Yo Mama: TIME Magazine Cover Edition
As someone who spends approximately 38% of the day with her boob in someone's mouth, I took particular interest in the recent TIME magazine kerfuffle over attachment parenting.
As someone who spends approximately 38% of the day with her boob in someone's mouth, I took particular interest in the recent TIME magazine kerfuffle over attachment parenting.
Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.15.2012
Can we look at a woman nursing and think "lunch"? We have learned to stop blushing at the sight of a pregnant woman. It's more than time to give nursing mothers the same break.
Juliet Linley | Posted 05.14.2012
What most people seem to ignore is that creating an attachment bond with your baby is about putting your child's needs ahead of yours. It's as simple as that. Seriously.
Jeanne Ponessa Fratello | Posted 05.11.2012
Not every mom is as visible as the mom on the cover of TIME magazine, but there are plenty of moms who enjoy this time with their little ones and have no set deadline for stopping.
Susan Stiffelman | Posted 05.11.2012
I can't get behind the cover photo, if only because if we're talking about what may be best for a child, we can at least agree that kids deserve to have their privacy respected.
Sheila Davis, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN | Posted 05.08.2012
Although our founding mother of modern nursing would be impressed with the health technology of today, I am sure she would be sorely disappointed by the ongoing invisibility of nurses, which she fought so hard to overcome during her lifetime.
Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.20.2012
Alma Mesquita is a tower of tranquillity. Stethoscope slung over her shoulders like a shawl, she speaks in soft, lilting tones that promise that no matter what's wrong, she'll make everything all right.
HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 02.18.2012
Breastfeeding mothers are accusing Facebook of censorship again. In what's become an ongoing quarrel, Heather Stultz and Cece Buehner, founders of a "...
Suzanne Skees | Posted 04.16.2012
The non-profit Freedom From Hunger is working to help 1.3 million women facing extreme poverty in developing nations work hard towards goals to grow, advance, and develop themselves, their families, and their communities.
Posted 02.03.2012
Kelly Sabourin, a mom of three from Florida says breastfeeding is something she has always loved to do. But on January 20th, she was made to feel as t...
HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 02.03.2012
It's hard to say how many of the estimated 300,000 people descending upon Indianapolis for the Super Bowl this weekend are nursing mothers. But for th...
HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 01.23.2012
The debate over how women choose to nurse their children -- not to mention where they do it, when they do it, and for how long -- has gone virtual. ...
Priya Malhotra | Posted 02.15.2012
On days I've worn scrubs in public, strangers often comment on my monochromatic cotton garb. The most common comment I get is this: "you must be a nurse."
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
Medicine is fraught with controversies. However, there is one topic upon which there is almost universal agreement: with few exceptions, breast milk is the best source of nourishment for infants.
Afaf I. Meleis | Posted 05.25.2011
Changing the way healthcare is delivered in this country by ensuring that nurses play a more prominent and crucial role is not an option, it is a necessity.
Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.17.2011
According to a recent study new moms sleep patterns mimic those who suffer from sleep disorders like sleep apnea. They get enough hours asleep, but not enough hours in restorative sleep.
Gina Ciagne, CLC | Posted 11.17.2011
I believe that it's the lack of education and support for new moms that are primary factors driving these statistics.
Paul Bowers | Posted 05.25.2011
I got married in college. That is to say, my wife and I are both undergraduates at the University of South Carolina. That is to say, we get a lot of raised eyebrows when we introduce ourselves to classmates.
Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011
Your Presence Is Requested At Suvanto by Maile Chapman is a strange but addictive book about the shackling of female will -- and what happens when the restraints fail.
Posted 05.25.2011
Sarah Dale, a 39-year-old nurse who specialized in dealing with cancer patients, has admitted to having relationships with two husbands of her patient...
Chicago Tribune | Joan Giangrasse Kates | Posted 05.25.2011
A longtime member of the Chicago-area nursing community, Wendy K. Burgess had a doctorate in nursing, taught at several universities and was a sought-...
AP | CHRISTOPHER LEONARD | Posted 05.25.2011
In a brutal job market, here's a task that might sound easy: Fill jobs in nursing, engineering and energy research that pay $55,000 to $60,000, plus b...
Fern Siegel | Posted 11.17.2011
What do families need to know when hiring home care? It's critical to factor in cost, job requirements, employee consistency, security issues and expertise.
Joyce McFadden | Posted 11.17.2011
Women shouldn't impose strictures on other women's individuality and choice when we wouldn't want that from men.
Yahoo! News | Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter | Posted 11.17.2011
MONDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Women who breast-feed their babies even for short periods of time may lower their risk of developing premenopausal...
Leslie Goldman | Posted 05.17.2012