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Man Drinks Daughter's Breast Milk To Fight Cancer

When Tim Browne sits down to a bowl of corn flakes in the morning, he slurps up one unusual, and controversial, extra ingredient:... more

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Breastfeeding mother told 'no food or drink by the pool'

A mother was ordered to stop breastfeeding her baby next to a swimming pool because of rules banning "food and drink" in... more

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Got Milk?

A newborn baby girl was mistakenly given by a nurse to another mother and that mother breast-fed the day-old infant. Hospital... more

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Breastfeeding mum 'too drunk'

A young mother who almost crashed into a police car while breastfeeding her son was too drunk to give a breath test. The... more

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Salma Hayek Breastfeeds African Child

Since ABC's "Nightline" aired a story last week about Salma Hayek's goodwill trip to Sierra Leone, there has... more

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Salma Hayek breast feeds African baby

Salma Hayek was so taken aback by the plight of an African woman in Sierra Leone who was unable to breastfeed her child that the... more

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Death Sentences in Chinese Milk Case

Published: January 22, 2009 BEIJING — Chinese courts sentenced two men to death on Thursday for endangering public safety... more

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Better lungs for kids fed from breast, not bottle

Study: Process of breast-feeding for more than 4 months aids lung capacity Children who are breast-fed for at least 4 months... more

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Facebook bans breastfeeding photos!

Facebook has become the target of an 80,000-plus protest by irate mothers after banning breastfeeding photographs from online... more

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Protests mount over Facebook ban on breast-feeding photos

"Online, the virtual "nurse-in" to protest Facebook's ban on breast-feeding photos has taken off, with... more

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Mama's milk ice cream cone, anyone?

"The Virginia-based nonprofit group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice... more

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The Topic of the Week 9/26/08

picture: Flickr photo- Cherry ice-cream http://www.flickr.com/photos/elena777/124359368/ As a member of the Online Community... more

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Breast fed babies live longer: Road show seeks to promote breast feeding

Children born in Switzerland have better odds of fighting cancer, obesity and depression than those in many other countries thanks... more

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Tainted milk scandal revives China's 'wet nurses'

A scandal over tainted infant formula and milk sweeping across China has revived business opportunities for a once-condemned practice: the hiring of wet nurses.

Ads from nursing mothers who want to earn money feeding other infants have popped up on Web sites, and urban agencies that offer household help say inquiries about wet nurses have soared from new mothers worried about contaminated infant formula.

Just a few decades ago, Mao Zedong denounced the practice of paying for wet nurses as decadent. And for decades after modern China's founding in 1949, nearly all women breastfed because they were too poor to buy infant formula.

But as China has grown more prosperous, many urban women have shunned breastfeeding for fear it would hurt their figures, or because they were seduced by rampant advertising that infant formula is nutritious, or even because grandparents of new infants clamor to take part in feeding rituals.

In the two weeks since a scandal erupted over adulterated infant formula and milk, tens of thousands of children have sought medical care, nearly 13,000 have been hospitalized and four infants have died.

Zhan Liying, a 28-year-old mother who gave birth in early August, sat in a household employment agency Wednesday waiting for clients who might hire her to breastfeed their infant.

"With the infant formula issue, there is demand for wet nurses," Zhan said. "It's a way to make money."

Only prosperous Chinese families can afford it, though. Wet nurses often live with employers and charge anywhere from $1,100 to $2,700 a month.

Chinese law gives working mothers four to six months of maternity leave, although some career-oriented women prefer not to take such a leave.

Some Chinese mothers believe they are unable to produce enough milk to feed their children. Others worry that breastfeeding will cause sagging.

Wet nurses were a staple of the imperial era. China's last emperor, Pu Yi, is known to have suckled the breast of his wet nurse into his teens.

On a wet nurse user forum on QQ, China's leading online social network, a man going by the nickname "blue forever," said he would block his wife from offering the service.

"Who likes other people's babies to suckle on the breasts of one's own wife?" he wrote.A scandal over tainted infant formula and milk sweeping across China has revived business opportunities for a once-condemned... more

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Breast feeding doll

So many dolls' sets come with a plastic feeding bottle, so it's nice to see some dolls that expressly (no pun intended)... more

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Milk on Tap - First Human Milk Bank Opens in Philippines

200 hundred mothers donated at least 5 ounces of milk each at the Guadalupe Nuevo Barangay Hall in Makati City Philippines during the opening ceremony of the very first community milk bank, the commencement of which was scheduled with the World Breastfeeding Month this August.

