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10 Celebrity Moms Who Breastfeed In Public

Celebrity Baby Scoop — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:04:47 PST

We're excited to share this post from our friends at Celebrity Baby Scoop! Every week, we will be bringing you the best celebrity baby stories from Celebrity Baby Scoop, including this post from Jenny Schafer about celeb moms who nurse out in the open.

Considering their lack of anonymity with paparazzi lurking on every street corner, we salute celebrity moms who breastfeed their babies while out and about!

Although it's still considered taboo in some circles, there's no shame in nursing your baby in public . . . or on the cover of a magazine for that matter! And we're so glad that celebrity moms such as Gwen Stefani, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Miranda Kerr are on board. And not to mention Salma Hayek's experience with wet-nursing a starving infant in Africa!

Take a look through our pictures and read about 10 celebrity moms who have breastfed in public.

9 Surprising Ways to Increase Your Milk Supply

Rebecca M Gruber — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:08 PST

Got milk? For many nursing mamas, the answer is a surprising - and often disappointing - no. Before giving up all together, get to work! There are plenty of surprising - and often tasty! - ways to increase mom's milk supply for her tot. Keep reading to see what it may take to give your lil one the milk he needs to keep on growing!

Source: Flickr User aurimas_m

Did Breastfeeding Really Help You Lose the Weight?

Rebecca M Gruber — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:34:26 PST

Breastfeeding makes the pregnancy pounds melt off. That statement, and other's like it, are reason enough for many mamas to put their babies to their breasts. Celebs such as Naomi Watts and Angelina Jolie have credited their baby's feeding schedules with their own rapid weight loss, so many of us bought the claim hook, line, and sinker - including Jenna Fischer.

While walking the red carpet at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Jenna Fischer talked about her struggle to lose the baby weight, saying:

Let me please stand in solidarity with all of the women who are not a size 2 six weeks after leaving the hospital. I thought, you read all of the stuff in magazines like, "Oh, I breastfed my baby and I am so skinny now." I am breastfeeding my baby and I am not getting any skinnier! I think I'm just going to be a little bit bigger for a little bit longer, and that's fine with me.

Jenna, whose son Weston Lee is four months old, joins Salma Hayek - who told Oprah that nursing did nothing to help her lose the weight - and countless others, including myself, who actually found the opposite to be true.

7 Unusual Uses For Breast Milk

BabyCenter — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:02:12 PST

We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Jennifer Borget about some unusual ways she won't be using her breast milk.

Breast milk. It's a great source of nourishment for your growing baby, a comfort snack for some toddlers, like my 16-month-old who doesn't seem to want to stop (that's a whole-nother post). And breastfeeding in general is beneficial in many different ways. But did you know breast milk has more than a dozen other uses?

Why yes, some sources will tell you breast milk has a variety of uses.

Are you taking full advantage? Let's take a pop quiz:

When you cut your foot or burn your finger, do you grab the Neosporin, or use a bit of your own liquid gold to do some healing? If your answer is western medicine, you may be selling yourself short.

When I returned to work after maternity leave I had a stash of 220oz of milk in my freezer and I didn't want to waste a drop of it on anything else.

I'm not going to lie, ok? Some of the things I've read people using their milk for creep me out just a little bit. Here are seven things I don't plan on using my breast milk for.

A weapon: I've read stories of women who squirt their milk across the room at their husband, their dog, or whoever is getting on their nerves at the time. While I'm sure at some point in my lactation abilities I may have been able to accomplish this, I can proudly say I have never tried.
Acne: Ever heard of Proactive? … Or maybe this is the secret ingredient. Sorry, I don't wash my face with liquid gold, or my bodily fluids for that matter.
Scratches, scrapes, and cuts: Bandaids people! And something that works… Like Neosporin.
Ashy legs/ dry skin: I'll admit, I've been in a bind several times where I look down and my legs are pale white from dryness. But it would take far too much milk, and be far too awkward to pump my milk like a lotion bottle.
My milkshakes: This gives Kelis' Milkshake song (think "My milkshake brings the boys to the yard…") a whole new meaning. No thanks.
Contact solution or eye redness: I know people who have used breast milk for pink eye. I've even had friends tell me it works like a charm. But the thought of putting milk in my eyes seems weird and wrong. Coming from a human or not. And if you're in a bind for contact solution please don't look for the nearest lactating mom. You can make your own by mixing salt with distilled water.
Sexual lubricant: This is quite possibly the most disturbing suggestion I read on that list. I would love to know who actually has tried this sexy idea.

I won't judge you. You can tell me. Have you or would you try any of these things?

