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Breastfeeding with Type 1 Diabetes

12/7/2022

by anonymous mother
Pakistan

I am a diabetic mother living in Pakistan. I have three sons aged between nine months and nine years. I have breastfed all of them, and the youngest is still nursing.

Moving Mountains

3/5/2022

by Ariel Sapp
Yokosuka, Japan

Have you ever passed on an opportunity to do something because you were breastfeeding? What if it could have been a once-in-a-lifetime experience? That’s what my climb of Mount Fuji in August this year turned out to be!

After a Minor Surgery

24/4/2022

by Terry Tsang
Leader with LLL Hong Kong - Chinese Group

We just came home from my son’s minor surgery under anaesthesia. I feel thankful that I am still nursing my little boy, who is two years and eight months old.

When he was disorientated waking up from the anaesthesia, he was calmed down and comforted immediately as he latched on.

Partners – do they make a difference?

24/4/2022

How has your partner helped with your breastfeeding journey? What ways did your partner find to bond with your baby?

I am a breastfeeding mother… hear me roar!

9/9/2020

Photo credit: Juliana Redondo, the Wish Photography

by Heather Lin
Hong Kong

Why must I roar, you may ask, as you cover your ears in nervous anticipation? It is so that I may be heard over the din of a culture and society that says breastfeeding must stop at a certain age, must only be done in such and such a setting, or is only appropriate or nutritious given certain rigid circumstances.

How is it that I had a dormant nursing lioness in me this whole time?

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