A commitment to breastfeeding is the first step we can take to combat the health crisis of obesity and illness linked to the industrialized food chain, and re-establish a healthy relationship to food.
Joyce McFadden | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
Women shouldn't impose strictures on other women's individuality and choice when we wouldn't want that from men.
Mark Konkol and Todd Fooks | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago
The guys talk to the poster mom for Chicago's public breast feeding movement and Red Hot Annie, star of the underground hit, "Rolling Outta Here Naked, A Lebowski Burlesque."
Louise Sloan | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living
These days, it seems like all the cool new parents complain -- bitterly and hilariously -- about having an infant. But I actually loved it.
Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 11.08.2009 | Chicago
In retaliation for a public scorning, Lauren Trost staged a "nurse-in." About three-dozen women showed up to publicly breast-feed their infants in protest. I was one of them.
Huffington Post | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago
Dozens of women gathered in Lincoln Square Friday to publicly breastfeed their babies in a nurse-in protesting against harassment. Rogers Park mother...
Meredith Lopez | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living
If there's one thing we women, especially brand-new mothers, enjoy hearing, especially from men and especially from our fathers, is that breastfeeding "seems like a hassle."
Barbara Dehn | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living
Many moms who can't breastfeed, for whatever reason, feel tremendous pressure to breastfeed, that they don't quite measure up, which can lead to feelings of guilt, shame and anger.
Amie Newman | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living
Breastfeeding is not simply a "choice" women make. It is a decision women make based on a tremendous variety of social and medical factors.
Amy Sohn | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living
Even if it makes no difference to babies' future obesity, allergies, or IQ, mothers should still nurse -- for themselves.
New York Times | Jennifer 8. Lee | Posted 09.06.2009 | New York
We've heard of being ticketed for breast-feeding while driving. What about a ticket for being parked while breast-feeding? On July 30, Enrique Velez ...
Karen Kisslinger | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living
Far too little attention is given to the fact that it is well known that access to breast milk in infancy and beyond is protective against later childhood and later life obesity.
Juliet Linley | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living
How much longer will I nurse my child? Until I no longer find it convenient.
Barbara Dehn | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living
Babies and toddlers are the most vulnerable to serious bacterial infections leading to diarrhea, dehydration and in some cases, even death when the water supply is compromised.
Juliet Linley | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living
In Italy, it's perfectly acceptable to breastfeed for just a few months or not at all. Mention that your child drinks human milk beyond 6 months and you're viewed as something of a freak.
Juliet Linley | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living
Ah, breastfeeding. By no means a red-hot conversation topic in Roman circles, it appears to be snubbed by Italian mothers.
Amie Newman | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living
The real focus should be on creating the societal support necessary for mothers to experience new motherhood as optimally as possible. Do we offer adequate paid family leave for new moms?
Extra | Posted 05.31.2009 | Entertainment
New mom Rebecca Romijn is talking about losing almost 60 lbs since giving birth to her twin daughters and going back to work. She credits most of her ...
Jay Gordon, MD | Posted 05.20.2009 | Living
The fake press release stated that the AAP would end the ethical problem of receiving money and sponsorships from the pharmaceutical industry.
Barbara Dehn | Posted 05.08.2009 | Living
Perchlorate, aka Rocket Fuel, is a component of fireworks, munitions and yes, rocket fuel. It can also be found in drinking water, milk, lettuce, and human breast milk.
Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 04.06.2009 | Living
Pumping is such a love-hate thing. Love the freedom, hate the device.
Huffington Post | Posted 03.13.2009 | Entertainment
Salma Hayek let "Nightline" and Cynthia McFadden follow her on a goodwill trip to Sierra Leone a few months ago, and while there she breastfeed a newb...
Christen Clifford | Posted 03.02.2009 | Style
The R train wasn't the ideal place to be squeezing out human milk, but it's a part of breastfeeding: women should be able to nurse everywhere and pump everywhere too.
People, Getty Images | Posted 02.13.2009 | Entertainment
Naomi Watts ventured out to her first red carpet since giving birth four week ago to second sonSamuel Kai. Watts attended a screening and party for "D...
Huffington Post, Us | Posted 01.23.2009 | Entertainment
New dad Pete Wentz continues his oversharing about wife Ashlee Simpson by annoucning Monday he has sampled her breast milk. Wentz told Sirius radio t...
Ellen Malmon | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living