When I became pregnant with my son, Noah, I initially planned to breastfeed for no longer than six months. In my naivety, I assumed I would pump and freeze enough milk for him to last through his first year of life. At the time, I had no ...
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Female cows in the dairy industry are treated as nothing more than baby- and milk-making machines— with no regard for their emotional lives. If they were allowed to fulfill their role as mothers, they would spend months teaching and ...
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"For the past 19 months, I have been immersed in the sacred experience of breastfeeding my son. There is not a day that goes by that I am not aware of how lucky I am. That my body has responded to the birth of my child exactly as nature ...
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I am a Mother Against Dairy because a mother should never exploit the motherhood of another, or separate another mother from her child. No one at all should do this, but as a mother I especially object.
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While being a mother viscerally reinforces my belief that all children and mothers have a birthright to maternal care and companionship, this is something we should all understand as human beings. Being human affords us the responsibility ...
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My connection and bond with my son started during pregnancy, while he responded to different sounds I made or sang, to small touches I gave him through my belly, tapping against his tiny limbs. For months I could feel him there growing ...
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