Skin to skin, above all else
I’m sharing below an e-mail conversation with a Midwife/Lactation Consultant from Israel. Gloria From: Leslie Wolff, Israel Subject: Lactation Consultants in the labor & delivery room I was a...
View ArticleBreast is best
This is a 7 minute trailer of a video on breastfeeding that I highly recommend. I own an older copy that I use all the time but it looks, from this clip, like the film has been updated. This shows the...
View ArticleBaby belongs at the breast
Three minute video narrated by Gloria Lemay on the cost of breast milk substitutes (better described as “crap in a can”). Background poster is a WIC publication by the California Dept of Health 2008....
View Article“Prescription Milk”, the film
This is the 3 min. trailer for a new film coming out called “Prescription Milk”. I think it will be an incredible wake up call about prematurity, donated milk and the heroic women who want to make a...
View ArticleAFRICA: Can you ever forgive what we have done?
From: “Angela Gorman” Date: 18 October 2011 18:53:39 ACDT To: “HIFA2015 – Healthcare Information For All by 2015″ Subject: [HIFA2015] Attitude and behaviour of health workers (17) Midwifery practice: I...
View ArticleRemembering Tine Thevenin
We mourn the death of La Leche League Leader, Tine Thevenin, aged only 68. She influenced two generations with her best-selling self-published book, “The Family Bed: An Age Old Concept in Child...
View ArticlePaul M. Fleiss, M.D., M.P.T.
In Loving Memory Paul M. Fleiss, MD, MPT Sept. 18, 1933 to July 19, 2014Paul Fleiss 1933 – 2014 Dr. Fleiss was a father of 6 children and a much-loved and respected Pediatrician for 50 years in the Los...
View ArticleCHEAT SHEET FOR PARTNERS –Breast feeding support
CHEAT SHEET FOR PARTNERS Breastfeeding Support This is a brief list of ways to make a big difference for the woman who is breast feeding. Do one, some, or all, everything matters. 1. When the breast...
View ArticleYour Newborn Baby—What’s Normal?
Parents’ Guide to the Newborn Keep your caregiver informed of any concerns about your baby. Phone number of dr., public health nurse, midwife, or other provider...
View ArticleBreastfeeding Benefits
http://wisewomanwayofbirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/54dcc263-579b-490d-9ebb-d87fbef3311a.mp4 This is a good checklist of all the benefits that breastfeeding provides and the risk of using any...
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