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What was it? Baby Jaeli was allergic to just about anything she could eat and would need a supply of breastmilk, but her mother couldn’t supply the amount needed.

Facebook and Twitter jumped up to the cause letting everyone know about the situation and it has now been announced that 60 complete strangers have donated breastmilk. By the way, it costs $4.25 per ounce of breastmilk from the Human Milk Banking Association of North America. Jaeli needs 30 ounces a day and the insurance companies are fighting this.  Friends and strangers rallied together in order to start a new cause, “Jaeli’s Milk” and within the first few hours had collected just over $1000, to date they have just over $3000 and it is still going strong.

Want to help this tiny little baby girl?

WalletPop:

If you’d like to donate, follow Jaeli’s progress, or spread the word, log onto Twitter and follow @angengland, @brandybrow and @rarechromobaby. Or, stop by her website.

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Jesus Acosta, the owner of Acosta Tacos, has been fined $46,000 for firing Marina Chavez. She sued him for emotional suffering and lost pay. Keep in mind the only thing that she got fired for was actually feeding her baby during her breaks. I could understand if this was done while working but not on a break.

This isn’t the only problem with Jesus though, apparently when Marina got pregnant she continued to work, she had been working for the company for three years before this. But when her baby came prematurely and she had to take off to care for it for four weeks she’d been replaced. Not just replaced though, but fired. They did ask her to work two night shifts for an employee that was absent, she did it. But when the boss heard she was breastfeeding her baby during her breaks, she was fired. By the way she didn’t breastfeed the baby in the restaurant but inside her car, outside.

MomLogic reports:
When her boss learned that during those two night shifts that her infant had been brought to the taco restaurant at the time of her breaks and she nursed her baby the car, he fired her. She was told she couldn’t work if as long as she was still breastfeeding her baby.

MomLogic Reports:

When her boss learned that during those two night shifts that her infant had been brought to the taco restaurant at the time of her breaks and she nursed her baby the car, he fired her. She was told she couldn’t work if as long as she was still breastfeeding her baby.

Do you think the fine fit the crime? I think the way he fired her was too harsh and he should’ve allowed her to do whatever she needed to do on her breaks, especially since she was actually covering for an employee.

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27, was breastfeeding when police showed up to her home for a domestic disturbance. At the time Stacey Anvarinia was found “extremely intoxicated,” slurring her words and breastfeeding her baby. Her infant was only 6-weeks-old at the time. The judge at that point gave her a 6 month sentence where she would need to go to a substance abuse facility to clean up.  In June she admitted to being guilty of the charges. Many moms were outraged that she was even put behind bars for this, but this was the only way they thought they could prevent harm for the tiny baby.

Stacey did not stay out of trouble, instead she slashed (or some man is reporting she did) some guy’s tires at her apartment complex, only hours after her hearing earlier this month. When police arrived to her apartment they found her hiding inside a closet and looked not only drunk but she had cuts on her wrists, which made them take her directly to a hospital. It has been just about six months, which means if she had been attending the facility she wouldn’t have dealt with all this, instead, she will now be sitting behind bars while someone else is taking care of her infant.

The fine is $2000 and she will go to trial on September 24th, currently she is pleading not guilty.

Grand Fork’s Herald Reports:

Police arrested Anvarinia Friday night, just hours after her sentencing, at her apartment in Grand Forks. The owner of a pickup parked in the apartment building’s lot told police that Anvarinia slashed one of the truck’s tires.

Citing a report, the judge said officers found Anvarinia hiding in a closet and appearing intoxicated. The judge said Anvarinia resisted arrest and that she had cuts on her wrist which prompted authorities to take her to Altru Hospital before transporting her to the Grand Forks County jail.

Anvarinia was consequently charged with criminal mischief and preventing arrest, both are Class A misdemeanors punishable with up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine.

Normally I’m for the breastfeeding mother, however in this case she was given a chance once before and it sounds like she blew it. I hope they figure out how to help her, but most importantly help that little baby. What do you think should happen to Stacey Anvarinia? Should she go to jail for slashing the man’s tires? Obviously she won’t get in much trouble for drinking inside her apartment, unless it was part of the sentence when she was found breastfeeding while drunk.

