I came across this fantastic new  book that I want to share with you all.  Breastfeeders Anonymous is a light-hearted, informative and easy-to-read book. It’s not a DIY Guide to Breastfeeding (although there is a chapter on the ‘Mechanics of Breastfeeding); it’s a support group in a book, in which a number of mums relate the good, bad and ugly of breastfeeding.

I also had a chance to chat to the author Rachael Blair, who saw an information gap out there for breastfeeding mums and set out to write her own.

"There’s a lot of how-to books and a few anecdotal ones, but not many that combine expert information with the personal experience of real mums", she said.

"I’m a stay-at-home-mum/ ex-teacher/ freelance writer who is really passionate about breastfeeding and wanted other mums to be able to enjoy good breastfeeding relationships with their babies. I have two beautiful boys, both of whom were breastfed (one still is).'’

Sounds good to me and just what we are about at Mum Knows Breast! Check it out at www.breastfeedersanonymous.com.

gillygirl :: Sep.26.2007 :: breastfeeding stories, Product Reviews, breastfeeding support :: No Comments »

It’s good to see that royalty are just like the rest of us. I was reading an article today about Denmark’s Princess Mary in New York. She has 5 month old daughter Isabella with her who she is still breastfeeding. Go Mary! It’s great to see a royal role model for breastfeeding. She said she was up very early in the morning going for walks with the baby. Kinda makes me pleased that royalty also suffer from sleep deprivation like the rest of us!

gillygirl :: Sep.23.2007 :: Uncategorized :: No Comments »

Came across this interesting article on Brisbane times about a new study that found long term breastfeeding doesn’t prevent asthma and other allergies as previously thought.  The article even subtly suggests a link between breastfeeding and a rise in asthma. What’s your view?

See what you think of the article Breastfeeding Doesn’t Help Asthma.

gillygirl :: Sep.17.2007 :: breastfeeding stories :: 3 Comments »

Came across an article today about Facebook removing images on people’s profiles that were of breastfeeding mums labelling them "obscene". 

But it seems that Facebook mums aren’t going down without a fight - a Facebook group has been started challenging Facebook’s right to do this - and it has over 7000 members.

If there are fines in place for discriminating against a breastfeeding mum in public, surely they should cover online public places as well - shouldn’t they?

Click here to read the article - and let us know what you think!

madmadmummy :: Sep.10.2007 :: Uncategorized :: 1 Comment »