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02/26/13

I am an African American woman breastfeeding currently, so I wanted to share my story and why it is so important to Breast Feed, if you are able! Breastfeeding is the best thing that you can do for your baby and at the same time it is the biggest sacrifice you will EVER make in your life. When I...

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Charee Hall

Health Care Blog Carnivals

02/26/13

One of the biggest issues in breastfeeding is the disparity in breastfeeding rates among different races. (Read: Is there a “soft bigotry of low expectations” when it comes to breastfeeding? ) The gap between African American women and women of other races, while closing, remains the most salient...

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Tanya Lieberman

Health Care Blog Carnivals

02/26/13

Baby #3 is almost here!! Can you believe it? I often get the question, "Are you going to breastfeed or bottle feed?" For me it was really never a question for this baby or my other two. Breast is Best. I know some moms choose to bottle feed and we all have our reasons. So, I make it a point not to...

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Bernetta Knighten

Health Care Blog Carnivals

02/26/13

As I reflect on my 16 month (and counting) breastfeeding experience, I think about the elements that have been critical to such a wonderful stage in the life of me and my child: the desire to breastfeed, education, resources, and support. I always knew that when I had a baby, I would breastfeed. I...

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April Brown

Health Care Blog Carnivals

02/26/13

When it came to breastfeeding my two amazing children, it was an easy choice to make. I wanted to be sure I provided my children with the very best start in life and I understood that breast milk was considered the very best first food. Being born African American, we are already predisposed to...

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Anjanette Davenport Hatter

02/26/13

I’ve worked hard to be in that less than 8% of Mississippi women (16% nationally) who exclusively breastfeed for the first six months of life, and my son and I are happily headed toward nursing for at least a year as he’s slowly introduced to solids. In these last six months I've learned...

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Alicia Barnes

02/26/13

Michael Morgan , founder and Executive Director of the African American Music Foundation, visited my church this week to celebrate Black History Month . During morning service his thrilling bass voice highlighted an inspiring memorial to Paul Robeson. That afternoon he delivered a recital and...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Health Care Blog Carnivals

02/26/13

When it comes to breastfeeding, major media outlets have pretty much decided that it’s a leisurely activity that some women may engage for their entertainment. Seriously, discussions of the topic are deemed newsworthy by the extent of controversy they create. Last year, there was this thing with...

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Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka

Blog Carnivals Health Care

02/26/13

My daughter was born 3lbs and 12oz, on February 10th 2011 at 37 weeks. She was tiny for her gestational age because she experienced, Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR). I had an emergency C-Section and she was placed into the NICU. I was determined to breastfeed my daughter prior to her birth...

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Cheyenne Mateen

Childcare & Early Education

02/25/13

We Are! A few weeks ago, all U.S. children under the age of five grew to amazing heights. Ok, so babies didn't physically grow to ten feet tall (thank goodness, think of the diapers!), but all young children were raised up to the national stage when President Obama announced his plan for preschool...

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