Looking Back: What Bonding Really Means
Bernadette Schaner, Ohio Editor’s Note: “What Bonding Really Means” was originally published in the January-February 1990 issue of New Beginnings. People
Breastfeeding and Bonding, Guilt
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#BadBFAdvice, Breastfeeding and Lifestyle, Guilt
Ginger’s Breastfeeding Story: Learning to Listen
Ginger Cofield Lakhani, Brooklyn, New York, and Santa Fe, New Mexico Before I had my first baby, the concept of
Guilt, LLL Support, Pumping
My Breastfeeding Journey: Unexpected Hurdles and Carrying My Mother With Me
Jessica Tudor Elliott, Sacramento, California Becoming a mother is a profound experience. When I entered the journey to motherhood, I
Breastfeeding and Health Conditions, Guilt, LLL Support
My Partner’s Unwavering Support
Lindsay Robinson, Columbus, Ohio When I became pregnant with our first child, I imagined a picture perfect scene of me
Breastfeeding and Health Conditions, Breastfeeding and Hospitalization, Guilt
Looking Back: Less Than Ideal
Sharon Santucci, California Originally published in the March/April 1983 La Leche League News. Editor’s Note: The first issue of La Leche League News,
Breastfeeding and Abuse, Guilt, Parenting
Breastfeeding as a Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse
By Kathy Joling, Glendale, Arizona ***Content warning: Childhood sexual abuse*** Finding out I was going to be a mother was
Breastfeeding and Health Conditions, Criticism, Guilt, Parenting
My La Leche League: Finding Support, Embracing Differences
Anna, Minneapolis, Minnesota I’m a work-at-home parent in Minneapolis with two spectacular children: a four-year-old and a 22-month-old. Our family
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Be Your Child’s Best Mother
By Kendra Atkins-Boyce, Portland, Oregon Imagine for a moment your vision of the ideal mother. Picture what she looks like,
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Letting Go of Mothering Guilt
– By Jean Merrill, Maryland Are you sneaking into the pantry to eat a cookie without little eyes on you? Hiding
