Tag: breastfeeding

  • Breastfeeding for all the world to see

    I used to wonder why tribal women don’t wear any clothes on top. For me, it was scandalous. Only when I started breastfeeding did it occur to me that our culture have over sexualized the boobs that we have forgotten that its primary function is to feed. I wish public breastfeeding is easy. I wish…

  • Breastfeeding 101 in St. Luke’s Global City

    In line with Breasfeeding Month, St. Luke’s Global City is having a seminar on breastfeeding. Entitled Breastfeeding 101, it is going to be held on August 8, 2015, 1:00 to 4:00 pm, at the Henry Sy, Sr. Auditorium, 5th Floor, St. Luke’s Medical Center-Global City. I wished I attended a seminar like this. I gave…

  • How I increased my milk supply

    “I’m breastfeeding. Period.” I must’ve really sounded resolute — or maybe my doctors got tired of my incessant calls to their clinics — but after a couple of months, they finally agreed to stop my medications so I could breastfeed my baby. Ironically, my lactation consultants weren’t optimistic. I didn’t breastfeed for the first few…

  • The unboxing of the Medela Pump

    Before anything  else Let me mention that I’m not allowed to breastfeed. Barely 24 hours after I’ve given birth, the doctors immediately began my Lupus treatments. . I still plan on pumping though. Even if I can’t feed the baby my milk. Hopefully I could pressure my doctors to stop all my treatments, at least…