Ilithyia Inspired Birth Servant: Breastfeeding Blogs

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Breastfeeding Blogs

Blog written by a mother of a three year old and a one year old, who discusses her thoughts and feelings about every day life and events in the world., with a particular focus on breastfeeding, homebirth, mothering, and attachment parenting.

Black Breastfeeding Blog
Created by Jennifer James as a way to reach black mothers who breastfeed or who plan to. She breastfeed her two daughters for two years each, and believes in the powerful healing properties of breast milk. She also believes that all black moms should start breastfeeding to improve the health of their children.

Breastfeeding 1-2-3
Breastfeeding information, support and news.

Breastfeeders Anonymous
Blog written by Rachael Blair, a mum of two boys, an advocate of breastfeeding and author of Breastfeeders Anonymous - a breastfeeding support group in a book!

Breastfeeding Mums Blog

The blog of http://www.breastfeedingmums.com/ created and maintained by a teacher-turned stay at home mum.

Keep Abreast

Journal of breastfeeding advocates in the Philippines."Keep Abreast" provides an honest and up-to-date account of breastfeeding advocacy in the Philippines, including official documents and reference materials. This blog is written by Alexis Rodrigo, a breastfeeding mother and former communication staff of UNICEF Philippines.

Spilled Milk

Notes from the lactationally challenged. The blog of a woman who, after experiencing an assisted conception through IVF felt that breastfeeding was the only natural experience left to her, only it didn't come so naturally.

The Human Pacifier

Striving to bring safety, dignity and peace back to birth, reafirm the normalcy and necessity of breastfeeding and put the human back in humanity.

The International Breastfeeding Symbol Blog

A blog about the latest insights on breastfeeding issues, natural family living, and more.

The Lactivist
A mainstream work at home mum, turned slightly crunchy by my two little munchins.

The Motherwear
The blog of Motherwear, a clothing store for pregnant and nursing mothers. Hosted by a lactation consultant and mother.

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The World Health Organisation Says

Breastfeeding is an unequalled way of providing ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants; it is also an integral part of the reproductive process with important implications for the health of mothers. As a global public health recommendation, infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life to achieve optimal growth, development and health. Thereafter, to meet their evolving nutritional requirements, infants should receive nutritionally adequate and safe complementary foods while breastfeeding continues for up to two years of age or beyond . Exclusive breastfeeding from birth is possible except for a few medical conditions, and unrestricted exclusive breastfeeding results in ample milk production.”

World Health Organisation Says

Birth Is Not An Illness

These 16 recommendations are based on the principle that each woman has a fundamental right to receive proper prenatal care: that the woman has a central role in all aspects of this care, including participation in the planning, carrying out and evaluation of the care: and that social, emotional and psychological factors are decisive in the understanding and implementation of proper prenatal care.

1. The whole community should be informed about the various procedures in birth care, to enable each woman to choose the type of birth care she prefers.

2. The training of professional midwives or birth attendants should be promoted. Care during normal pregnancy and birth and following birth should be the duty of this profession.

3. Information about birth practices in hospitals (rates of cesarean sections, etc.) should be given to the public served by the hospitals.

4. There is no justification in any specific geographic region to have more than 10-15% cesarean section births.

5. There is no evidence that a cesarean section is required after a previous transverse low segment cesarean section birth. Vaginal deliveries after a cesarean should normally be encouraged wherever emergency surgical capacity is available.

6. There is no evidence that routine electronic fetal monitoring during labor has a positive effect on the outcome of pregnancy.

7. There is no indication for pubic shaving or a pre-delivery enema.

8. Pregnant women should not be put in a lithotomy (flat on the back) position during labor or delivery. They should be encouraged to walk during labor and each woman must freely decide which position to adopt during delivery.

9. The systematic use of episiotomy (incision to enlarge the vaginal opening) is not justified.

10. Birth should not be induced(started artificially) for convenience and the induction of labor should be reserved for specific medical indications. No geographic region should have rates of induced labor over 10%.

11. During delivery, the routine administration of analgesic or anesthetic drugs, that are not specifically required to correct or prevent a complication in delivery, should be avoided.

12. Artificial early rupture of the membranes, as a routine process, is not scientifically justified.

13. The healthy newborn must remain with the mother whenever both their conditions permit it. No process of observation of the healthy newborn justifies a separation from the mother.

14. The immediate beginning of breastfeeding should be promoted, even before the mother leaves the delivery room.

15. Obstetric care services that have critical attitudes towards technology and that have adopted an attitude of respect for the emotional, psychological and social aspects of birth should be identified. Such services should be encouraged and the processes that have led them to their position must be studied so that they can be used as models to foster similar attitudes in other centers and to influence obstetrical views nationwide.

16. Governments should consider developing regulations to permit the use of new birth technology only after adequate evaluation.

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