“Ultrasound examination of the lactating breast during breastfeeding by Peter Hartmann’s research team in Perth, Australia has provided new information about what occurs within the breast during let-down (Kent 2002). This team has found the following after observing many mothers and babies during breastfeeding:
* On average 75 percent of the mothers had more than one let-down.
* The women had on average 2.2 let-downs per breast.
* The more let-downs a woman had, the more milk her baby received.
* Babies received on average 2 1/3 oz. (70 ml) of milk at a feeding and slightly more than one ounce (35 ml) per …read more

Did you know that La Leche League International operates in 70 countries and territories and helps over 10 million people per year? Do you realize that encouraging and supporting breastfeeding actually saves babies’ lives?
“Research shows that exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months – with continued breastfeeding for the first year – could save 1.3 million lives every year,” says Miriam Labbok, UNICEF Senior Advisor on Infant and Young Child Feeding.
“This is well over 3,000 lives each and every day. And if breastfeeding is continued alongside appropriate complementary feeding until at least age two – we could be saving …read more

If you are looking for breastfeeding advocacy songs for a nurse-in, nurse-out, rally, World Breastfeeding Week or other breastfeeding awareness event, consider these songs recorded in conjunction with the Synchronized Breastfeeding Worldwide event last August. These are not quite as powerful as the World Breastfeeding Week Kit songs, but they’re catchy and set to tunes every mother should recognize! Click on the song titles to hear a rendition of each song. My favorite is “Give Your Breast” set to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”! For a song from the child’s perspective, try “Breastfeed Me” sung …read more

In its seventh year, the Quintessence Foundation’s Breastfeeding Challenge spanned three countries, including all thirteen Canadian provinces and Territories, two sites in Ukraine, and 25 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. With just 25 of 250 sites yet to report their results, it is clear that over 5,374 babies participated in the simultaneous breastfeeding challenge! The winners of the challenge are determined by the number of babies participating in a particular region (province, state, territory) compared to the birth rate for that region. While the results are still unofficial, the current winners are:
~ Category A Regions ~
more than 50,000 …read more

When does a breastfeeding woman produce the most breast milk?
(a) In between nursing sessions (after a feeding ends and before the next one starts)
(b) During a nursing session (as milk is being taken from the breast), or
(c) Equal amounts in between and during nursing sessions.

Time to have some more fun with a look at ten of the funny search terms people used to end up at Breastfeeding 1-2-3 in the last two weeks!
1. “i didn’t expect”
You didn’t expect what? That you were going to end up at a breastfeeding blog?
2. “hummus recipe”
I do have a good hummus recipe, but it’s not on my blog. Try my favorite recipe site, www.allrecipes.com.
3. “false”
I am not! I consider myself a very genuine person.
4. “did anybody get pregnant using the withdrawal method”
Oh dear. Looks like someone will be needing Breastfeeding 1-2-3 soon!
5. “relationship of music with science”
I …read more

WordPress tells me when a blog or other website links to Breastfeeding 1-2-3. I was surprised and pleased to see one day that a website in Arabic had linked to mine! That got me to wondering what the words “breastfeeding” and “breastfeed” look like in other languages. I used Google Translate to find out (so please forgive me if these are not exactly correct!)
Breastfeeding and Breastfeed
Arabic: الرضاعه من الصدر and ارضع
Spanish: Lactancia and Amamantar
French: L’allaitement maternel …read more

If you asked me which are my most favorite posts of all the ones I have written over the last year, I would not choose the ones that have been the most popular — the ones most viewed. My favorites are the ones that received the most reader comments! I love hearing what is on your mind and I appreciate each and every comment. Take a look at the following posts that Breastfeeding 1-2-3 readers deemed the most worthy of comment over the last year.
1. Applebee’s Cooking Up Breastfeeding Trouble
2. Toddler Nursing (Mom to Mom #5)
3. Are You Willing to …read more

As I was reading through my daughter’s latest copy of National Geographic Kids magazine I came across a piece of breastfeeding trivia. Want to play along? How many gallons of milk does a baby humpback whale drink per day?
a) 30 gallons
b) 70 gallons
c) 130 gallons
d) 170 gallons

If you enjoy posting on any of the top 10 breastfeeding forums or messages boards, you might be interested in this free line of cute breastfeeding “tickers” or banners. Lilypie.com says:
Lilypie Breastfeeding mothers announcement counts how long you have been nursing your baby and updates daily. Create your own free custom graphic which you can add to your website, forum posts, email signature or Windows desktop. It has its own web address so it will continue to keep track of how many years months, weeks and days you have been a nursing mummy.
Lilypie offers several different icons (”Booby Baby” in …read more