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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.

Is This Breastfeeding Ad Cute or Creepy?

Rebecca M Gruber — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:36:02 PST

Has Louisville, KY, stolen the E*Trade baby? In a new series of public service ads encouraging breastfeeding, a Louisville public health organization digitally enhanced a baby's mouth with a full set of teeth and a big-girl voice to tout nursing's benefits. The Mayor's Healthy Hometown Movement uses the talking tot to dismiss some of the reasons new moms often turn to the bottle, including statements like, "Some people think breastfeeding in public is nasty, but it’s not," and "with Hooter Hiders, slings, and the old baby blanket over the shoulder technique, Mom can feed me anywhere." The three videos are gaining the attention of the local community and beyond as viewers do double takes at the talking tot.

Take a look at one of the messages and tell us what you think!

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.

Would You Have a Postbaby Boob Job?

Kate Stahl — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:36:53 PST

When I had my C-section, my mom (who had two of her own) told me her only regret after having my brother was that she didn't request a tummy tuck after delivery, a somewhat shocking statement from my totally low-key, nonvain mother. Of course, back then, I was still operating under the illusion that my body would snap back to its prepregnancy state within a few months and my formally flat abs would return with little to no effort. Now, nine and a half months later, I'm still holding on to seven pounds of baby weight. Despite working out three to four times a week, I'm sporting stretch marks that, for some reason, only affected my left side, and I'm still trying to embrace my other pregnancy parting gifts: back fat, wider hips, and flattened chest - one side effect I totally didn't expect!

Considering I've always been very small-chested, I didn't think pregnancy and breastfeeding would take too big of a toll, but going from an A cup to a C+, then back again, has not been pretty, and suddenly, I'm thinking a boob job might not be a bad idea. Are you on the same page as me? Would you consider a postbaby breast lift or implants? Weigh in below!

5 Supportive Apps for Breastfeeding Mamas

Natasha Dantzig — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:41:26 PST

Go with the flow! While breastfeeding may be the most natural of acts, it's not without challenges! Given that nursing tends to commence in the exhausting post-delivery new mom bleariness phase of parenting, new mamas can use all the help they can get. Check out the following five apps that support new moms and their hardworking breasts.

Who's the Tweetin' Mama?

Rebecca M Gruber — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:17:44 PST

Which mama recently shared about her leaking boobs to her 3.2 million Twitter fans? She tweeted:

And I left the house without breast pads and started leaking all over myself at the #Wolsley. Oh and I wiped out in the street earlier #glam.

Are Your Boobs Off-Limits to Your Hubby While Breastfeeding?

Kate Stahl — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:15:22 PST

My daughter is almost 9 months old, and I'm in a breastfeeding sweet spot. She's always been a champion nurser, and now that we're only doing it a couple of times a day, all the stress and mess is gone, leaving only some amazing bonding time. I swear, since she started crawling a couple of months ago, it's the only time she's happy sitting still, which means we can both get a little break. While this nursing stage has me wondering how long it will be until I want to wean her - I originally thought I'd only nurse for around six months - there is one small problem: my husband.

Nursing has made me feel like my breasts are a baby-only zone, and my husband isn't too happy about it. He totally supports my breastfeeding, but he'd like to get in on some of the boob action, too (minus the milk, of course). Am I alone in this feeling? Weigh in below and let us know!

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?