Breastfeeding commentary.... from BreastPump Mama http://www.breastpumppedal.com/AllTheBreast/ ...So we don't want to "look down on" traditional ways, and we don't want to come off as "educated snobs", but at what point does cultural sensitivity become cultural snobbery? Is it when we don't let their babies die? Or when we do let their babies die? 23 Nov 08 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000020.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tucson, Arizona - BreastPump Mama, a woman-owned small company, earlier this month sent baby gifts of a VersaPed® foot-powered breast pump each, to vice presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, who recently had a baby, and to Mrs. Palin's daughter, who is expecting a baby soon. 26 Oct 08 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000019.html Really, go look. You will not find a functional used breast pump on eBay that doesn't already seal off the motor from the milk collection, using all sterilizable parts. So who does this petition really hurt and who does it really help? 27 Jun 08 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000018.html In the news this week is a California man who is treating his own cancer with a daily dose of breast milk. He was diagnosed in 1999, but continues to keep it well under control by ingesting a few ounces a day from a human milk bank. 18 Nov 07 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000017.html FoxNews once again wants to stir up "debate" about breastfeeding. The story here is that some Australian researchers have "discovered" that some mothers breastfeed their children as late as the age of 7. Horrors! This follows all the stories bemoaning how so many mothers jeapardize their children's health by breastfeeding too briefly. Well, which is it? Too little or too much breastfeeding going on in the world? 15 Nov 07 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000016.html ...usually it's low key stuff - a mom hassled in a restaurant or mall, a resultant nurse-in of lactivists (lactation activists). At worst, it's somebody in the limelight like Rosie O'Donnell or Bill Maher saying something really stupid about breastfeeding. But no! This time it was really big news about breast pump companies themselves, and the whole dynamic of the industry changing: Evenflo buying out Ameda! 19 Oct 07 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000015.html I sure hope people can have a sense of humor about Bill Maher's breastfeeding monologue. He was equally if not more obnoxious concerning all the other topics he covered in that same monologue. Just take a look at the audience he was playing to - 22 Sep 07 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000014.html ABC's Good Morning America is jumping in on the so-called "debate" about public breastfeeding. Their article is here. But there need be no debate, because confining breastfeeding mothers to their homes in order to feed their babies amounts to house arrest, which would be absurd. 16 Jul 07 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000013.html Still, it's possible that in all the excitement, a gift or two won't exactly be to the mother's taste or liking. Particularly a personal one like a breast pump. It doesn't happen often, but once in a while a well meaning father, grandmother, or other relative will buy a breast pump for an expectant mom, without consulting the mom, even before the baby is born. 09 Jun 07 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000012.html For a new mom who might find herself struggling with a pricey new breast pump, she may be wondering if she bought the right one. There is a huge variety of breast pumps out there, so this is a reasonable question for her to be asking. 09 Jul 06 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000011.html We here at VersaPed were surprised and delighted to find this positively glowing review of our core product, the VersaPed Universal Breast Pump Pedal! While we agree with every word of it, such unsolicited praise doesn't happen often in the competitive world of breast pumps. 06 Jul 06 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000010.html Wow, the news services are buzzing with the new research that breastfeeding "may" reduce a child's risk of developing nearsightedness later on. 23 Jun 05 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000009.html She was still outraged to this day that the nurses were discussing "what to do when she dried up" and "what additives to put in her pumped breast milk as there was less and less of it", because they were so sure she would not be able to pump enough or long enough to support her little premie. 22 Jun 05 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000008.html Upscale employers are getting the picture, that providing a nice private place for employees who breastfeed to use their breast pumps, makes life easier and helps with employee retention. But what if you don't work for an upscale employer? 20 Jun 05 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000007.html Once a long time ago I had heard of an African tribe where the men think nothing of offering a nipple to a crying baby if the mother is not immediately available, but I was never quite sure if it was only a subSaharan legend.! 16 Jun 05 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000006.html Encouraging and enabling women to breastfeed their babies is all well and good, but when we read in the news of women breastfeeding animals, even in so called "emergency situations", it just is really unsettling. 12 Jun 05 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000005.html AND the milk! 10 Jun 05 http://www.breastpumpmama.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000004.html