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You’re surely familiar with the idiom “Action speaks louder than words.” Today, most Western mothers are practically bombarded with breastfeeding information and advice. “In modern…cultures, mothers have more information about breastfeeding than any time in human history,” Kathleen Kendall-Tackett writes in How Too Much Information May Cause Problems for Breastfeeding New Mothers. However, she continues …

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As a highschooler, I was completely entranced by TLC’s A Baby Story. The labor and delivery process presented was so horrifically dramatic, I simply couldn’t tear my eyes away. Laboring mothers writhed in pain. Howls thundered from deep within, as if possessed by someone or something otherworldly. Eventually and almost always, pain consumed the mothers …

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I’d be willing to bet you’ve never thought to compare a circus clown to a nursing mother and her infant. I certainly hadn’t until I had the pleasure of speaking with Healthy Children faculty Kristin Stewart, BS, CLC. “With circus clowning, you can’t speak,” Kristin explains to me. “Someone in the top row of the …

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I recently had the opportunity to travel to Orlando, Fla. for Healthy Children’s 17th Annual International Breastfeeding Conference. As a trained journalist, I am ashamed to admit that I cannot find the words to explain how phenomenal an experience it was. The gathering of speakers including Ann-Marie Widström, Kristin Svensson, Nikki Lee, Katja Pigur, Elizabeth …

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As a relatively new Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC), I was thrilled to have the opportunity to interview Dr. Karin Cadwell, Executive Director of the Healthy Children Project (HCP). HCP trained me for my CLC exam back in November 2011 and the organization has trained thousands of other lactation care providers. Dr. Cadwell was so engaging …

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