Finding My Own Wave
Guest post by Jessica Lang Kosa, IBCLC In second grade, I brought in a newspaper story about my mother’s appointment to a government post that started with, “She’s a feminist – yet very feminine.”(!)...
View ArticleA Word on Weaning
Guest post by Jessica Lang Kosa, IBCLC “I wondered if you could give me some advice about weaning?” asks the mom on the phone. Her voice is slightly tentative, like she isn’t 100% sure that weaning is...
View ArticleWe are all Habiba – standing up for a nursing mother’s right to her baby
This post was reprinted with the support of Amor Maternal. Eleven days ago, on May 31st, a Morrocan mother known as Habiba had her child taken away from her without her consent, allegedly because she...
View ArticleNatural Mastitis Cures and Prevention
Mastitis. The name itself sounds pretty awful. If you grew up in even a slightly rural area, the word may ring a bell. Isn’t that an infection milking cows get!? Yup. And nursing mamas, too. I know—I...
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