeper for visitors at the hospital. I was inspired by how my sister initiated breastfeeding...
View ArticleA Guide to Breastfeeding in Public With Confidence
August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month, and we just wrapped up World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7). I hope you have seen some positive discussions about breastfeeding, but unfortunately,...
View ArticleBreastfeeding Mom Lucy Eades Won’t Cover Up, Posts Harassment To YouTube [Video]
Breastfeeding mom Lucy Eades experienced a common if horrible situation lately when a local rec center attempted to force her to “cover up or leave” as she fed her small baby — but Eades fought back by...
View ArticleWhy Nursing in Public Shouldn't Be a Big Deal
The media has been buzzing with the words of breastfeeding mom, Conner Kendall, over the last few weeks. Conner was photographed breastfeeding her baby by a stranger who later attempted to shame her on...
View ArticleThe Best and Worst of Breastfeeding
Nursing my now 10-month-old son is one of the most beautiful, but also one of the hardest and most challenging things I've ever done. I always knew I wanted to nurse my baby. Before giving birth to him...
View ArticleHomeless Mom Says She Was Told To Cover Up While Breastfeeding In Hawaii Shelter
As a homeless mom, Karen Penley likely hasn't had it too easy. Now she says a big obstacle is preventing her from fulfilling her baby's most basic needs. The Hawaii mom prefers breastfeeding to keep...
View ArticleHere's What Happened When A Mom Posted A Photo Of Herself Breastfeeding At...
A baby's gotta eat when a baby's gotta eat -- even if that baby is at her mom's graduation ceremony. Enter 25-year-old Karlesha Thurman who nursed her daughter during her graduation from The California...
View Article6 Things I Know About Breastfeeding
My sweet baby Ben recently turned 1. We did it. We survived the first year. And against all odds, something happened that was totally unexpected and hard-won and butt-kicking and prayed for and holy...
View ArticleIf 'Dancing Queen' Were About Breastfeeding
The latest parody video from YouTube's Laughing Moms channel shows what ABBA might've sounded like if they sang about breastfeeding. The comedic duo turned "Dancing Queen"...
View ArticleNote Posted in Target Has Breast-Feeding Moms Cheering Online
It seems the court of public opinion is changing among breast-feeding moms when it comes to mega-store Target. Back in 2011, moms were so incensed by one woman's negative breast-feeding experience...
View ArticleWhat Happened When I Posted a Photo of a Mom Breastfeeding Her Friend's Son
Well, we almost did it. We almost made it past World Breastfeeding Week without a wave of drama from the "I Support Breastfeeding But..." crowd. Almost. Because there is currently a storm brewing... a...
View ArticlePrincipal Tells Breastfeeding Mom To 'Discretely Feed The Baby'
When Andrea Scannell took her children to have lunch at a Utah middle school's summer lunch program, she never expected breastfeeding her infant there would warrant a complaint letter from the...
View ArticleUnited Airlines Apologizes To Mom After 'Embarrassing' Breastfeeding Incident
New mom Kristen Hilderman was breastfeeding her 5-month-old son Caleb aboard a United Airlines flight from Houston to Vancouver on Sunday when a male flight attendant approached her row. As she...
View Article4 Awesome Innovations That Support Breastfeeding Moms
Breastfeeding ultimately comes down to two people -- a mother and her baby. But there is so much that can be done to nurture that relationship. Experts and loved ones can lend support, as can...
View ArticleThis Mom Nursed Her Baby on the Bathroom Floor
Last week, I found myself at the center of a milk storm of media madness, after the article I wrote about the mom who breastfeeds her friend's son went well and truly viral. And through the storm,...
View ArticleBreastfeeding Campaign Posters Criticized As Obscene
“To start off, there would be print ads placed on the back of bathroom stalls,” the breastfeeding campaign’s web-release explains. “These ads create a ‘reflection’ of the stall facing it, and show...
View ArticlePhotos Of Moms Breastfeeding In Hawaii Are As Gorgeous As You'd Expect
There are few things more natural and beautiful than a mother nurturing her child, which is why birth and breastfeeding photographer Sophia Costa gathered a group of proud Hawaii moms to nurse in...
View ArticleVenezuela Considers Baby Bottle Ban To Encourage Breastfeeding
CARACAS | Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:57pm EDT (Reuters) - Venezuela's Congress will discuss legislation next week that would prohibit bottle feeding of infants to try to encourage breast feeding and reduce the...
View ArticleMoms Stage Nurse-In At The Today Show After Hoda Kotb's Controversial...
