Breastfeeding commentary.... by BreastPump.Com http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/ 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. http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000017.html Breastfeeding commentary.... by BreastPump.Com http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/ 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? http://www.breastpump.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! http://www.breastpump.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 - http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000014.html Breastfeeding commentary.... by BreastPump.Com http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/ 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. http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000013.html Breastfeeding commentary.... by BreastPump.Com http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/ 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. http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000012.html Breastfeeding commentary.... by BreastPump.Com http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/ 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. http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000011.html Breastfeeding commentary.... by BreastPump.Com http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/ We here at BreastPump.Com, Inc. 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. http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000010.html Breastfeeding commentary.... by BreastPump.Com http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/ Wow, the news services are buzzing with the new research that breastfeeding "may" reduce a child's risk of developing nearsightedness later on. http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000009.html Breastfeeding commentary.... by BreastPump.Com http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/ 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. http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000008.html Breastfeeding commentary.... by BreastPump.Com http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/ 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? http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000007.html Breastfeeding commentary.... by BreastPump.Com http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/ 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.! http://www.breastpump.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. http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000005.html AND the milk! http://www.breastpump.com/AllTheBreast/archives/00000004.html