MetaFilter posts tagged with breastfeeding

Breastfeeding in Mongolia.

five fresh fish — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:40:04 -0800

Breastfeeding in Mongolia The author describes the ubiquity of breastfeeding and breast milk in Mongolia, and her experience over a three-year period of breastfeeding her infant in Mongolia and in the West.

Extended Breastfeeding.

gman — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:55:38 -0800

How old is too old to be breastfed? "10 good reasons to breastfeed your toddler"

Is it the mother or her milk that matters more to her baby?

otherwordlyglow — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:08:40 -0800

If Breast is Best, Why Are Women Bottling Their Milk? Jill Lepore's article in the New Yorker explores the rise in the popularity of breast pumps. Breast pumps allow nursing mothers to express their milk for feeding to their children when, for example, the mother works outside the home or when the baby is born prematurely and must stay in the hospital. Some women pump exclusively for a variety of reasons. Lepore suggests that the rise in the popularity of breast pumps in the United States and the promotion of lactation facilities in the work place is a poor substitute for better maternity leave.

Another Day, Another Dispute at Facebook

etaoin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:06:14 -0800

A NEW FACEBOOK CONTROVERSY A NEW FACEBOOK CONTROVERSY has developed, this time over photos of women breastfeeding their babies. But Facebook is standing firm.. The protesters have also formed a Facebook group, of course, Hey Facebook, Breastfeeding Is Not Obscene. It's not the first controversy at the social networking site and this blog documents activities, rumors and news about Facebook. The site was criticized after one moron posted photos showing himself costumed as a Virginia Tech shooting victim. Privacy and user data are always issues at the site. There was the Facebook Beacon program, that tracked users' activities on the Web to a much greater extent than originally anticipated. And for students, there's the matter of parents using Facebook, driving their children crazy. For the love of god -- don't let parents join Facebook has more than 6,400 members, mostly teenagers embarrassed or angry that their parents use the site, fearing a loss of privacy. But not everyone has the same complaint; this blogger was happy to find his grandfather on the site. And now Facebook itself is battling site aggregator Power.com in an effort to control access to user information.

Islamic Courting

gman — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:14:25 -0800

Back in May, an Egyptian professor found a loophole to allow an unmarried female to be alone in the presence of a man. All she has to do is breastfeed him 5 times. Radā is a technical term from Islamic jurisprudence meaning "the suckling which produces the legal impediment to marriage of foster-kinship". Now the good people over at Haase & Martin have come up with their own way to get under that burka.

Black breastfeeding. From the 'stuff you don't think about' dept.

kmennie — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:03:39 -0800

"I am on a near-daily treasure hunt of sorts. I scour our American past to help understand modern breastfeeding..." The Black Breastfeeding Blog, with photographs and history.

Breasts:2 Pigs:1

flarbuse — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 14:47:44 -0800

Government vs. Blogger A woman who has a breastfeeding blog tries to raise some money for the Mothers' Milk Bank of Ohio by selling a t-shirt containing a slogan that the National Pork Board finds to be an infringement of their trademark . Chaos ensues.

Mums give it their breast shot.

noizyboy — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:35:31 -0800

Mums give it their breast shot. Australia held the record, the USA took it off them, lost it back to Australia, who still hold it, despite recent attempts by in New Zealand and the USA to better the mark. When did simultaneous breastfeeding get so competitive?

Creme de Men

adamms222 — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:50:55 -0800

Milkmen. "David could do it simply through suggestion. He began telling himself that he would lactate, and within a week, one of his breasts swelled up and milk began dripping out." (SFW, but not for my sense of genetic order)

Breastfeeding while driving

peterb — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 07:46:10 -0800

Breastfeeding while driving seemed like a good idea to Catherine Donkers, but now she is (thankfully) on trial for it. Since she's a member of a weird cult that believes the Bible should be the law of land, this should be entertaining. Presumably, they can just keep appealing for a few years until the crazies run the country.

Blake — Thu, 20 Dec 2001 11:04:29 -0800

The Worst Committee Charge Ever
A rather interesting Story from Normal, Indiana, where after an "animated" 1 1/2-hour meeting Wednesday, the Normal library board voted 5-1 to form a committee to develop suggestions in the wake of a dispute over a board member breast-feeding her toddler at the library during story time. They say about two dozen people were in the audience, some passionately explaining the importance of breast-feeding, including in public, and it gets waaay funnier. And, no, I am not making this up.

antimarx — Wed, 26 Sep 2001 21:01:56 -0800

Breast-feeding increases babies' IQ by 3-5 points, compared to the babies fed with formula. This is probably for two reasons: better nutrition and maternal bonding. Premature babies receive the greatest benefits.

Zebulun — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 13:14:37 -0800

What happened to 16 Dominicans lost a sea when their compass broke while trying to sail to Puerto Rico? They were saved by the gift of Faustina Mercedes breasts. Eight men and seven women took turns suckling for just a few seconds each day. Now know as a the "Little Angel of the Sea", Mercedes and the 17 others were safely returned to the Dominican Republic after 12 days.

ethmar — Tue, 12 Dec 2000 06:20:38 -0800

6 year-old boy in foster care because his mother insists on breastfeeding him. "It's an offense to me that my child has been in foster care for over 120 days because [the state] decided it didn't believe in my parenting philosophy," said the unidentified mother.