I recently posted a blog post about normalizing breastfeeding and World Breastfeeding Week. I had so many submissions of breastfeeding pictures from BWF Mamas, that I decided to do a series of posts. Here is round 3. Breastfeeding isn’t ‘normal’ or ‘not normal’. It just is. It is how our bodies were made to feed our babies. Don’t get me…
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World Breastfeeding Week: Part 2
It just so happens to be World Breastfeeding Week! Here are more BWF Mama breastfeeding pictures to celebrate. Here is one of my favorite nursing pics! My friend Morgan tandem nursing. Picture by Mae Burke Photography for her “In Mama’s Arm’s” project. This sweet picture is Kim and her bubba Treya. Magen nursing her son Samuel Thor straight out of…
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The Beauty and Normalcy of Breastfeeding: Part 1
As many of you know, breastfeeding pictures are routinely removed from Facebook, while raunchy pictures and pages remain. Don’t worry, this isn’t another blog post to bash FB and their policies. While I do not like it and do not agree, I have accepted that it is their site and we are all using it for free. They own it,…
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The 3 Winners of the Mini-BWF Contest Are…
When I was pregnant with Mini, I held a contest. BWF followers guessed the sex, date, time and weight of the baby. So many of you guessed February. Oh how that would have been wonderful! Mini: Boy March 11th (at 43 weeks, 3 days) At 11:30 pm Weight about 9 lbs The top 3 winners are… #1. LaDonna Boy March…
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10 Responses to 10 Things Never to Say to a Working Mother
I recently wrote a blog post responding to 10 Things to Never Say to a SAHM. A BWF mama shared another top 10 list with me from Redbook, but this time for working mothers. I want to always be as fair as I can, so I though I’d share my first thoughts to this new list. Here is the top…
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Happy Mother’s Day!
“When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.” ~Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty
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Breech Does NOT Equal C-Section
I have written before how a breech baby is another variation of normal. Having a breech presentation does not mean you automatically need to schedule a c-section. Remember, our babies are wise and know just how they need to be for birth. Most of the time, babies will turn, even late in pregnancy and labor!!! You can read my other…
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Enlighten Thy Neighbor…on Due Dates!
Jean O’Neil, a Birth Without Fear mama, shared this story with us. I think it demonstrates how to educate people when you start getting comments such as, “You look like you are going to pop!” or “THEY are going to LET you go past your due date?” or “Isn’t that dangerous?”, etc. So, here is Jean’s enlightening story: Tomorrow is…
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The End of Pregnancy…Keepin’ It Real
Earlier in the week I wrote The End Of Pregnancy…Positive Thoughts. These affirmations have been helping me tremendously as I find peace in the last weeks of a long pregnancy. However, I did mention, that while I’ve been doing good at surrendering to this journey, I am human. So, here is Mrs. BWF keeping it real in between thinking up…