By Kendra Atkins-Boyce, Portland, Oregon Any mother who has attended a recent meeting with La Leche League of Blacksburg and the New River Valley, based in Blacksburg, Virginia, will tell you the Group is led by four… Read More

By Felice Eisner, written on May 4, 1980 When I realized I was expecting my second child, I reviewed my first pregnancy and found that I needed something different this time. The routine practiced by my obstetrician didn’t… Read More

By Marybeth King, Ann Arbor, Michigan It was the last time. Funny, I didn’t know that then, but I do remember it. Why is that? Why would I? It didn’t last long. She wasn’t there but for a few… Read More

By Kendra Atkins-Boyce, Portland, Oregon After my daughter Karys’ birth via a traumatic cesarean section in October 2009, I worked my way through seemingly every issue described in The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding. My nipples were inverted. My daughter… Read More

By Jean Merrill, Maryland Along with the birth of a baby comes the birth of a mother; you will learn together. How many of us, before becoming mothers ourselves, have looked upon a screaming child at the grocery… Read More

By Cyndi Johnson, Indiana I recently saw a bumper sticker that said, “I make milk. What’s your superpower?” I chuckled out loud to myself in the car, because I have been breastfeeding almost continuously for nearly eight years,… Read More

By Brenda Bandy, LLL USA Representative to USBC, IBCLC Almost 60 years ago, the founders of La Leche League had a vision of a community in which mothers and babies would be together “early and often.” They recognized… Read More

My son is now 14 months old and I have been pumping my milk for him since I went back to work ten months ago. I haven’t minded pumping up until recently when I became friendlier with a… Read More

Reviewed by Winema Wilson Lanoue As a La Leche League Leader, I have seen a gradual rise in the number of women who did not give birth to a child and who choose to breastfeed. More and more… Read More

By Jennifer Pitkin I’d like to focus on the importance of co-parenting from the start. When my husband and I found out that we are expecting our third child, the first thing my husband said was, “I’m so… Read More