Yet one more good reason to breastfeed

I can only try to imagine what my 3 year old would be like if I hadn't breastfed her. I shudder at the thought.



http://www.seton.net/health_a_to_z/health_news/health_news/2008/10/29/breast_fed_baby_may_mean_better_behaved_child

This fortunately was not the case for me. I gained more than 40 pounds with both of my pregnancies and my first was 8 lbs 0 oz and my son was 7 lbs 14 oz. Not exactly what I would consider huge.

http://www.pregnancy-info.net/in_the_news276.html

Neat Story

Here's what happens when the lights go out.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/30/netherlands.baby.boom/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

New report on a LARGE baby born vaginally with no meds. I think this woman truly deserves a medal. It does show that the diagnosis cephalopelvic disproportion is overused.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?rn=222561&cl=10320586&

Two great articles about childbirth and doulas

Here are links to two articles from usa today about the current state of maternity care and the benefits of doulas.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-10-08-childbirth-fixes_N.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-10-08-childbirth-costs_N.htm

Nestle

Alot of my friends and family here me saying that we don't buy Nestle products in our house. I then usually have to tell the story of why I choose to boycott Nestle. Here are a few links about the evil, underhanded stuff they do. They break rules and babies get sick and die.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/may/15/medicineandhealth.lifeandhealth

http://www.breastfeeding.com/advocacy/advocacy_boycott.html

Nestle is an extremely difficult company to boycott because they seem to have a hand in everything. I am in the process of compiling a list and will post it when I have a complete list. I am sure that even once I get the list up I will probably end up amending it many times. Feel free to join me in this boycott and speak up for all of the babies who can't.

Amy