Happy World Breastfeeding Week!

World Breastfeeding Week is the first week of August!  
Ready for some random breastfeeding facts?  Did you know...

• breastfeeding helps your uterus shrink back to its pre-pregnancy size?
• breastfeeding burns calories?
• you don't have to pump and dump?
• breastmilk has healing properties? 
• the law requires employers to provide breastfeeding moms with reasonable time and space in the workplace to pump?
  
• breastfed babies gain weight differently than bottle-fed babies?
• lactation cookies are a totally real and delicious dessert?
• the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends "exclusive breast-feeding up to 6 months of age, with continued breastfeeding along with appropriate complementary foods up to two years of age or beyond."
• you can breastfeed an adopted baby?
• exclusively breastfeeding delays menstruation and can prevent future pregnancies (also known as LAM)?
• all mammals breastfeed? (see pics below)

Below is a little photo album I've thrown together of normal, everyday women breastfeeding.  Some women are nursing infants, others are nursing older children.  A few are even tandem nursing-- breastfeeding twins or two siblings at once.  Breastfeeding is normal, and we need to embrace it in order for moms to have the confidence and proper support to nurse their babies!  Special thanks to Weebly and the pictured families for sharing these photos.

Support breastfeeding mums!

(Click on thumbnails to view enlarged photos)

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Source: www.freerangefeeding.tumblr.com

If you have any fun breastfeeding facts, feel free to share them in the 'Comments' section of this blog post.  And, of course, if you would like to share a breastfeeding photo of your own, you can email it to me at [email protected].  

Breastfeeding is normal and beautiful.  Spread the love, y'all.

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