The World's Breastfeeding Champ?

Peace Umutoni has four children and works full time as an administrative officer. When her youngest was born seven months ago, Umutoni was able to stay home and breastfeed him, thanks to 12 weeks of paid maternity leave stipulated by Rwandan law. Now back at work, she’s taking advantage of the two 30-minute breaks provided […]

Breastfeeding, boozing & brain damage: Study reveals major risk factor for babies

A study in Australia has found that women who drink alcohol while breastfeeding may be doing unwitting damage to their children’s brains. It recommends mothers abstain from booze until their baby is fully weaned. READ MORE: Russia stood up for breastfeeding protection when other countries yielded to US pressure – activist Researchers at Macquarie University […]

Breastfeeding senator breaks taboo, makes history in Aussie parliament

Published time: 10 May, 2017 20:01 An Australian senator has made history, while causing a few heads to explode, by breastfeeding her baby in parliament. Instead of breastfeeding on the job, maybe she could’ve stayed home with her infant child like a decent mother. — Kitten Nationalist (@cationalism) May 10, 2017 @cnni Kudos! Here’s to […]

Experts say we need to stop calling breastfeeding ‘natural’

Public health advocates often use the phrase natural in their attempts to promote breast-feeding. As a marketing strategy, it’s a shrewd move. Most mothers will feel at least a little bit guilty about going the “unnatural” route and will be too tired to question the speciousness of what’s being implied. But as a public health strategy, […]