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Breastfeeding

# breastfeeding - Monday 19 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Take 5

The 5 at 5: Monday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

From TheJournal.ie Breastfeeding

More breastfeeding needed to tackle obesity in children and adults

Scientific report says Ireland has lowest breast feeding rates in Europe.

# breastfeeding - Tuesday 13 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Breast Milk Baby

Breastfeeding baby doll: creepy or groundbreaking?

Some say Breast Milk Baby is forcing children to be too grown-up – but others argue opposition to it is due to the taboo surrounding breastfeeding.

# breastfeeding - Thursday 11 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: Breast feeding? Nobody tells you about the bleeding nipples

Breast might be best – but it’s not for everyone, so spare us the guilt trip, writes Siobhan Corcoran.

# breastfeeding - Monday 1 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Breastfeeding

National Breastfeeding Week: Irish breastfeeding rates below European neighbours’

The HSE says this year’s event will focus on the importance of breastfeeding for the health of children and mothers, and highlight how rates of breastfeeding in Ireland fall way below those of other European countries.

# breastfeeding - Friday 10 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Breastfeeding

Mother sues after breastfeeding footage used in porn film

Maryann Sahoury is suing a production company after breastfeeding instructional video was used by a third party to make porn.

# breastfeeding - Friday 11 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Friday

Our essential roundup of the day’s big stories – plus any bits and pieces you may have missed.

From TheJournal.ie Breastfeeding This post contains a poll

Here’s what the world thought of that Time breastfeeding cover…

Magazine’s photo of mother breastfeeding three-year-old son criticised as “exploitative”. What did you think of it?

# breastfeeding - Wednesday 2 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding could cut chances of childhood obesity by 50 per cent

New research shows that babies who are breastfed for six months or more have their chances of obesity by nine years cut by more than half.

# breastfeeding - Sunday 22 April, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Employment Rights

Teachers sought increase in breastfeeding time allowance

INTO conference motion from Enniscorthy district sought to double teachers’ breastfeeding time entitlements.

# breastfeeding - Friday 2 March, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should women breastfeed in public?

If a woman chooses to breastfeed her child, should she do so in public? Let us know what you think.

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: Breastfeeding in public is natural, and we need to see it that way

Feeding our babies is the most normal thing in the world, writes Chris Finn – so our attitudes have to change.

# breastfeeding - Monday 6 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Breastfeeding This post contains images

Breastfeeding protest held outside Facebook HQ

Around 40 people took part in the protest against Facebook’s removal of photographs of women breastfeeding their children.

# breastfeeding - Tuesday 31 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Tuesday

In tonight’s Fix: Latest on ‘SOPA Ireland’; radical changes for taxis; and who’s in trouble over Eye Of The Tiger?

From TheJournal.ie Facebook

Breastfeeding campaigners to protest at Facebook HQ in Dublin

Demonstrations will take place at Facebook offices in several cities across the world next week by protesters who are angry about Facebook deleting images of breastfeeding.

# breastfeeding - Monday 18 July, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Switched At Birth

Baby mix-up at Australian hospital

The switch was only discovered after more than eight hours….but how often is this kind of mistake made?

# breastfeeding - Wednesday 16 February, 2011

From TheJournal.ie US

Michelle Obama calls for removal of breastfeeding barriers at work

The lack of appropriate places for nursing women to express milk at work leads to fewer continuing with breastfeeding – which is linked to higher rates of obesity, says Obama.