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MIT Hackathon Goal: A Better Breast Pump

Given the health benefits, change is way overdue, say organizers

(Newser) - It might not be the first thing that comes to mind after the word "hackathon," but organizers of an upcoming one at MIT say the world is long overdue for a better breast pump. Engineers, designers, moms, and health experts will gather later this month for reasons spelled...

Breastfeeding Mom Refuses to Stop Smoking Pot
Breastfeeding Mom Refuses to Stop Smoking Pot
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Aug 17, 2014 7:35 AM CDT

Breastfeeding Mom Refuses to Stop Smoking Pot

She says doctors made her sign a waiver acknowledging the risks

(Newser) - Breastfeeding rates are higher in Oregon than any other state in the US, with the Portland area leading the pack at more than 90%, reports the USDA . But it was in Portland that a woman recently had to sign a waiver before being allowed to breastfeed her newborn—because she...

Olivia Wilde Breastfeeds in Glamour Spread

Says it feels like her son 'should always be on my breast'

(Newser) - Olivia Wilde is Glamour 's September cover girl, and in one picture from the inside photo spread making headlines, she breastfeeds her new baby Otis in a diner booth. The picture "is so perfect because any portrait of me right now isn't complete without my identity as...

Mom Busted for Drinking While Breastfeeding

Charges are dropped, but she spent time in jail

(Newser) - An Arkansas mom out with her family at a bar-restaurant wound up in jail after a waitress called police to say she was breastfeeding and drinking. Officers arrested Tasha Adams and charged her with child endangerment, though the deputy city attorney in Conway, Ark., dropped the charge last week, reports...

Study: Breastfeeding Not All It's Cracked Up to Be

Previous studies included significant class biases, researcher argues

(Newser) - Breastfeeding doesn't produce the long-term benefits it's purported to, a new Ohio State University study has concluded, calling into question loads of previous research. Most older studies suffer from selection bias, lead author Cynthia Colen argues, because wealthier, better educated moms are more likely to breastfeed. Colen's...

Victoria’s Secret: Sorry We Didn't Let Woman Breastfeed

Instead, a clerk suggested she go outside in an alley

(Newser) - Victoria's Secret is dealing with a PR headache over a gaffe rich in irony. A store in Austin refused to let a woman breastfeed her son in a changing room, with a clerk helpfully suggesting that she go outside to the back of an alley instead, reports MyFoxAustin . There'...

Pope: Go Ahead, Breastfeed in Sistine Chapel

He baptizes 32 babies in annual event

(Newser) - In keeping with his down-to-earth style, Pope Francis encouraged mothers to breastfeed their babies in the grand surroundings of the Sistine Chapel yesterday. The pontiff did his best to put families with crying babies at ease as he baptized 32 infants under Michelangelo's famous fresco of the creation of...

Server: I Was Fired for Reporting Boozing, Breastfeeding Mom

Restaurant denies it

(Newser) - When a server at an Arkansas pizza joint saw a woman simultaneously boozing it up and ... breastfeeding, she decided to call the cops. But Jackie Conners says she ended up getting fired from Gusano's Pizzeria over the incident last Wednesday, even though the mom in question, 28-year-old Tasha Adams,...

New Service: Breast-Feeding for Gay Male Parents

French woman rents out breasts for $130 a day

(Newser) - A woman offering to rent out her breasts to gay male couples with newborns has stirred up controversy in France, which recently legalized gay marriage and adoption by gay couples, Reuters reports. "I am a young mother in perfect health, a trained nurse of 29, and I am renting...

Diplomat, Breastfeeding Wife Pegged as Terrorists in NY

White Plains country club patrons spooked by backpack

(Newser) - When Roseline Remans, wife of Belgian diplomat Tom Neijens, started breastfeeding their daughter on the terrace of the Metropolis Country Club in White Plains early last month, a manager quickly asked her to "leave immediately" and finish the feeding in the bathroom. Neijens argued, and the situation quickly escalated,...

