Tag: breastfeeding
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Nursing Covers for Breastfeeding Mothers
Breastfeeding your baby in public places can leave you feeling uncomfortable, especially, if there are people staring at you while you are nursing your baby. Some mothers will avoid breastfeeding in public all together so they can avoid the comments, staring, and dirty looks. We all know that is impossible for a mother to stay home just…
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Common Questions and Answers for Breastfeeding and Expressing Breast Milk Using a Breast Pump
Disclosure: This post is for informational purposes only. If you have any further questions, please contact a lactation consultant for additional help. Does it hurt to express breast milk using a breast pump? A breast pump shouldn’t hurt when you are using it. Most models of electric breast pumps have a setting that adjusts…
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Perfect Accessory for Breastfeeding Mothers: NuzzleHug Nurtures You So You Can Nurture Your Baby
The NuzzleHug is a therapeutic ice or heat pack that is made especially for mom’s. It was designed to help breastfeeding mother’s be able to treat the discomforts and ailments that comes with breastfeeding your baby. I have even known some mom’s who have given up breastfeeding because they were constantly dealing with breastfeeding problems…
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Uplifting Families Was Established to Help Other Families – What I Want People to Remember When They See Uplifting Families
Welcome to my page! Thank you for stopping by Uplifting Families. I wanted to take the time and thank all of those people that have made Uplifting Families successful. Without your love and support, my blog wouldn’t be where it is today. I started blogging in November of 2011, shortly after my youngest son was…
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Breastfeeding In Public Helps Increase Awareness and Boosts Confidence For Other Mom’s Who Plan On Breastfeeding Her Baby
I couldn’t believe some of the posts that I have seen where people were bashing nursing mothers for choosing to breastfeed her baby in public. Most of the posts that I saw said that breastfeeding was gross and they were complaining that they were offended because they saw a mother breastfeeding her baby in public…
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National Breastfeeding Awareness Month: My Breastfeeding Journey
Breastfeeding was on of those taboo topics that people just didn’t talk about when I was pregnant with my first child. As a new mom, I knew right away that I wanted to try breastfeeding my baby. My first experience with breastfeeding happened when my twin sisters were born. I remember seeing my mom…
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3 Ways to Lose the Baby Weight
Pregnancy weight is a touchy subject for many new mother’s. No matter how much you gain soon after your baby is born most mom’s are ready to get the extra weight off. Many mother’s typically lose a small amount of weight after having their baby. However, I often hear mom’s talk about losing the baby…
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Story of My Final Pregnancy
I was super excited and nervous when I found out that I was expecting in September of 2010. Just a few weeks before I found out, I was watching my mother struggle with her battle with Pick’s disease. Pick’s disease is a rare form of Alzheimer’s that affects the frontal lobe of the brain. In…
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Preparing to Breastfeed Your Newborn Baby
Beginning in the third trimester of pregnancy, a woman should begin thinking about breastfeeding. This gives a mother plenty of time to begin preparing for the arrival of her baby and to begin researching about how to prepare for it. It is hard to prepare for the actual practice of breastfeeding; however, there is lots…
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Expecting My Second Child
My second pregnancy was a bit of a surprise as I wasn’t actively trying to conceive. I found out in February 2000, that I was pregnant and was due October in October. When I was almost 20 weeks, I found out that I was having a little boy. I was excited and nervous at the…