More great stories from BabyCenter.com:
Judge OKs Facebook hacking in custody case
When bedtime goes bad
How do we prevent sexual abuse?
7 helpful C-section tips

Source: Flickr User Daquella Manera

Ready, Set, Nurse: Before Putting Baby to Breast, Test Your Breast Care Knowledge

Rebecca M Gruber — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:15:46 PDT

In an ideal world, new mamas bring a newborn directly to their breast, they latch on, and feeding/bonding experience begins. Reality isn't quite that simple. Luckily there are products out there to help with virtually every ailment the nipple or breast may encounter. Take this quiz to see how much you know about the products and accessories that are available to breastfeeding mums.

Question 1 of 5

This product is used to protect a sore nipple during feedings or when a lil one is having trouble with its latch. What is it called?

Koala Kin Hands-Free Nursing Pouch: Ga Ga or Gag?

Rebecca M Gruber — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:03:07 PDT

If you can pump while checking your email and reading a magazine, shouldn't you be able to nurse that way too? Breastfeeding pillows help bring baby to the proper height to comfortably reach the breast, but lil ones can easily roll off them and they aren't very convenient when mama's trying to nurse out of the home. The Koala Kin ($90) makes hands-free nursing a reality by combining the structure and convenience of a baby carrier with a pouch-like place to allow the baby to lie down and latch on. Best of all, the pouch provides privacy while allowing mama to maintain eye contact with her lil one throughout the nursing session, unlike a nursing cover. What do you think?

Milk It: Boost Your Nursing Knowledge During World Breastfeeding Week!

LilSugar — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:15:02 PDT

Way to go mamas! Choosing breast milk for your baby is a commitment, and moms who go that route should be commended. We're in the midst of World Breastfeeding Week where the benefits of mama's milk and the women who create it are celebrated. We've rounded up our best tips, tricks, and real-life experiences to help nursing moms keep their milk flowing!

10 Reasons Why I Loved Breastfeeding	Lactation Consultants Lead Babies to Mother's Milk	Things to Consider When Buying a Pump
Tips For Maintaining Milk Supply at Work	Efficient Pumping Tips	Best Bottles For Breastfed Babies
Seven Tips For Pumping at the Office	Pumping Mamas Pump Milk and Iron	Six Tips to Increase Mama's Milk Supply
Tips For Breastfeeding While Traveling	Ways to Stay Cool While Nursing	Tips For Relieving Breastfeeding Pain

Where Have All the Cute Nursing Shirts Gone?

OnSugar Blog — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 03:31:26 PDT

Lots of moms like to think out loud, and CWTMommy is one of them. She is on a mission to find the best nursing bra on the market, but today she's answering a reader's question on her My Experiment With Nursing Bras blog.

I got a special request from psychobabble about nursing shirts and tops. This isn't something I've delved too deep into, because frankly, most nursing shirts these days are ugly. I think I have two, and the one that's decent enough is from Gap. But still, I rarely wear it outside the house because I think it looks like a purple potato sack. So I went into research mode for a bit to see what I could find on the Internet. These are more of products I saw that I liked rather than "promoting" companies as a whole. And no, not everyone will like what I like, but I'll do the best I can.

Keep reading to see the entire list. Want to see more? Start following My Experiment With Nursing Bras, or start your own OnSugar blog. It's easy, it's free, and we just might feature your content on our site.

Pump Up Your Breastfeeding Knowledge

LilSugar — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:36:33 PDT

Choosing breastmilk for your baby is a commitment and we've discussed ways to make the experience easier. Take a look at some of our past coverage and see how much you know.

10 Reasons Why I Loved Breastfeeding	Lactation Consultants Lead Babies to Mother's Milk	Things to Consider When Buying a Pump
Seven Tips For Pumping at the Office	Pumping Mamas Pump Milk and Iron	Six Tips to Increase Mama's Milk Supply

Packed on the Pounds After Weaning Your Wee One?

Rebecca M Gruber — Tue, 10 May 2011 12:01:11 PDT

Celebrities love to attribute their rapid postpartum weight loss to nursing their newborn babies, but are they willing to admit that it can also help them to gain weight in the long run? After gaining 40 pounds while pregnant, Kourtney Kardashian credited much of her 45-pound weight loss to breastfeeding lil Mason for 14 months. In March, she announced on her blog that she and her tot had decided to wean, saying, "My love affair with breast feeding has come to a sad end." Last night, she took to Twitter to promote one of her weight loss products, noting, "Wow.I have gained almost 10 pounds since I stopped breast feeding."

Doctors recommend that breastfeeding mamas eat an extra 400 calories a day to help maintain their milk supply. Following nine months of pregnancy and several months of nursing, it can be difficult for women to cut back to a regular diet, leading many moms to gain weight once they wean their tots.

Did you pack on the pounds when you finished breastfeeding?