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When It Comes to Breastfeeding, This Is Why Women Never Feel Like They’re Right
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
I Use My Phone While I Breastfeed. I'm Not a Bad Mother
By Anya Kamenetz
Mom Told to Cover Up While Breastfeeding at a Museum Filled With Nude (and Breastfeeding) Statues
By Julie Mazziotta / People
Australian Senator Breastfeeds Her Baby While Passing a Motion in Parliament
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How Breastfeeding Lowers a Mom’s Risk of Heart Disease
A strong body of evidence supports the benefits of breastfeeding both for baby and mom. Breast milk gives babies a starter population of bacteria- and virus-fighting cells from their mothers, and breastfed babies tend to...
By Alice Park
June 21, 2017
Chelsea Clinton Wants Periods and Breastfeeding to Be Stigma-Free
‘We need to change the conversation’
By Samantha Cooney
April 18, 2017
Tess Holliday Says She Was an ‘Emotional Mess’ After Becoming a New Mom Again
The model shared an inspiring throwback pic and message on Instagram
By Lindsay Kimble / People
April 12, 2017
Kelly Rowland Gets Real About Breastfeeding Changed Her Body
‘They just sort of hung there like flapjacks’
By Jeff Nelson / People
April 12, 2017
Moms Are Getting Breastfeeding Tattoos to Celebrate Nursing
'I love this dedication to that beautiful chapter of my story'
By Gabrielle Olya / People
March 16, 2017
Obamacare Repeal Would Leave Breastfeeding Provisions in Place
From the outside, the lactation room looks like any other door in the office building, except for the sign. “Breastfeeding Is Welcome Here,” it announces in pink script. Decorated with photos of babies and outfitted...
By Tessa Berenson and Madeline Farber
March 13, 2017
Breastfeeding Programs Help New Moms Stick With It
For those who want to breastfeed, doctors and peer groups can both play a supportive role
By Mandy Oaklander
October 25, 2016
Target Defends Breastfeeding Mom
"You shouldn't be ashamed of feeding your baby"
By Daniel White
June 15, 2016
Closing Newborn Nurseries Isn't Good for Babies or Moms
Forcing moms to room-in may not help breastfeeding—and it could hurt babies
By Dr. Amy Tuteur
February 11, 2016
Why Do We Have the Breastfeeding Wars? Two Words: Maternity Leave.
New study says practice still not widespread enough
By Belinda Luscombe
January 29, 2016
The New Business of Breast-Feeding
In theory, breastfeeding is free—an intimate interaction between mother and child exempt from the market. But in recent years, it’s also emerged as something people may not expect: a billion-dollar business. Companies like Boob, Glamourmom,...
By Courtney Jung
January 7, 2016
Here’s What’s So Special About Breast Milk
A new study shows human breast milk contains important inflammation-fighting molecules
By Alexandra Sifferlin
October 14, 2015
Photo of Soldiers Breastfeeding in Uniform Goes Viral
The photo was shared 4,000 times in 24 hours
By Tanya Basu
September 13, 2015
Why the U.S. Needs World Breastfeeding Week
It’s not about affluent parents’ feelings—it’s about public health, and discrimination
By Sabrina Joy Stevens
August 10, 2015
Why I'm Not Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week
The moralization of infant feeding is not good for mothers or babies
By Dr. Amy Tuteur
August 4, 2015
Argentinian Politician Photographed Breastfeeding During Parliament Session
In a viral image, Victoria Donda Perez is seen shaping Argentinian policy while breastfeeding her 8-month-old daughter
By Tanya Basu
July 26, 2015
Breastfeeding Linked to a Lower Risk of Cancer in Kids
Children who consume breast milk for six months have a lower risk for childhood leukemia than those who don't
By Mandy Oaklander
June 1, 2015
Woman Breastfeeds After Her Mastectomy
The image challenges conventional advice that women being treated for cancer should avoid breastfeeding
By Sabrina Toppa
April 28, 2015
This Is What's Actually in Breast Milk Bought Online
There's bovine in your breast milk
By Mandy Oaklander
April 6, 2015
Don't Buy Your Breast Milk Online, Scientists Say
Experts are urging women to avoid this dangerous market
By Mandy Oaklander
March 24, 2015
Study Shows Benefits of Breast-Feeding as Popularity Continues to Rise
A look back at TIME's 'Are you mom enough?' cover story, which charted the rise of attachment parenting
By Lily Rothman
March 18, 2015
Prolonged Breastfeeding Linked to Higher IQ and Wealth
New research suggests that breastfeeding newborns longer helps enhance brain development