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breasts and breastfeeding. What do you think? I know not all of us have breastfed our children, some couldn’t and some chose not to do it, for whatever reason we’ve it doesn’t matter … we’ve all heard of it. For myself, I have serious stories and not so serious and sometimes comical stories. I’m sure some of you all do too and I’d like to hear them. On posts that I write “Breastfeeding” in I hope that you join me or if you’d rather not jump in you can email me your stories at homemom3@gmail.com and I will keep you anonymous.

What stories we’ll chat about this month:

-  Breastfeeding in public
-  Breastfeeding oops
-  Breastfeeding joys
-  Breastfeeding advice
-  Breastfeeding problems
-  Breastfeeding: Too old or not?
-  Breastfeeding pictures (if you have them we can post them, with or without your name)
-  Bigger boobs while breastfeeding
-  Smaller boobs after breastfeeding
-  facts on Breastfeeding

Do you have a breastfeeding story that fits one of the topics? Do you have a breastfeeding product? If you do contact me and you can be a featured guest on Babylune. Okay everyone…lets talk breasts, errr breastfeeding.

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With my first I ended up with two bad cases of mastitis, which was very painful. The second time I got it the doctor gave me a pill that would immediately dry the milk supply up and the baby would not be able to drink whatsoever. Those were horrible days, I felt so guilty doing it to him for so reason and cold turkey to top it off. I was in pain, besides having mastitis but the pain of being engorged as well.

With my second child they informed me that they no longer had that pill to make it dry up. She would attempt to stop and then go back, I battled with mastitis every time she tried to stop. The third I can’t even recall but she was easier, no mastitis. This last one took a lot longer than I thought but no mastitis, however now that he is off he still comes at me. There are visits to my room but he no longer tries to nurse, instead he cuddles up to me and sticks his hand down my shirt. Even during the day he does this. But I can state he’s officially off.

Did your child ever stick their hand down your shirt even after they were weaned?

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Here’s some quick info I did find on Kentucky and Breastfeeding:
- Forty-three states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands have laws with language specifically allowing women to breastfeed in any public or private location.
- Twenty-eight states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands exempt breastfeeding from public indecency laws
- Twelve states and Puerto Rico exempt breastfeeding mothers from jury duty

I did notice that Kentucky does not actually have any breastfeeding laws for the workplace. I’ll continue to look into this, in the meantime for those living in Kentucky can you help?

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Comfort Select Performance Dual Automatic Cycling Breast Pump
1 box Evenflo Breast Pads
1 box Comfort Select Disposable Nursing Pads with Lanolin

 

This giveaway actually ends on May 30, 2009 so hurry and get those entries in. All I’m asking is for a story of breastfeeding, why you may want to breastfeed or why you love breastfeeding. Good Luck! (click the link above to enter!)

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Even the La Leche League states that you should NOT breastfeed your baby while intoxicated and that you should wait until you are sober. Currently it is unknown what her blood alcohol level was and even if she was drunk. The assistant state’s attorney, Carmel Mattison has stated this will be the first time they’ve accused any mother of breast-feeding while drunk.

A lactation consultant in Altru had this to say:

“No matter how little you drink, you are potentially exposing your baby to alcohol. You need to make that decision for yourself.” – Dee Grabanski

According to the La Leche League FAQ:

Mothers who are intoxicated should not breastfeed until they are completely sober, at which time most of the alcohol will have left the mother’s blood. Drinking to the point of intoxication, or binge drinking, by breastfeeding mothers has not been adequately studied. Since all of the risks are not understood, drinking to the point of intoxication is not advised.

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It’s Friday again and what an amazing week we had here. For my little family it was more low-key then anything but last weekend was great. As some of you read, Little A got his first hair cut. Talk about a change.

So since it is Friday and this is open chat feel free to talk about anything. What movie you want to see or have seen. I also have a poll in the right hand side of Babylune for Do you think OctoMom will resort to porn.

How do you feel towards
-  Jon & Kate plus 8

-  Alfie the 12 year old dad

-  Breastfeeding in public

-  Bottles being contaminated

-  Unsafe toys

-  OctoMom (mother of 14)

Have at it and have fun! 

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Rick Pate, the regional director of Denny’s, was there to meet Crystal. He apologized to her if she, as a Denny’s patron, was offended by the way she was treated.

So I guess all ends well, not the apology some thought would happen but one. Hopefully this Denny’s will now allow breastfeeding mothers to feed their baby when it is needed and not be ushered into a stall.

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