Black Women & Breast Cancer Research: Black Moms Needed For Important Health...
By TARA PRINGLE JEFFERSON Each year, 19,000 new cases of breast cancer occur among African American women. That’s 19,000 too many. According to the American Cancer Society, our five-year survival rate...
View ArticleBlack Moms & Breastfeeding: Why We Should Care About World Breastfeeding Week
By KIMBERLY SEALS ALLERS As World Breastfeeding Week comes to an end, I’m wondering how many African Americans even knew it came and went. As national headlines celebrate breastfeeding and new...
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Black Breastfeeding Week 2013: Celebrating Black Mothers, Babies and the Best...
Black lives matter. Black mothers and our babies matter. Black breastfeeding—this definitely matters. That’s why MyBrownBaby is proud to support Black Breastfeeding Week, the inaugural celebration of...
View ArticleThe Freshest, Jamminest Breastfeeding How-To Video, Like, Ever!
Hands down, the best informational breastfeeding video, like, ever—not just because it cribs the beat from Teach Me How To Dougie, or even because it’s chock full of pitch-perfect information for new...
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Nipples and Ninny: This African-American Mom’s Breastfeeding Journey
It was a no-brainer for me: All the books said I should breastfeed my baby because it was best for her that she would be stronger, faster, smarter, better for it. And so I rushed out and bought myself...
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#BlackLivesMatter Tweetchat: Celebrating Black Breastfeeding Week 2013 and...
Tonight, it’s going down. Black Breastfeeding Week 2013 continues its inaugural celebration with the #BlackLivesMatter Tweetchat, featuring an all-star line-up of African American...
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Black Breastfeeding Week 2013: How Breastfeeding Made Me a Better Pediatrician
I breastfed my daughter and son for 19 and 24 months, respectively. Yes, they had teeth. They were talking and walking. In the end, it was one of the best gifts I could have given to my children. I...
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Pope Francis Is Cool With Public Breastfeeding—And You Should Be, Too
I mean, I’m not Catholic and, until now, have paid only a passing attention to the new head of the Catholic church, but even the biggest heathen can’t ignore or deny the dopeness that is Pope Francis....
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Black Breastfeeding Week: Celebrating the Joy Of Black Moms Who Breastfeed
Happy Black Breastfeeding Week! Say, look here: I wish to good Gawd up above that there was a gang of Black mom warriors in my corner when I was breastfeeding my babies more than seventeen years ago....
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