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Articles and Essays

 

ProMoM's large collection of articles and essays is divided into several categories. Click on the name of a category
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Newest Articles

  • Pumping Iron -- Expressing Breastmilk for Your Baby
    This excerpt is from a book chronicling one working mom's journey of breastfeeding.
  • Formula for Disaster
    Many new parents think infant formula is the next best thing to Mom, but nothing could be further from the truth.

ProMoM "Top" List

Articles formerly part of
J. Rachael Hamlet's Breastfeeding Advocacy Page is a welcome addition to ProMoM!

Articles and Handouts by Dr. Jack Newman
JACK NEWMAN, MD, FRCPC is a pediatrician, a graduate of the University of Toronto medical school. He started the first hospital-based breastfeeding clinic in Canada in 1984. He has been a consultant with UNICEF for the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative in Africa. Dr. Newman has practiced as a physician in Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa. This is a collection of articles and handouts that he in his Toronto clinic.

Essays

  • If Breastfeeding Is So Wonderful, Why Are So Few Women Doing It?
    The nitty gritty of why so many women have problems breastfeeding and how they can overcome some of the major barriers.
  • Human and Mammal by Jay Ann Cox, Ph.D.
  • Pumping Iron -- Expressing Breastmilk for Your Baby
    This excerpt is from a book chronicling one working mom's journey of breastfeeding.

Medela Articles
Medela (http://www.medela.com) is a company that provides breastpumps and breastfeeding supplies to nursing mothers and health care facilities.

  • Working and Breastfeeding
    Go back to work and continue to breastfeed? Yes, you can!
  • How to Collect, Store, and Freeze Breastmilk
    Collecting breastmilk--guidelines for normal newborns.