Breastfeeding Luck vs. Having the Right Support
By Haylee Hackenberg I love breastfeeding my babies. I love everything about it. I love the convenience, the forced slow down time, I even love…
By Haylee Hackenberg I love breastfeeding my babies. I love everything about it. I love the convenience, the forced slow down time, I even love…
By Amy Sherpa Breast milk sharing is rapidly gaining popularity in NZ, and for good reason. Everyday Kiwi women who are complete strangers are…
By Hannah Schenker A new study proves once again just how amazing breastfeeding is for mothers, as well as their babies. Chronic Post-Cesarean Pain…
By Annie Reneau Twelve years ago, when our first kid was a toddler, we had a childless couple over for dinner. We were chatting…
By Annie Reneau My children owe a huge debt of gratitude to a woman they’ve never met. In fact, I’ve never met her myself. I don’t even…
By Hannah Schenker These tender and emotional photographs capture Ashley Kostiuk’s last breastfeed before starting aggressive chemotherapy for breast cancer. Kostiuk discovered a lump in…
By Hannah Schenker A same-sex couple shared photographs of themselves both breastfeeding their four-week-old daughter to raise awareness of LGBTQI+ families. Claire Eden-McIlroy and…
By Hannah Schenker We mothers know about the wonders of breastmilk. We even joke about its wondrous and varied healing effects – “just pour…
By Hannah Schenker Photographer Ivette Ivens, whose work you may have already seen on our website with her project Breastfeeding Goddesses, has once again captured the…
By Vanessa Christie Do we really need to keep talking about breastfeeding? It is understandably a subject fraught with emotion and there are plenty…
This is what mastitis looks like. Ouch. Really, really ouch. This UK mother shared this photo of her fire boob on Instagram to highlight…
By Emily Wade Nature Knows Best. Mothers in traditional societies breastfeed their children well into their toddler years, and there is good reason for…
By Samantha Johnson An article is doing the rounds online at the moment, which discusses a case study that claims to determine that there…
By Hannah Schenker Why does science know more about coffee and tomatoes than a mother’s breastmilk? Lactation researcher Katie Hinde explores this question in…
Not having enough milk can be an overwhelming concern for new mums. Fortunately, there are many simple steps you can take to make sure…
By Hannah Schenker There is a lot of talk in articles and online forums such as Facebook comment threads about the shaming that breastfeeding…
By Hannah Schenker So you are all for breastfeeding. You wholeheartedly support women to breastfeed and think the rest of the world should too….
By Hannah Schenker We saw this photo on Facebook of the gorgeous Semone and baby Chastney, and couldn’t help but be taken aback by its…
The singer posted a photo of her breastfeeding her 2-month-old son, Jameson, while her 5-year-old daughter, Willow, is wrapped around her legs. Showing her…
By Hannah Schenker Photographer Ivette Ivens‘ incredibly beautiful photo series entitled Breastfeeding Goddesses seeks to normalise breastfeeding by photographing breastfeeding mothers – in all their…