Here’s an interesting take on how well, or not well, breastfeeding is fairing in the across the States. A friend of mine shared this on her Facebook page and I’d thought it more than fitting, especially since both Alison and I will be doing lots of nursing these next couple of months. Massachusetts ranks 22nd [...]
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June 29, 2011Nicole’s Story: how one mother’s determination to nurse saved her son’s life
February 1, 2011We are so honored to be able to share with you Nicole’s story. In previous posts we have both shared a bit of our own struggles with nursing. For most of us breastfeeding wasn’t something that came easily. We, along with our readers, have often professed that it took not only support from loved ones [...]
Letting go
September 24, 2010Yesterday was bitter sweet. I celebrated my daughter’s first birthday, loved my husband more than ever because of her, and then kissed her goodnight. Not once did I nurse her. As I laid her into her crib, sound asleep, the ache in my heart was almost unbearable. My plan all along was to let her [...]
In honor of breastfeeding
August 4, 2010Since it’s World Breastfeeding Week, I thought it only fitting to write a bit about my own journey with breastfeeding. In truth, I found nursing to be the most difficult, even more so than labor itself. At least initially. Long before getting pregnant I was often awed at the whole idea of nursing. I’m a [...]
Secret Life of Nursing – How it all started…
July 29, 2010When I started nursing Charlotte 6 weeks after she was born, I didn’t have any notion that at 19 months I’d still be nursing her once a day. As I mentioned in an earlier post, Charlotte entered this world very unexpectedly born as a premie 6 weeks early I was so distraught over her birth [...]