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OK so it’s world Breastfeeding Week so here’s a little post from The Thrifty Mama and The Dull Roar Philosophy on Breast feeding.
Let’s take a couple of things as read: Breastmilk is the perfect milk for babies. It can be tricky to establish. If you are unable to breastfeed I don’t judge you for it or think you are compromising your child or your womanhood.
Right now those elephants in the room have been banished let’s get back to why I like it.

• The milk is free. Have you

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When I was pregnant the advice I remember most was from a friend whose baby was four months old at the time.

She told me that, for her, breastfeeding was hard at the beginning. She struggled with cracked nipples and terrible mastitis but she was glad she had gotten through it and was now breastfeeding happily.

Her story armed me with two things -the knowledge that breastfeeding wasn't necessarily going to be easy and the confidence to know that even if it ...

Finding the right maternity bra during pregnancy is like the trying to find the best maternity jeans – seems impossible, but when you do it’s a pregnancy wardrobe staple you simply can’t live without.

I have a confession: during my twin pregnancy around five years ago my best friend gave me her maternity bras. They were pre-loved ones, cotton, seemingly comfy and supportive, but looking back now, I probably needed far more support for my fast-growing breasts.

Since ...

Professor Katie Allen of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute had this to say in another ABC report on the topic:

"The report only asked [about] breastfeeding, not about maternal dietary practices. Therefore the authors cannot conclude in any way whatsoever about maternal dietary practices including exposure to nuts and its risk of peanut allergy," says Allen.

Further, as the article states, recent research into food allergies actually suggests ...

Splashed across the news today was a study from the Australian National University that reported a statistical link between breastfeeding and nut allergy, particularly peanut allergy. Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months got an especially bad rap from the study authors, according to media reports. “Breast feeding... may, in fact, be causative of allergy”, the study authors have concluded.



So what's going on?


At first I thought there might be ...