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Topless Ladies (what else needs to be said?)
Naked protest in California
"We want to walk around topless!"
"What do we want? To walk around topless! When do we want it? Now!" Over 50 women demonstrated for their right to walk around topless in Venice Beach, California, to the delight of male onlookers.
There certainly weren't many men who were arguing with the foxy feminists as they marched down the street armed with posters and bare chests. "We want to show our breasts" shouted the feminists, who were fighting for equal rights with men.
One of the pretty protesters said: "It's not right that men in the USA are allowed to walk around topless, and not women." Women who bare their breasts in public face, according to the state, a hefty fine or even prison. The demonstrators said they just want to be able to go topless on the beach, and sun their breasts at open air swimming pools.
Naked protests also took place in New York, Miami, Denver, Chicago and Hawaii, as part of national GoTopless protest day in the US.
Women will also go topless and demonstrate in Denver, where the four day democratic party conference is taking place.
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68 mothers take part in mass breastfeeding session
SINGAPORE : Sixty—eight mothers took part in a mass breastfeeding session on Saturday.
The Breastfeeding Mothers’ Support Group organised the event to encourage more mothers to breastfeed their children for at least six months, and provide complementary food with continued breastfeeding for two years and beyond.
That is the standard recommended by the World Health Organisation.
Less than 1 per cent of Singapore mothers exclusively breastfeed their babies.
The event was also held to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week.
Guest of Honour Yu—Foo Yee Shoon, who is Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports, said, "A lot of us, mothers, don’t have (the) knowledge...So I think the first few weeks are very important, because we would struggle in whether we have enough milk...so I think in the hospital, the nurse can give the parents advice, especially the mother.
"The nurse told me that nutrition wise, mother’s milk is 200 times more (nutritious) than a cow’s milk...so I think it’s a good thing we need to promote for the health of the children. I (also) understand that kids who (are) breastfed are less prone to sickness..." — CNA/ms SINGAPORE : Sixty—eight mothers took part in a mass breastfeeding session on Saturday. ... more -
Breastfeeding moms crowd Vancouver clothing store in protest
Scores of breastfeeding mothers crowded into downtown Vancouver's H&M clothing store
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Mom's fight for right to breastfeed in public
Mom's fight for right to breastfeed in public
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Efforts mount to improve black breastfeeding rates
This week (1st-7th August) is World Breastfeeding Week and efforts are being made to raise historically low breastfeeding rates in the black community.
An April report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta found that African American mothers, who are less likely than white or Latina women to breastfeed, are now doing so in record numbers.
Sixty-five percent of black women have nursed their infants at some point, compared to 36 percent 14 years ago. But only 20 percent of black mothers reach the government's target goal of exclusively breastfeeding when their infants are six months old.
Through grassroots, hospital-based and government efforts, advocates are working to raise that number. They say that if more black women breastfed their children, it could address health problems that plague African American mothers and infants alike.
Last year, CDC researchers found black infants are twice as likely as white infants to be premature or underweight, or to die before their first birthdays.
Mother's milk improves those odds. Breastfed infants are seven times more likely to maintain a healthy weight than formula-fed infants, notes a 2003 study in the journal Pediatrics. Breastfeeding also reduces infants' risk of asthma, diabetes, infections and sudden infant death syndrome, all more common among African Americans.
Just as breastfeeding can help black infants, so too can it help their mothers. Research shows African American women are 70 percent more likely than other women to die of breast cancer and doubly likely to be overweight or have diabetes.
A woman's risk of developing breast cancer decreases by 4 percent for each year that she breastfeeds, according to a 2002 study in the journal Lancet. Breastfeeding burns up to 500 calories a day and can help women shed weight after pregnancy. It can also help ward off obesity and diabetes, for which African American women are at higher risk.
For women of all races, breastfeeding can lower the risk of osteoporosis and ovarian and uterine cancers. The health benefits continue through the next generation: Studies show breastfed daughters have lower rates of breast cancer when they grow up.
Though breastfeeding could help improve black women's health outcomes, they are 20 percent less likely to try it--and doubly likely to give it up before the six-month target--than their white and Latina peers.
What do you think are the reasons for lower breastfeeding rates in the black community? Is breast really best? This week (1st-7th August) is World Breastfeeding Week and efforts are being made to raise historically low breastfeeding rates in the... more -
Nipple Shield’s are a Must Have for Breastfeeding
Great article for anyone having trouble breastfeeding.
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Officer breast-feeds quake orphans
"A Chinese police officer is being hailed as a hero after taking it upon herself to breast-feed several infants who were separated from their mothers or orphaned by China's devastating earthquake." - CNN
I just don't know if I could do that. "A Chinese police officer is being hailed as a hero after taking it upon herself to breast-feed several infants who were separate... more -
Food For Thought: At What Age Is A Kid Too Old To Breastfeed?
Extraordinary Breastfeeding is a documentary that aired in England a few years ago and focused on the country's discomfort with breastfeeding. Issues raised in the film included the right to breastfeed in public, breastfeeding adopted children, and at what age children should be weaned off breast milk. Extraordinary Breastfeeding is a documentary that aired in England a few years ago and focused on the country's discomfort with b... more
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BBC NEWS | Health | Short breastfeeds 'best for baby'
Variety is the spice of life!
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Breastfeeding May Boost IQ in Babies
The known association between breast feeding and slightly higher IQ in children has been shown to relate to a particular gene in the babies, according to a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The known association between breast feeding and slightly higher IQ in children has been shown to relate to a particular gene in the b... more
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Booby Trap?
We would love your help on a POD we are working on called, "Terrible Twos" about when to stop breastfeeding.
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