Making Sense of the Science

A Babe’s Guide to Pumping

By Fleur Bickford, BSc., RN, IBCLC | Posted on November 30, 2011

Whether pumping at work, pumping at home for the occasional night out, or pumping to protect milk production while managing breastfeeding challenges, many mothers these days use a breast...

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Celeb News

Alyssa Milano: Charmed by Breastfeeding!

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on December 12, 2011

Woohoo! Alyssa Milano and her son Milo, born August 31, are breastfeeding champs!  The super cool actress was super quick to respond to questions from our readers and staff, and...

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Babeworthy

Great Breastfeeding Quotes

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on November 24, 2011

If I had only known when I had my first . . . I definitely experienced a lot of challenges.  As a result, I’m on a mission with every pregnant woman I see!  I’ll ask, “So are...

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Booby Traps

Booby Traps Series: Cultural traps in the hospital, and a “look” I won’t forget.

By Tanya Lieberman, IBCLC | Posted on December 20, 2011

This post is the 28th in a series on Booby Traps, made possible by the generous support of Motherlove Herbal Company. I'll be writing for a few weeks about a set of Booby Traps which...

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Advocacy

Target Responds

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on December 28, 2011

    Copyright Target Nurse-In We reached out to Target last week on Wednesday, December 21st to see if we could work with them so that the nurse-in scheduled...

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Support 360

Influencing the Influencers: World Pneumonia Day

By Bettina Forbes, CLC | Posted on November 14, 2011

Behind the scenes at Best for Babes, one of the most important things we do is reach out through our network to connect with influencers who can help us put the "breastfeeding message"...

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