"Breastfeeding Basics" is being offered Thursday, May 25 at 6:30 p.m. It's $50, or, $45 for members. Cindy Phillips will be the instructor and there are still a couple of openings. Please tell your pregnant friends who are considering breastfeeding to give us a call.
Our Miscarriage and Infant Loss and Healing Group will be held on Wednesday, May 24 at 7:00. It's free and open to anyone who's experienced a loss of this kind.
Birth Balls! 65 cm birth balls (we'll even blow them up for you) have arrived and are $25. Ask anyone who's used them, they're so comfortable. They also make great excercise balls!!
Green Wisdom Herbal Products - we're so excited to be offering massage oils, bath salts and teas, floral sprays, soothe it salve, bronchial salve, and lip balm. Come and check them out.
In the American Journal of Public Health - Authors: Christina M. Gibson-Davis and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
May 2006
The authors studied the apparent "hispanic paradox" between the relatively low economic status of immigrant hispanic families and their correspondantly low rates of infant mortality, prematurity, and high rate of breastfeeding. (With the focus on breastfeeding, primarily.) Apparently, immigrant hispanics, as opposed to American-born hispanics have much higher rates of breastfeeding initiation and breastfeeding at six months of age. As a matter of fact, the longer the families had lived in the United States, the lower the rates became. Each year a hispanic family lives in the U.S., their breastfeeding rate goes down by 4%. 59% of immigrant hispanic babies are being breastfed at six months, as opposed to 24% for non-immigrant hispanics. Immigrant families initiated breastfeeding at 90%, while only 64% of non-immigrant families did. This is despite the fact that most immigrant hispanics live at or close to the poverty line. The conclusion? Immigrant hispanic babies have the advantage of being born outside of a culture that has a non-breastfeeding norm. The longer hispanic families live in the U.S. the more damaging American health behaviors they pick up.
From University of Maastrict Hospital, Netherlands
Couples who require more than a year to conceive are more likely to have boys. Each additional year of trying increased the odds of having a boy by 4%. The reason may be that Y chromosome sperm are more effective at swimming through dense cervical fluids that are associated with infertility.
Toast sesame seeds in non-stick over medium heath, shaking often, for 2-3 minutes. Immediately remove from pan. Combine all ingredients and toss with salad greens. A perfect garnish for grilled meat and fish.
"Breastfeeding...is the only infant-care practice fathers can't do. Yet the father indirectly feeds his baby by helping to care for the mother, who feeds the baby." - Dr. William Sears