The launch was led by Sen. Pia S. Cayetano, a very strong promoter of breastfeeding with the sole aim of stimulating the fading ritual of breastfeeding.

This community milk bank is the brain child of the Compañero Rene Cayetano Foundation in harmonization with the Makati City Health Department and Makati Rep. Abigail Binay and has been christened after Cayetano’s late father.

n an interview to the reporters, Cayetano, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography said, “The idea of this project is to tell moms who are breastfeeding to take it a step forward, to help other moms who cannot immediately breastfeed.”

The breast milk which was donated by various mothers was accumulated in an uncontaminated container and later relocated in a cooler. It was then sent to the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

This hospital sustains a milk bank with a pasteurizing apparatus. It also has three freezers which can preserve the milk for almost half a year.

This milk comes to the aid of weak and premature babies with an under developed sucking reflex or those suffering from congenital ailments. It is also given to those newborns whose mothers are unable to feed because of impediments such as high blood pressure and diabetes.

In fact now onwards it will be mandatory for hospitals bestowing maternity services to set up a human milk bank in their hospitals. This provision is in accordance with Cayetano's Senate Bill No. 1698, also known as the "Expanded Breastfeeding Act," which has already passed its third reading in the Senate.

The bill also calls for the setting up of lactation stations in public places and in all offices so as to allow mother’s to continue with breastfeeding once they return to work upon the completion of their maternity200 hundred mothers donated at least 5 ounces of milk each at the Guadalupe Nuevo Barangay Hall in Makati City Philippines during... more

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Perfumed Mother’s Milk

Mothers pass many things on to their babies — including chemicals from soaps and personal care products. A new study of... more

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Health: Breastfed is best fed!

Scientists have discovered another reason why breast is best. Already associated with increased intelligence, greater social... more

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McDonald's apologises after group of mothers stage sit-in over breast-feeding ban

A McDonald's manager who told a young woman to stop breastfeeding found himself faced with a demonstration of Mum Power.

Maddie Reynolds returned with five friends she had met at ante-natal classes and they staged a mass feed-in at the restaurant.

'We all walked in to McDonald's together and sat around one table right by the counter,' said 27-year-old Miss Reynolds, a nursery nurse from Bournemouth. We began breastfeeding our babies all at the same time to make a point. We caused a bit of a stir among customers but none of the staff looked our way. Someone told a manager what we were doing but he just muttered that he couldn't comment.'

The incident happened at the McDonald's branch inside an Asda supermarket in the resort. Miss Reynolds was feeding ten-week-old Sophie when the staff member intervened.

'I had a proper maternity top on which is designed for breastfeeding so no one could see anything,' she said. 'I was angry when the man told me to leave but knew I wasn't doing anything wrong so I carried on. But he just stood there and watched me for a few minutes. I felt so humiliated but put my head down and didn't stop and eventually he walked off. I felt so cross and upset.'

Miss Reynolds lives with partner Karl Brackenborough, 29, who works as a television fitter and repairer.

She added: 'I choose to breastfeed Sophie because I know it's healthy and the best thing for her. I remember reading about a similar incident a while back where a woman was thrown out of a coffee shop for breastfeeding. She was so upset by it that she started using bottles instead. I wasn't prepared to let something like that happen to anyone else again.'

Fellow protester Catherine Davis, 19, took her seven-week-old daughter Amelia along to the sit-in. She said: 'I just thought the way Maddie was treated was disgusting. It's the most natural thing to feed your baby and there's nothing wrong with it. Everyone says breast is best. I have breastfed in public and no one ever has ever said anything to me. I think it's fine as long as you are discreet.'

Alison Purves, spokesman for McDonald's, said the company was 'disappointed' by the junior manager's actions. Breastfeeding mothers were welcomed in all its restaurants.

'This manager was working unilaterally and not following company policy at all. If another customer ever expressed their discomfort about breastfeeding we would encourage them to move rather than the mum. What we don't want to do is to make mums feel as if they have to hide away.'

She said the manager involved had been told he had made a mistake.

'We are confident he will make the right decision in future.'A McDonald's manager who told a young woman to stop breastfeeding found himself faced with a demonstration of Mum Power.... more