By David Stout
March 18, 2015
Delta Sorry for Barring Woman With Breast Pump
"Delta supports the rights of women to breast-feed"
By Nolan Feeney
January 26, 2015
Free the Nipple! The Problem With How We Think About Breasts
Normalizing toplessness removes some of the cultural power over women's bodies and their sexuality
By Rachel Kramer Bussel
December 12, 2014
Problems With Breastfeeding Triggered My Postpartum Depression
I really felt that my inability to exclusively breastfeed my son was a complete personal failure that would affect him for the rest of his life
By Kaity Garcia
November 29, 2014
Instagram Is Right to Censor Chelsea Handler
Allowing nudity on Instagram would hurt more women than it would help
By Charlotte Alter
October 31, 2014
Why Kids Who Eat Junk Food Early Prefer It Later in Life
Early exposure can influence children to prefer those same foods growing up
By Justin Worland
October 31, 2014
Alyssa Milano Talks About the Joys of Breastfeeding
The actress quit her ABC show in order to avoid uprooting her young children
By Charlotte Alter
October 28, 2014
7 Things More Offensive Than Breastfeeding in Restaurants
Plantiffs are flirting with near fatal levels of hypocrisy, as patrons can commit some truly outrageous sins during their meals
By Aaron Gouveia
August 8, 2014
Rich Moms of the First World, Stop Fighting About Breastfeeding
We who crow about our choices speak from great privilege—and our arguments grow quickly tiresome
By Elisa Albert
August 6, 2014
Olivia Wilde on Breastfeeding, Being a Working Mom
Says she's inspired by her own mother
By Charlotte Alter
August 5, 2014
The Top 16 Breastfeeding Controversies
Almost any discussion of how and when we feed our babies sets off a national debate. So to mark World Breastfeeding Week 2014 (yes, that exists), here's a look at 16 nursing controversies, from the...
August 1, 2014
Navigating the Nudity Rules on Facebook
The morality of breastfeeding and baby butts
By Eliana Dockterman
July 8, 2014
What Starbucks Tells Employees About Breastfeeding Customers
A young male barista comes to the defense of a nursing mother winning accolades and some criticism as the story goes viral.
By Belinda Luscombe
July 3, 2014
Jason Biggs 'Upset He Can't Breastfeed,' says Wife Jenny Mollen
Orange is the New Black Star goes all out for new son, says wife
By Charlotte Alter
June 17, 2014
Facebook Lifts Ban on Exposed Nipples in Breastfeeding Pictures
The social media site said the ban was quietly lifted about two weeks ago. It does not apply to other images of female nipples
By Maya Rhodan
June 13, 2014
Why All the Controversy About a Black Woman Breastfeeding?
A photo of a woman breastfeeding at her graduation stirred up lots of debate-- but why?
By Charlotte Alter
June 12, 2014
Scout Willis: Topless Instagram Photos Are a Feminist Issue
The famous daughter explains why she walked the streets of New York semi-nude last week to protest Instagram's discrimination against women's nipples
By Eliana Dockterman
June 2, 2014
Breast-Feeding Posters Panned
Health professionals say posters featuring topless celebs that read, "Don't turn you back on them, give them your breast" send the wrong message about breast-feeding
By Eliana Dockterman
May 26, 2014
'My Husband Wants to Breastfeed:' The Phenomenon Nobody Talks About But Everyone Googles
Some men are turned on, some are curious, and some are just trying to help out their wives
By Charlotte Alter
May 21, 2014
Sex, Breastfeeding and Cheesecake: What The World Searches For While Pregnant
Google searches reveal that Indian couples search for "sex" more than couples in any other country. Also "my husband wants me to breastfeed him."
By Charlotte Alter
May 20, 2014
Saving 3 Million Babies Is Easier Than You Think
The news on the childhood mortality front is both very good and very bad. Millions have been saved, but millions are still dying. Melinda Gates, in an address to the World Health Assembly, offers some smart solutions.
By Jeffrey Kluger
May 20, 2014
It's Time to End the 'Breast Is Best' Myth
As recent studies have found that the benefits attributed to breastfeeding are overstated, parents should be free to choose what's best for them and their children.
By Drew Himmelstein
May 15, 2014
Photos: See Dads Breastfeed For a Good Cause
Project Breastfeeding's "If I Could, I Would" campaign aims to boost fathers' solidarity with moms
By Charlotte Alter
March 11, 2014
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