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• Quote of the Day: Beyonce on Breastfeeding

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  From this week's People magazine with Beyonce on the cover as the 2012 World's Most Beautiful Woman.
  
  

  "I lost most of my weight from breastfeeding and I encourage women to do it; It's just so good for the baby and good for yourself."

  
  
  
  A nod to the' [...]
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• Beyonce Breastfed...... For 10 Weeks

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  People magazine has selected Beyonce as their Most Beautiful Woman for 2012. It's not unexpected, as Bey is gorgeous and talented and has had an awesome year. Her album 4 was lauded by critics and of course, she became a mother in January. Celebrity moms are' [...]
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• Black moms needed to sign up for the Army of Women

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  If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter you may have heard that I am working with Dr. Kathleen Arcaro of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst on her groundbreaking breastmilk and breast cancer study. Along with Tanya Lierberman, IBCLC of the Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog and Kathi Barber, CLC and [...]
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• Baby D Drops Review/Giveaway

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  If you had a baby sometime since November of 2008, your pediatrician has probably recommended that you supplement your baby with 400 international units (IU) of Vitamin D per day. This new recommendation was published by the American Academy of Pediatrics after there were published reports of breastfed babies [...]
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• Leading Lady Nursing Bra Review

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  If you had asked me for a recommendation for a nursing bra a few years ago, I would have told you to get a Bravado. They were my favorite bras and I lived in them throughout the three years I nursed Miles. After the company was bought out by Medela, [...]
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• Beyonce, Blue, Breastfeeding & Blacktating

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  Did you hear the good news? It seems Beyonce is indeed breastfeeding her newborn baby girl, Blue. A waiter tipped off celebrity magazine US Weekly that Beyonce nursed her baby while out to lunch with hubby Jay-Z. What started off as a blurb on a website for celeb gossip has taken the [...]
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• Breastfeeding Makes Strong Babies

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  Although the city of Milwaukee has been villified (and rightly so) for their anti-bedsharing campaign that used images of babies in bed with dangerous items like butcher knives, I have to give props to this breastfeeding video put together by the city's newspaper.
  
  Featuring the awesome Dalvery Blackwell, co-founder of' [...]
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• New Breastfeeding Policy from the AAP

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  The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated its breastfeeding policy statement, and the changes are quite significant. It now begings by stating that infant feeding is not a personal choice and should be considered a public health issue. The new statement reaffirms that babies should be breastfed [...]
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• Nurture-Elle Review & Giveaway

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  Boy, the Canadians seem to really knock it out of the park when it comes to breastfeeding accessories, huh? From the Pump Ease to Bravado to Momzelle, Canadians seem to be creating some of the best products for nursing moms.
  
  Another Candian company, Nurture-Elle, recently sent me one of [...]
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• My Ad Rates Just Went Up

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  Blacktating was mentioned on TMZ on TV the other night as a resource for information on breastfeeding. They were obviously on my Breast Milk: Breakfast of Champions post, where I discussed various famous athletes who were breastfed and who breastfed their own kids. They had a good natured laugh [...]
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