Breastfeeding &
the Working Mother
LINKS
go to more breastfeeding links
go to our breastfeeding resources page
go to our baby-friendly initiative page
photo credit: WABA, www.waba.org
Breastfeeding.com's
Working Mom
a good site with lots of links, and the universal
disclaimer: "Of course, every mom is a working mom!"
WABA's
(World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action) links for working
women who breastfeed...
Working
Mom's
Refuge,
a good site with pages full of
specific links to information needed by working moms everywhere. Try
out the nursing and working links at
www.momsrefuge.com/wisdom/nursing/index.html
Breastfeeding
Myths vs. Reality
some eye opening
paragraphs here!
Breastfeeding
Resources: Borstvoeding.Com,
www.borstvoeding.com/abon/bf-resources.html, excellent set of links
about breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding
and Returning to Work,
oh yeah, baby...
How to freeze and store breast milk from the Medela
Breast Pump company...includes how to travel with expressed milk and how to
anticipate intake volume--something breastfeeding mothers do not normally
have to worry about.
Working
and Breastfeeding Survey
done by La Leche League folks
Preparing
to Return to Work,
from the
"Working Cow"
website--how can you not love it?
Breastfeed
or Supplement when returning to work
Blue
Suit Mom,
not sure where this image
comes from, but this
site has
some helpful info for working moms--you may have to do a search of the site
for "breastfeeding" to find specifics.
Breastfeeding
& Attachment Parenting,
posted by a mother named Kelly--seems to be filled with good info for
working mothers...also within her comprehensive site:
a page which answers breastfeeding moms questions about "Is it safe to do that when I'm breastfeeding?"
All-around good site...
Breastfeeding
Stories of all kinds,
from mothers who have been
there, done that...
Also check out Katie Allison Granju's home on the web, Loco Parentis, for many interesting articles, opinions, and links about attachment parenting and the dilemmas of modern mothering...
Also for those of you with young children, here is a list of books for children which have positive images of breastfeeding.
Thanks to a suggestion from a friend, we know of a new book by Mary Olsen, "I'm Made of Mama's Milk", done using digital photos of a breastfeeding toddler and her family.
