Breastfeeding Mums Blog

Rare Blood Disorder Haunts Twins in Womb

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=5471351&page=1

Doctors Work Inside Mother's Womb to Save Twins

By JOHN MCKENZIE
July 29, 2008

After two and a half years of marriage, Kim and Nate Stroh of Humble, Tex., got the good news on New Year's Day that Kim was pregnant with twins.

"We were thrilled about having twins. It felt like it was something so special," Kim, 27, said.
Then, in mid-April, in the course of a routine ultrasound, doctors discovered that the twins were not fraternal, as Kim and Nate had been told, but identical. The Strohs were also told the pregnancy was in trouble. Doctors had discovered a deadly complication.

Mother's Food Flavours Breastmilk

So breastfed babies develop a taste for the food their mothers eat?

Any mother who has breastfed her children knows that... so it's not news for us really, although it is always good to see positive news about breastfeeding ;)

Sweet Nursing Competition

Sweet Nursing are looking for feedback on their beautiful, ethically handmade breastfeeding covers. They'd like to know how Mums find them useful and would like some genuine testimonials and photos.

Has your maternity hospital let you down?

As many of us in the UK are aware there is an ongoing national maternity crisis in the UK.

Today I've received a request from a journalist called Joani Walsh who is working on a piece for a national Sunday newspaper's health section on the crisis in our maternity wards, as highlighted by the recent Healthcare Commission inquiry. 

Win a Laugh and Learn DVD!

Fancy winning a Laugh and Learn DVD?

 

Sheri Bayles, who is the CEO of Laugh and Learn, “Childbirth Coach to the Stars” and the “Twins Breastfeeding Guru” (New York Magazine), is the nurse with the personality behind the successful dvd series, Laugh and Learn about Childbirth, Newborn Baby Care and Breastfeeding.

New Baby Congratulations

Congratulations to Angela over at Breastfeeding123 on the birth of baby Nicole Marie :) I'm thrilled to hear mom and baby are doing well and breastfeeding is going great for them both!

Making Time for Blogging!

I haven't been posting here a lot lately because to be honest I just haven't had a lot of time. I've been busy giving my website a whole new look (you can check it out on www.BreastfeedingMums.com) and looking after my children who seem to be doing more and more fighting now that the school holidays have arrived.

Join the fun at the Galway Races

It's almost that time of year again when people all over the world make their way to Galway to watch the famous Galway Races!