I am often asked, through networks of professionals, to connect a reporter or media representative to breastfeeding mothers in a particular situation. There are some requests that I scramble to satisfy, without reservation, because either the journalist is one whose work I am familiar with (and is truly supportive of breastfeeding), or because the population…
Well, no, it’s not really like that. I wasn’t sick, and the “changing” part was that the guy refused to operate on me. At the time, I was kind of mad about it. I was 26, and in the best shape of my life having just run my first marathon. I loved running and spent a…
I didn’t think I was going to jump into this conversation, because I sometimes feel like my 17-year military career has been atypical enough that I shouldn’t bother telling people I’ve served. I used to be in the Army. I spent my entire career as a clarinet player (among other things, but that was my…
I haven’t met a single person who enjoys “the mommy wars.” I’d go so far to say I even despise the WORDS describing this us vs. them concept that has permeated our culture. Let me cut to the chase: mothers who parent differently from me are not my problem. The culture that makes the biological…
You’re trying to not like me. You’re mad at me because I’m calling breastfeeding normal, and you didn’t breastfeed. Or you breastfed for awhile, it got complicated, so you weaned to artificial baby milk. Or you pumped your milk and fed it to your baby in a bottle, which wasn’t actually breastfeeding but was human…
normal, like breathing 