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4 Ways to Heal Sore Nipples from Breastfeeding

Many breastfeeding mamas experience sore nipples at some point in their nursing-life and the causes are many — latch, thrush, positioning at the breast, vasospasm — just to name a few. But assuming you’ve already figured out the reason for your sore nipples, here are four simple things you can do to help promote healing [...]

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A Doula’s Reading List

Doulas are natural information-seekers (and information-sharers!), and perhaps the primary way we educate ourselves is by reading books. Lots and lots of books. Though I’m still early in my doula-ing journey, I’ve already discovered a number of favorites which I recommend as bedside-table standards to my clients and friends. Here they are, in no particular [...]

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Birth-y Tweets Worth Twittering About

There were quite a few beautiful birthy tweets flying about the Twitter-verse this past weekend. Here are a few of my favorites. Enjoy! From@Thinkbirth: Babies know how to be born: Excellent mechanism of breech: bit.ly/gw6rfI via @purpleanvil #midwives #doula From @KathyAMorelli: #Depression After Miscarriage Common, Even Years Later | Psych Central News: http://bit.ly/gNayrL #pregnancy #doula [...]

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Is Babble.com Biased Against Breastfeeding?

A little while back, there was some controversy surrounding online parenting resource Babble.com, and its relationship with formula companies, specifically Similac. Babble, which calls itself  “the revolutionary online magazine for a new generation of parents” has become a pop-culture parenting resource of some influence. In my old life, I worked with Babble’s editors to secure [...]

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