NBC's "Today" is under fire for airing a segment that shamed moms who post breastfeeding photos on social media. During their "OK! Or Not OK" segment on May 21, hosts Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford...
View ArticleMother Says Judge Ordered Her To Stop Breastfeeding So Baby's Dad Can Have...
A Pennsylvania mother is furious this week after she says a judge ordered her to stop breastfeeding so that the father of her daughter could have overnight visits with the child. Jessica Moser, a...
View ArticlePhotographer Seeks To Normalize Breastfeeding With Striking Outdoor Nursing...
For photographer and mother of two Ivette Ivens, taking pictures of breastfeeding moms has personal meaning. "Every time I nurse my baby with my burp-spotted shirt on and messy hair, I still feel like...
View ArticleBreastfeeding In Airports Is Miserable. These Women Are Aiming To Fix That.
Traveling may soon get a little bit easier for breastfeeding moms in the U.S. as an initiative to bring lactation rooms to airports across the country is taking hold on the legislative, corporate and...
View ArticleMom Shares Photo Of Sad 'Nursing Lounge' At D.C. Airport
Mom of three Leslie Morgan Steiner was in the restroom in Terminal C at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. last week when she noticed that the handicapped stall in the main...
View ArticlePope Francis Supports Breastfeeding Enough To Know It Needs To Happen In Public
Mothers, non-mothers, and celebrities alike have come to arms in the support of public breastfeeding, and now, so has the Pope. In an interview with La Stompa, Pope Francis was asked about the state of...
View ArticleClaridge’s hotel criticised after telling breastfeeding woman to cover up
Louise Burns says she felt humiliated after being told to cover up while feeding 12-week-old baby during Christmas tea with family...
View ArticleMom 'Angry, Sad, And Confused' After Allegedly Being Shamed For Breastfeeding...
On December 2, mom Karissa Riddle was running errands with her 6-month-old son, Clark, at a mall in Gastonia, North Carolina and stopped at Qdoba for food, she told The Huffington Post in an email....
View ArticleLaura Trickle, Missouri Mother, Faces Court Penalties For Choosing...
As if the list of breastfeeding challenges wasn't long enough, now add jury duty. When Laura Trickle, a Missouri woman and breastfeeding mother, was summoned to serve last month, she explained to the...
View ArticleHollie McNish, Poet, Delivers An Incredible Defense Of Breastfeeding In...
Mothers who have been shamed for breastfeeding in public have a new anthem. British poet Holly McNish's incredible spoken word poem, "Embarrassed," attacks everything from aggressive formula marketing...
View ArticleBobbi Bockoras, Breastfeeding Mom, Allegedly Forced By Employer To Pump On...
By Katy Waldman for Slate Put on your outrage caps, everyone. We will now take an indignation ride through the facts of a civil complaint the American Civil Liberties Union recently filed, the latest...
View ArticleWalmart Apologizes To Kayla Andre, Mom, After Refusing To Print Breastfeeding...
The latest in a dishearteningly regular series of breastfeeding controversies appears to have come to a positive resolution. This time, the setting is not a cafe, a public pool or Facebook -- but a...
View ArticleWhy I'm Glad Someone Told Me To Stop Breastfeeding In Public
Every now and then, a news report or story related to nursing in public pops up in my news feeds. Often, it's about a mother who was asked to stop nursing while doing so in a restaurant or store....
View ArticleKentucky Kingdom Under Fire After Breastfeeding Mother Told To Nurse In The...
Renee Villatoro had only been in the Kentucky Kingdom amusement park for 15 minutes before an employee shamed her for breastfeeding in public, an act the park has since apologized for. The mother of...
View ArticleBreastfeeding Mom Learns Victoria's Secret Doesn't Always Support Boobs
Here we go again. Fox7 reports that when Ashley Clawson asked a Victoria's Secret employee if she could nurse her child in a dressing room, she was not only denied, but directed to go to the nearest...
View ArticleTarget’s Updated Breastfeeding Policy Turning Mothers’ Heads All Around The...
The policies in the handbook state that mothers are welcomed to breastfeed their children inside the department store and there are also specific guidelines for employees who witness such practices....
View ArticleBreastfeeding moms are really excited about a Target policy posted on Facebook
Target is getting a lot of attention — from new moms. When someone posted a picture from Target's employee handbook to a public Facebook group, Breastfeeding Mama Talk, earlier this week, it quickly...
View ArticleWhy Breastfeeding Moms Are Praising Target
Parents are sending virtual kudos to Target this week after a photo of the company's breastfeeding policy started circulating across Facebook. The policy reads: Guests may openly breastfeed in our...
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