During an early morning grocery store run on Friday, I received a frantic phone call from my mom declaring, "DO NOT call your sister until she calls you today! ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics has announced new research entitled “Juggling Work and Breastfeeding: Effects of Maternity Leave and Occupational Characteristics”. The study looked at breastfeeding duration in new...

Research reported in Pediatric Nephrology shows that the role of breastfeeding is very important in protecting premature babies from the risk of urinary tract infections. Dr. Itzhak Levy, the...

You're going to get back into your pre-pregnancy jeans faster if you breastfeed! Here's the scoop... A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition looks at the...

As my friend, Arnie, a personal shopper, says about virtually everything fabulous, "This (name of object, including french fries) is to die..." While I've never used this term myself,...

Without fail, discussion about my job comes up every time I'm in any social situation--from morning drop-off at nursery school (mom has a "quick question" for me about her breastfeeding...

Interesting news to come out of the journal Pediatrics: Approximately 79 percent of states collect breastfeeding information for birth certificates; the other 21 percent will most probably do so within...

I can find any excuse to write about breastfeeding, and even if it is seemingly unrelated, I'll find a segue to the topic. This is an email that I...

We know that breast milk is the optimal nutrition for a baby and that there are benefits galore. But what is it about this fluid that makes it so...

This week's issue of People Magazine tells you all you need to know (if you really want to...) about Angelina Jolie's breastfeeding experience with her twins. The crazy-busy mom...