by hygeiahealth | Dec 22, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
BREASTFEEDING Moms turn to app for unique ‘treeoflife brelfies’ “We are the tree of life” is the theme of the new and trending way to share ‘brelfies’ on social media. “Moms around the world are downloading PicsArt — a...
by hygeiahealth | Sep 23, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
BREASTFEEDING What Is Breastfeeding Like In Other Countries? A Look At Breastfeeding Around The World This article explores what breastfeeding around the world looks by taking a look at six countries outside of the United States: India, Norway, France, Peru,...
by hygeiahealth | Sep 16, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
BREASTFEEDING Half-marathon mom pumps while performing Anna Young took the title of multi-tasking mom to the next level when she pumped during her recent race. The half-marathon mom shared her accomplishment on the Occupy Breastfeeding Facebook page, thanking the...
by hygeiahealth | Sep 9, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
Twins’ mum shares photo and story to empower career women Hein Koh, a mother of twins, recently shared a ‘throwback photo’ to when her twins were a mere five weeks old and she was nursing. She wrote, “Despite the sleep deprivation and frequent...
by hygeiahealth | May 27, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
Army wife goes viral for breastfeeding at wedding photo Naomi Jael Covert, a 21-year-old full-time army wife from Vilseck, stormed the breastfeeding world last week when she posted to Instagram a picture of herself breastfeeding 10-month old son at a wedding....
by hygeiahealth | May 20, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Pregnancy & Parenting, Weekly Round Up
MMA Breastfeeder calls out double standard Jackie Owens is not just a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Ring Girl, but the mother of three children. She recently posted to Facebook two images, side-by-side: one of herself in the MMA ring and one of herself breastfeeding. She...
by hygeiahealth | Mar 4, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Weekly Round Up
Public breastfeeding earns positive response There are plenty of stories of outrage when it comes to public breastfeeding. Both businesses and people tend to regularly make breastfeeding moms feel uncomfortable or ashamed. The public breastfeeding stories that make...
by hygeiahealth | Feb 16, 2016 | Breastfeeding, Pumping at Work, Resources
Who knew? A few years ago we could only dream of a federal law that would provide break time for breastfeeding or breast milk feeding mothers to pump or express at work. And then to have that followed by an IRS reversal to allow use of health savings account plans or...
