Eats on Feets

I found another milksharing resource. It's called Eats on Feets. I'm still a big fan of Milkshare.com, and Eats of Feets seems to have a similar philosophy.

Eats on Feets has gone global and there are now local chapters in many cities around the world!

This is a great resource for mothers trying to find milk for their babies and also for mothers who have extra milk to share.

To learn more, visit http://www.eatsonfeets.org/.

Birth Quote

“Every woman needs someone in the room who believes in her more than she believes in herself.”

Quote

“Birth is not only about making babies. It’s about making mothers; strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.”

Hysterical Pregnancy Photos

I came across this blog post today and had to share. It is absolutely hysterical!

Do yourself a favor and check out this blog. Read all the comments- they're the best part!

http://pregnantchicken.squarespace.com/pregnant-chicken-blog/2010/12/10/awkward-pregnancy-photos.html

The Breast Crawl

This is an excellent video! I've always heard of the breast crawl, but have never actually seen it in person. This video is beautiful.

Birthdays

Yesterday was my daughter's birthday! She's two. Where does the time go?

The cake didn't turn out quite as I hoped, but I think she liked it!

Milksharing? What's that?!

I'm a big fan of mothers donating their breast milk to babies in need. I feel all babies deserve to have mothers milk, yet there are circumstances in which a mother is unable to breastfeed or make enough milk for her baby.

Milksharing is simply an informal sharing of milk between mothers who have extra and those who have a need. Milk that's suitable for one baby is most often suitable for other babies as well.

I wish this was more accepted in our society. Many women have plenty of milk and sadly, large amounts of that milk get thrown away or dumped down the drain because women aren't aware that donating is an option.

I've written lots of information on milksharing on my parenting website. Here's a link to the page: http://www.theholisticparent.org/milksharing.html.

I also absolutely love the resource http://www.milkshare.com/. This is a platform for mothers to donate their own milk for free and other mothers to receive desperately needed milk for their babies.

I have a lot of quams with milk banks. I personally wouldn't choose to donate my milk to them for several reasons.

1) There's an extremely high mark up on something that should be free.
2) The milk is pastuerized. I know many people believe this makes it safer, but really what it does is kill all the magical nutritional properties in the milk.
3) Some milk banks sell their milk to pharmaceutical companies so they can study it. Yeah, my milk isn't going towards that!
4) Often the milk at milk banks aren't available to all babies who need it- there must be special circumstances.

Milkshare.com is a non profit organization and doesn't support charging fees for breast milk. It's truly a great resource and helps so many moms and babies during what can be a very difficult period for them.

If you're a mom in need of milk or a mom that has some extra to give away, check out http://www.milkshare.com/.