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Sensitive BFing photo by
Chookie
Well, not really. But it is funny!
Senator Bill Heffernan, of our governing coalition, claimed that the deputy
Leader of the Opposition, Julia Gillard, was unfit to lead the country because
she was deliberately childless, and that this would render her unable to
understand the electorate.
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Hi by
Chookie
Hi and welcome!
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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)
"...children should continue to be breastfed... for up to two years of age
or beyond." -- Innocenti Declaration, Florence, 1 August 1990
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September 23rd 03 01:44 PM
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Hales Lookup Please by
Chookie
A friend of mine has Generalised Anxiety Disorder, but was not on (and did not
require) medication during pregnancy. In case she has a flare-up, can someone
give me the details about Effexor and bfing?
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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)
"Jeez; if...
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February 2nd 04 09:58 PM
by CY
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BFing reduces risk of pneumonia by
Chookie
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200602/s1564825.htm
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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)
"In Melbourne there is plenty of vigour and eagerness, but there is
nothing worth being eager or vigorous about."
Francis Adams, The Australians, 1893.
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February 8th 06 10:49 AM
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CTTD by
Chookie
DS2 is nearly 20mo now. He has never had formula.
I have BFed his teddy a number of times. Last week he was sitting on the step
with his shirt up, BFing Teddy. Teddy seemed a bit low but I didn't think
anything of it. Today, after his bath, I had to BF Teddy again. Then DS2
took over. The...
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January 23rd 07 12:32 PM
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Recent articles on Breastfeeding by
Chookie
Via Ingenta (and I should point out that there are invariably a number of
interesting-sounding articles with no summary provided)...
Strategies for preventing wheezing and asthma in small children
Allergy, August 2003, vol. 58, no. 8, pp. 742-747(6)
Wickman M.; Melén E.; Berglind N.; Lennart...
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Outta here for two weeks: by
Chotii
Tomorrow, bright and early (well, not so bright - the sun won't even be up
yet) I'm heading for Virginia, to an intensive feeding program for my
daughter Victoria. Some of you know the struggles we've gone through with
her, and the triumphs she's had. Well, she's ready to EAT finally, and maybe
get...
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Weird breakthrough bleeding, 6mo post-partum? by
Chotii
I don't know what's going on, maybe one of you ladies has some insight:
I have been fixed (Essure) so there's basically zero chance I'm pregnant. I
had the hysterosalpingogram (dye study followup to the Essure implant) done
when baby was 4 1/2 months old, and had a week of bleeding afterward...
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Cough-crying? by
Chotii
Have any of you seen this behavior befo
Baby, 6 months old. At night, still sleeping, cough-cries - I mean, her
cries sound like coughing or barking, very short, harsh, and distinctive.
Always settled by nursing. Will proceed to actual crying if the cough-cry is
not answered. Does not do this...
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Oh, oh, oh, oatmeal! by
Chotii
We all know that oatmeal boosts milk production. Lots of us eat it for that
reason. Guess what? It works even when you don't want it to, when you're not
eating it for that reason. I was craving oatmeal like crazy and after a
couple days of having it in the morning, woo nelly...
I haven't been...
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Hales lookups please...? by
Chotii
I need to go in for an endoscopy due to heartburn that just isn't under
control, or resolving. However, the doctor said I should "just pump and
dump for 24 hours because the medications are known to pass to the baby" and
I said "Uh, this baby doesn't take a bottle" and we sort of stalled. Then...
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February 14th 04 04:55 PM
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question for chotii by
Chotii
"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
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where can you get soy lecithin? and what's the dose?
I bought mine in a bottle of, I think, 60 gel caps (softgels) 1000 to 1200
mg per capsule. I took one...
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January 6th 04 03:18 AM
by Chotii
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CBPTTD (cute but painful things they do) by
Chotii
So Gwendobaby woke up on her tummy this morning, and apparently looked over
to find mommy sleeping on her side nearby. OH look. Mommy's nipples are just
sticking out there. Grab, grab, grab yank, grab scratch, grab pull...repeat
until mommy wakes up and rolls to her other side. Then cry, toys all...
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December 19th 03 07:03 AM
by CY
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More tie dye by
Chotii
....okay, so I'm megalomaniac. Go back to www.oz.net/~chotii/tiedye.html
again and scroll down to look at the efforts of the last 2 days. I'm awfully
pleased with the results of the 'spiral' dye. Less so with the 'star' I
attempted, following directions more typically used for hearts and...
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More OT stuff: helping a friend in need by
Chotii
A lady friend is in a really bad way right now. Her husband had emergency
surgery for a complication of Crohn's disease 2 weeks ago, and there were
complications - he almost died, and is still in the hospital and very sick.
Her sister died of cancer 3 days ago. Another sister is also sick...
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November 12th 03 09:23 PM
by hobbes
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Healing - slowly, but healing by
Chotii
Some of you know about the struggles I've faced this time around (to be
differentiated from the struggles I faced the other times!): blood blisters
on both nipples by day one, scabbing to both nipples by day three, plugged
duct turned mastitis by day four, recurrent plugged duct in same...
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September 1st 03 05:53 PM
by Chotii
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Update: ultrasound for recurrent plugged duct by
Chotii
....I'm sorry to say, it didn't work for me. Very sorry to say it, in fact,
since the dragged plug was back today and G-baby *really* dislikes the
position I have to put her in, to even partially drain that portion of my
breast. I even had 2 treatments. Darn, darn, darn. I hope this won't put...
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August 23rd 03 03:22 AM
by Chotii
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Ultrasound for recurrent plugged duct, treatment one by
Chotii
On the advice of (well, ultimately) Dr. Jack Newman, I arranged for an
ultrasound treatment of my right breast today. My doctor had to write up
orders for it. I've a duct (upper quarter, under my armpit) that has been
plugged more of the time than not since day 3, and baby G is now 22 days
old. ...
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August 22nd 03 04:07 AM
by Cathy
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Still struggling with nipple crack....? by
Chotii
Boy, I tell you, if I wasn't so gol-darned cussedly stubborn, I'd have given
up a long time ago. This is getting very old.
I've now managed to get my scabby nipples healed. They look fine. No more
blood blisters, no more scabs. Yesterday I popped a nipple bleb on the left
side, and cleared the...
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3rd nursling, what's with this problem? by
Chotii
Gwendolyn got off to a fine nursing start, but her latch technique was
imperfect. I mean, I knew it hurt, and I could see by the next day that she
was making a red ridge of broken blood vessels across my nipple, and yes, I
knew how to fix that - get a deeper latch.
But then my milk came in, and oh...
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August 4th 03 06:42 PM
by Irene
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