by hygeiahealth | May 27, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
Army wife goes viral for breastfeeding at wedding photo Naomi Jael Covert, a 21-year-old full-time army wife from Vilseck, stormed the breastfeeding world last week when she posted to Instagram a picture of herself breastfeeding 10-month old son at a wedding....
by hygeiahealth | May 20, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
MMA Breastfeeder calls out double standard Jackie Owens is not just a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Ring Girl, but the mother of three children. She recently posted to Facebook two images, side-by-side: one of herself in the MMA ring and one of herself breastfeeding. She...
by hygeiahealth | May 13, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
Breastfeeding rates on the rise in the U.S. How is the U.S. doing in terms of breastfeeding ratess? At least when comparing to itself, we are on the rise! A recent report published by the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, 54 percent of babies were breastfed...
by hygeiahealth | May 6, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
Student’s creates public breastfeeding signs for restaurants Student Sophie Mumper took her senior project for to the next level when she started posting “Breastfeeding Welcome Here” signs in restaurants and businesses to promote public...
by hygeiahealth | Apr 29, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
Hacks to increase milk supply tested and reviewed This mom ran her own experiment in trying to increase her milk supply through several commonly recommended methods. This blog post reports her results on everything from numerous types of lactation cookies to teas to...
by hygeiahealth | Apr 22, 2016 | Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
Olivia Wilde, breastfeeding advocate, announces second pregnancy with adorable son A favorite celebrity breastfeeding advocate, Olivia Wilde, has just announced the news of her second baby! She and son Otis shared a super-cute baby bump photo on Instagram to share the...
by hygeiahealth | Apr 15, 2016 | Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
15 gallons of donated breastmilk a hospital record A Texas mom donated 15 GALLONS of pumped breastmilk and set a new hospital record. Holy cow! (No pun intended!) The mother pumped her heart out while her premie son was in the NICU. [Read more here.] Bringing home...
by hygeiahealth | Apr 8, 2016 | Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
Preemie babies receive the best breastmilk Research shows that mothers of prematurely born babies have higher concentrations of immune proteins in the breastmilk. What does this mean? Because these preemie babes and mothers are more prone to infection, the body reacts...
by hygeiahealth | Apr 1, 2016 | Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
Can you multitask AND feed twins? Constance Hall, a 32-year-old blogger from Australia, keeps it real on her blog and Facebook feed; what else can you do but show the good, the bad, and the ugly once you are a mom of twins? Back in February she shared a photo feeding...
by hygeiahealth | Mar 25, 2016 | Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
Celebrity breastfeeding moms: Maya Rudolph on breastfeeding and parenthood It’s great to see and hear the celebrity breastfeeding moms who choose to be open advocates for nursing babies. Maya Rudolph is one such celebrity mom. What are her thoughts on...
