Tips and advice for moms on breastfeeding, breast pumping, and parenting.
Staying hydrated while nursing or pumping can be a big challenge. To put it in perspective, on average per day, a pregnant mom require 8 to 12 glasses of water. That same mom needs even more water when she's nursing. Here are some quick tips to help keep you at the top of your milk-making game.
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The best things in life are free, as the saying goes. Well, the person who says this probably didn’t need to pay for childcare or summer camp for their youngsters! Summertime can be a big financial burden on families especially if you want to give your babies a slice of fun. Here are some tips to help you save on Family Summertime Fun!
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Photo Credit: DNA Info/Camille Bautista
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We know that the Affordable Care Act of 2010 helped working moms who nurse and/or pump breast milk at work. Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor announced further protections that will begin in December and there’s a big piece of the protection that will help working mothers: we have the right to break time and we should receive a private space to pump milk that is not a restroom.
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Times are changing – and so are the laws! Earlier this month, Congress passed an amendment which would help the office buildings of the Capitol and the House become more accommodating for nursing mothers.
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Earlier this year we shared some eye-opening advice from Stony Brook Midwives during our Health and Wellness Series. The advice suggested that we begin to plan and prepare for breastfeeding before we even become pregnant. This guidance is not unconventional or “crunchy”, but it is above and beyond the recommendations that many women of child-bearing age receive when they speak with their care providers about their family planning.
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Moms how do you celebrate the dads in your life and in your baby’s life? Do you try to do something new every year to keep the day extra special for your child’s extra special guy?
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We’ve talked before about how we want to be there for it all, like many moms do. We want to be there for our babies when they take their first steps, say their first words – but we also want to be there for our partners, for our friends, for our employers. It’s tough.
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Priya Nembhard and Kim Harrison have revolutionized the breastfeeding industry by creating the world’s biggest and most complete App that helps moms find, rate and share nursing room locations to breastfeed and breast pump. When they first launched the Moms Pump Here Nursing Room Locator App in 2015 with Version 1.0 they only had 500 nursing room locations in the U.S. Now, thousands of locations later the App is impacting moms in 7 countries and will provide more services though the launch of Version 2.0 (AKA Moms Pump Here Pro on Google Play) in May 2016 at the New York Baby Show! The Nursing Room Locator App is currently available on iTunes, Google Play Store, and Amazon.
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In the final article for our four-part Health and Wellness Series, we end with the pinnacle of care providers for Women’s Health: midwives. We spoke with members from the amazing Stony Brook Midwives to learn more.
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