One of the many reasons I decided to birth my son at home was the fear that somebody might take him from me, even if just for a few seconds. I had a heightened sense of anxiety around the idea of being separated from my son; I could not ...
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by Rama Ganesan
About 20 years ago, when my children were small, I wrote an article that was published in a breastfeeding magazine called New Beginnings. My first baby, a son, had significant nursing difficulties when he was born. Over ...
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by Jessica Strathdee
In February 2013, my partner and I moved to live and work on a West Canterbury, New Zealand dairy farm with a 600 head herd. My partner was the second in command on the farm, and I was employed as a relief milker and ...
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On the morning of my birthday five years ago, my water broke, and the next day I received the greatest present of my life: a healthy, precious daughter.
Our bond is unbreakable. It is also biological. Mother cows, who carry their babies ...
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No mother should be denied the right to nurse and care for her child. When my daughter was born, it helped affirm for me the connection that all animal mothers have with their babies. More than ever I saw how the animal use industry ...
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Had I known years ago what I know today about the dairy industry, the reasons for its existence, the traumatic experience that cows and calves endure, the negative effect on my body and health, and the persistent messaging by companies and ...
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