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LactivistLeanings · 10M ago

If you are looking to donate breastmilk – HMBANA needs donors

The Human Milk-Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) is a non-profit association of donor human milk banks that was established in 1985 to provide donor breastmilk to needy infants. Currently they are running the following notice on their site index. Milk Donors are URGENTLY NEEDED. If you h
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LactivistLeanings · 10M ago

Heh! I’m not on a posting hiatus anymore…

Comments are another story! I’ve been puttering about in the backroom here at the blog today. Just a bit here and there upgrading and tweaking – and nuking the background and some of the post formatting and… *Ahem* As I was poking around and reviewing the comments (some of which are STILL making me
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LactivistLeanings · 11M ago

Just West of Crunchy exposé of Prolacta is a MUST READ

I’m not out of my hiatus – things are actually even wilder than ever around here. HOWEVER – This article is too important not to link to. I’m going to ask a couple of questions  and then direct you to a really important article. If a business came to you and asked you to donate [...]
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LactivistLeanings · 1Y ago

Dear Internetz – I’m on hiatus here

I hadn’t made a formal announcement back when posting petered out because I thought I’d be writing a post soon – then I never did. Every time I thought about trying to work something up the “easy” posts seemed boring and the ones that I wanted to write seemed like too big a pain-in-the-ass to [...]
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LactivistLeanings · 1Y ago

Dear Internetz – I’m on hiatus here

I hadn’t made a formal announcement back when posting petered out because I thought I’d be writing a post soon – then I never did. Every time I thought about trying to work something up the “easy” posts seemed boring and the ones that I wanted to write seemed like too big a pain-in-the-ass to [...]
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LactivistLeanings · 1Y ago

A Breast With a View – NIP Around the World

Welcome to the July 2010 Carnival of Nursing in Public This post was written for inclusion in the Carnival of Nursing in Public hosted by Dionna and Paige at NursingFreedom.org. All week, July 5-9, we will be featuring articles and posts about nursing in public (“NIP”). See the bottom of this post f
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LactivistLeanings · 1Y ago

My Only Regret

Welcome to the July 2010 Carnival of Nursing in Public This post was written for inclusion in the Carnival of Nursing in Public hosted by Dionna and Paige at NursingFreedom.org. All week, July 5-9, we will be featuring articles and posts about nursing in public (“NIP”). See the bottom of this post f
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LactivistLeanings · 1Y ago

Carnival of Nursing in Public July 5-9

This site will have posts going up on Tuesday July 6th and Thursday July 8th. I’m biased and I think they are pretty neat so please stop back by! This whole week is going to be great for supporting parents Nursing in Public! The posts are going up on an automatic schedule because I am [...]
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LactivistLeanings · 1Y ago

Why bovine breastfeeding comparisons leave me cold

Breastfeeding Mom = Cow It’s pretty difficult for me to find the compliment when a breastfeeding mom is compared to an animal that is mostly invoked to tell people they are stupid, fat, slow, smelly, ugly or lazy. Sure, everyone loves some milk, a little cheese, that great ice cream or their frappuc
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LactivistLeanings · 1Y ago

Complimentary access to articles in Breastfeeding Medicine

Heads up everyone! The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is providing complimentary access to the following articles for 2 weeks starting today. Incidence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Postpartum Breast Abscesses Authored By: P. Berens, L. Swaim, and B. Peterson Maternal Membrano
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