My first thought when I heard the news of Angelina Jolie’s preventative double mastectomy? “Oh no, not again.” I wasn’t shocked to learn that a celebrity had undergone this procedure. Ms. Jolie wasn’t the first. No. It was the reminder that somewhere, another woman had been forced to make a difficult and painful health choice. […]
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Are you a nursing mom planning to fly with your infant? Maybe have a business trip planned (without baby) and must maintain your milk supply across a few time zones? Air travel and breastfeeding can be challenging and not just for the obvious logistical reasons. The TSA and several airlines have been in the news […]
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I didn’t think of taking nursing nightwear to the hospital for the birth of my first child. It wouldn’t have mattered because I ended up having an emergency c-section. The umbilical cord had gotten wrapped around my little boy’s neck — twice. (Everything turned out fine, thank you.) But it was a long, tiring, 24 […]
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Would you ever wear pasties or other nipple jewelry? You don’t have to be a professional burlesque star to enjoy a pair of sexy tasseled pasties. And no need to visit a body-piercing studio if all you want is to add a little bit of metal to your headlights. Modern ways to dress naked breasts […]
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Would you ever stop wearing bras? I wouldn’t. Media reports this week challenged women to change their bra-wearing habits. These calls for us to go bra-less were based on comments made by a French professor during a radio interview. He claimed to have measured the changing breasts of over 300 “sports” women between the ages […]
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