Now We Know How Long Neanderthals Breastfed
Now We Know How Long Neanderthals Breastfed
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May 23, 2013 1:07 PM CDT

Now We Know How Long Neanderthals Breastfed

It was a probably a relatively short span of 14 months, study says

(Newser) - The American Academy of Pediatrics would have smiled on at least one aspect of Neanderthal child-rearing: Chemical analysis of a fossilized tooth suggests that Neanderthal moms breastfed exclusively for seven months, then breastfed while supplementing with food for another seven, reports Australia's ABC Science . After that, the little knuckledragger...

Sweden May Ban Images of Babies in Ads for Formula

Health officials want to promote breastfeeding

(Newser) - Sellers of infant formula in Sweden will likely face a tough marketing problem soon: They won't be able to use images of babies on their products. A new law being readied for 2013 would make the practice illegal, reports the Local . Health officials want to encourage breastfeeding over formula,...

Breastfeeding Video Turned Into Porn, Mom Sues

Instructional vid was spliced with porn footage, posted online

(Newser) - A New Jersey woman who filmed an instructional breastfeeding video in order to help other mothers was horrified to discover that somebody had turned it into a porn film. When MaryAnn Sahoury Googled her name, she found dozens of links to porn sites featuring a video that spliced footage of...

Bloomberg's New Push: Get Moms to Breastfeed

But some women aren't happy with new initiative at city hospitals

(Newser) - New York City Mayor Bloomberg's mission to make his city healthier isn't stopping at public smoking or big sodas . Now he wants moms to breastfeed, reports the New York Post (which is dismissive of what it views as another "nanny state" effort). Starting in September, most of...

Time's Nursing Mom: I Expected the Uproar

Jamie Lynne Grumet says it's 'not the way we breastfeed at home'

(Newser) - The brouhaha over Time magazine's breastfeeding-mom cover came as no surprise to the cover-mom herself: I "knew what we were getting into," Jamie Lynne Grumet tells the Today show. Grumet says she understands Time's decision to run the image, which doesn't represent "the way...

Time's Breastfeeding Cover Causes a Ruckus

Reactions to controversial cover are generally shocked

(Newser) - The latest issue of Time is sure to catch your eye when it hits newsstands Friday, as it shows a 26-year-old woman breastfeeding her 3-year-old son—who is standing up. At least two commentators have expressed shock that this is Time, rather than one of Tina Brown’s predictably controversial...

NASCAR Driver Tweets Disgust Over Nursing Mom

'Nasty!' grumbles Kasey Kahne when he spots breastfeeding at store

(Newser) - NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne was so disgusted when he spotted a mom nursing her baby at a local grocery store that he immediately tweeted his utter revulsion. “One boob put away, one boob hanging!!! Nasty,” tweeted the overwhelmed car jockey. "I don't feel like shopping anymore...

Nursing Mom Accused of Indecent Exposure at Court

In fact, DC human rights law protects babies' right to breastfeed

(Newser) - A shocked mom was told by security guards outside a DC courtroom that nursing her baby son was "indecent exposure." This is "a government building, and you can't breastfeed in a public corridor of a government building," said one of the guards, the woman recounted...

Judge 'Humiliates' Breastfeeding Mom

Laws don't apply in courtroom, he says

(Newser) - A Michigan mother says she was humiliated by a judge who told her breastfeeding in his courtroom was inappropriate. Natalie Hegedus, who was fighting a boating ticket, says she brought her 5-month-old son, who was getting over a fever, to court with her and fed him discreetly in the back...

For-Profit Company Hunting for Breast Milk

And breast milk banks worry it'll hurt donations

(Newser) - Did you know there’s an “increasingly competitive market for human milk”? Well there is, and not just for making ice cream . A California company called Prolacta Bioscience has been scouring women’s events and pediatricians’ offices for mothers willing to donate their breast milk, the Salt Lake ...

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